The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1934, Page 1

» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” “VOL. XLV., NO. 6768. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS g PRICE TEN CENTS e BETTER LIVING | STANDARDS ARE DEMANDED NOW Executive Council Makes Anuual Report at Open- ing Labor Convention ALSO SUGGESTS THAT NRA BE PERMANENT Final Responsibility for Solving Unemployment Up to Government SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 1.— The American Federation of Labor is urged to advocate a ‘‘new vision of American living standards” in the report of its Executive Council which proposed reorganization of NRA as for a long time rather than for the emergency program. Capacity Man Power “We must have a living standard by which we will use to capacity ocur industries and the capaecity of our man power,” the report said. The American Federation of La- bor began the annual convention today. The report of the Executive Coun- cil further asserted that the orig- inal purposes of NRA was “for re- cmployment and increased wages,”| and should be preserved in the| proposed reorganization and codes should be reopened for such chang-| es necessary. Against Inflation While viewing with “alarm and misgiving” the increased pubhcf debt, the report declared emphat-| jeally against inflation as.a meth- od 'to recavery. The report respensibility for solving the un-| rmployment problem rests upon the! ' Government.” | e, GEN. JOHNSON BIDS GOODBYE T0 NRA FORCE Ur ges Continued Support; to Recovery—Discloses He Planned to Retire WASHINGTON§ Oct. 1. — Gen. Hugh S. Johnson said goocbye to the NRA employees this afternoon | but urged them, in an emotion- | choked voice, to give continued and loyal support to those who succeed him and whom he termed his good friends. He will be on the job for two weeks yet. In his address he spoke of criti- cisms and dead cats aimed at him and asserted forcefully that the principles of NRA are right and will continue to prevail. Gen. Johnson disclosed that the barrage of criticism hurled at him last May caused him to consider the plan of reorganizatoin which would mean the elimination of - himself as the directing force, and again on June 26 he mapped the general reorganization plan and a specific one on September 9. All these, he said, contemplated his re- tirement. BYRD TRACTOR PARTY IS OUT LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Qct. 1.—The tractor party attempt- ing the 250-mile trek east to the Edsel Ford mounains, up to last Saturday night, had progressed 35 miles in the first day run. The party is laying bases in prepara- tion to the establishment of a landing field for an airplane, also a fuel base at the foot of Grace McKinley Mountain. The temperature is 40 degrees below zero. ihe Fort tractor was for~~? to travel in second gear constantly. charged that “final lis involved,’ that seeking to punish |took active charge. Mcot bored of ccatly, were the four sets of triplets. were the cnes whe really celebrated the party. It was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Isom, all the persons at the quadruplicate triplets’ birthday party in Oakland, Cal, re- They went to sleep. And the thirty-odd grown-ups who attended of that city, who are the parents of the triplets who were hostesscs—one ycar old Jane, Jeanne and Joan Isom. The babies, however, woke for the camcraman and here they are, left to right, front row: Jchn, James and Jane Cox; second row: Jane, Joan and Jeanne Isom; third rew, Lourel, Robin and Reger Lafont; back row: Nannette, Harriette and C harlotte Hoffman. which all the grown-ups ate. There was a huge birthday cake, F arle‘); and M orger;thau Are & | Devoted to Roosevelt but | Act by Different Methods SUPREME COURT By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The A&Sfit‘luedi Press, Washington) Bed-Fellows are making strange politics in the Roosevelt adminis- tration. Consider the remarkable case of ISINSESSION |Morgenthau, Jr., the Secretary of Decisions to Be Made May the Treasury. ! Determine Llfc or Death { The bond between them is Some- thing more than is implied by the of New Deal Acts [|mere fact that both are Cabinet {members. They are spiritual broth- iers in their personal devotion to WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. — The 'Mr. Roosevelt—Almost their wor- | Supreme Court of the United |ship of him. In this they probably | States began the Fall term todaylexcel all their cabinet colleagues. that may lead to the life or death| Yet the relation of the two to | for major parts of the New Defll.{the present campaign and to poli—i On the dock=t of the highest tics in the abstract is as different \gone his way with a vengeance— | Other cases are apparently on and presumably with Mr, Roose- the way to the tribunal, three of velt's blessing. the five cases questioning the) authorit, of the Federal Govern- ment to control the oil industry. I Two other cases seek to de- termire whether the Government v | junction against party officials had a right o prohitlt 8910 hOSA" | holding public office, or publle of- e SEE. anspen e Specie Pay-!sioials working for the party, Far- A ley read a lot between the lines. SRR He stayed on both as Postmaster ONE CASE BROUGHT UP {General and as Democratic Na- WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—Follow- |tional Chairman. Instead of dis- ing the opening of the Supreme missing his polifical lieutenants, he Court session for the fall term, surrounded himself with more. He one of five cases in which the Plunged into the campaign, made a constitutionality of the New Deal couple of swings around the circle, NOT FOR MR. FARLEY Farley has a politicar mind. ‘When the President issued his in- East Texas oilmen charged with| Farley accepted the presiden- producing more than was alloted tial ukase as not intended for him. to them by the State, the Govern- NO one knows what passed hetween ment asked dismissal on the him and Mr. Roosevelt on the sub- grounds the Executive Order was Jcct, but presumably he did not issucl by Roosevelt inadvertently|Set out delierately to offend his and omitted offense J. W. Smith|friend in the White, House. | and others were charged with. And the friend in the White, {House has shown no sign of tak- |ing offense. Democrats in Majority HE TOOK IT LITERALLY in State of Washington/ Morgenthau nas a literal mind. g He took what the President said OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 1.—The |very much to heart. He went just official canvas shows 376,825 ballots as far in one direction as Farley were cast in the September primary ,did in the other. and 223,827 were by the Democrats.| He not only kept out of the cam-| ————— {paign himself, but issued a set of | AUTOGYRO WRECKED LITTLE AMERICA, Oct. 1.—The autogyro of the Byrd Expedition crashed shortly after taking off on an aerologicel flight, breaking the left arm of the pilot, William Mec- Cormick, and wrecking the plane. ———e e A total of 1784 men and women are now serving Uncle Sam in Se- quoia Park, California. ‘prohibnlons to Treasury employes jeverywhere, lifting them out of ipolitics by the coat-collar. Treasury men were forbidden to itouch political organizations with John E. Pegues took passage for 20-foot poles. Almost they were for- JOHN E. PEGUES LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON, D. C, TO TAKE OVER POSITION INSULL GOES ON TRIAL IN DDRESS TO NATION Takos Life 07 Sweetheart So He |Can Wed Another WILKES BARRE, Pa., Oct. 1. —Bobby Edwarts, aged 21, mine surveyor, went on trial today for taking a life. Edwarts is accused of taking the life of Freda McKechnie, his neighborhood sweetheart, while they were swimming, so he might marry another girl. REBUILDING OF NOME STARTED FOR NEW GITY Original Plat Relocated, Moving Back from Beach —Wider Streets NOME, Alaska, Oct. 1.—A com- pleate plan for a new business dis- trict for Nome has been layed out by the FERA Committee which includes streets about 90 feet wide with Front Street moved back from the beach about 50 feet farther than the original plat. Relocating of the lots were finally settled by agreement among all concerned. Merchants Busy Merchants are preparing to erect ‘'temporary structures for doing busi- ness until spring when permanent buildings will be constructed along entirely modern lines. The main arterial streets have been straightened out by the new plans with wider cross avenues. Debris Cleaned Away Cleaning ‘away of the debris was eqneluded Sunday under FERA. Lots are now being surveyed preparatory to temporary building. The recent rains aided in the cleanup and also helped mining operations. It is estimated that the gold output of this section will be high above previous years. Ask Assistance \ uTIL'TY cAsE Thirty applications for Red Cross Sixteen Other Defendants| Also Face Jury in $163,- 000,000 Swindle CHICAGO, Ill,” Oct. 1.—Samuel Insull goes on trial, charged with a $163,000,000 mail fraud, with six- teen of his business associates. Insull promised to “tell his story.” The other defendants are Insull's security dealers, his personal at- torney and accountant who certi- fied to the company’s condition. Sample of Gold Has Started Rush PORT 'ARTHUR, Ont., Oct. 1.— Samples of gold an Indian brought {court in the land are five cases'as anything could be. Each has |in is credited with starting a new |that involve recovery moves. northland gold rush to the west- ern side of Lake Nipigon. - PASSENGERS FOR SEATTLE Mrs. Legia Olsen and Miss Xenia Kashevaroff, left for the south on the Aleutian to visit friends in Se- attle. assistance in building homes in which to live during the winter have been made. TO FLY TO NOME SEATTLE, Oct. 1.—Col. Elmer M. Clark, personal representative of Secretary of Interior Ickes, aboard the Alaska Steamship Company's steamer Yukon, is bound for Ju- neau from whence he will fly to Nome to look over the reconstruc- tion needs. He will confer at Juneau with Gov. John W. Troy. NR A Refuses to Extend Period, Minimum Prices On Tires for Automobiles WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.— NRA has refused to extend for a mew period the minimum prices on auto tires. The prices expired last Saturday night. The Code Authority on Friday made a formal request for a 30- day extension of the minimum prices but NRA officials took the position the Code Authority should not have waited until the last min- ute to make the reques. —Food Profit;zéring Reported Despite Increased Estimates * of Canned Fruit, Vegetables By SIGRID ARNE WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—House- wives who are stocking pantry shelves. with canned fruits and vegetables in anticipation of a win- ter food shortage, are doing it needlessly, says Dr. Frederick C. Howe, consumers’ counsel of AAA. “Supplies of canned fruits and vegetables promise to be six per- cent greater this yeat than last,” he says, “and yet reports are com- ing to me that merchants are using scare propaganda to persuade the public to hoard foods. “I have also noticed that in some cases they offer no special price inducement for quantity pur- chases, but seem to be trading simply on the fear that consum- ers may not have enough to eat next winter. Consumers who buy in dozen or case lots are certainly en- titled to a discount.” Fight Profiteering the south on the steamer Aleutian pidden: even to vote, Tt is difficult,| However, many of the large, re- on his way to Washington, D. C. in 'zeading a ong Hst of don'ts, o es- connection with his appointment | cape the impression of health offi- last ‘week as Territorial Director |cials issuing cautions against some for the National Emergency Coun-'dread disease. f".- 3 g (Continuied on Page e liable associations of food dealers have lined up with the consumers’ division of AAA, promising Howe their sup) in protecting the con- Consumers should keep the fol- lowing facts in mind about fruits | and.vegetables, Howe says: | "1, There are ample quantities of | fresh fruits and vegetables, so there is no need to shift to canned va- rietfes. Supplies are now coming |from the “late” states, practically untouched by the drought. This winter supplies will be coming from the south. Potato supplies are as large as last year. 2. Some vegetables for canning are grown in the drought states but because more acres were used for them this year the drought af- fected them only slightly. 3. Canned vegetable supplies in 1934-35 are expected to be nine per cent greater than last year. Canned tomatoes will be 14 per cent above the average for the last five years. Canned sweet corn, green peas and snap beans will be just as plentiful as last year. 4. Canned frults as a whole ‘Probably will be two percent great- erin supply than last yeatr. Canned pineapple and pears promise to be more plentiful than the five-year (Continued on Page Seven) vere. Her husband died in 1911, '154 policewomen. CAMPAIGN IS ENTERINGIN FINAL STAGES, Direct Issue Boiled Down Now to ‘For or Against’ the New Deal DEMOCRATS PLAN TO RETAIN HOUSE SEATS Republicans Continue to Blast Away with Var- tous Criticisms WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—With 36 days to go before the American electorate writes the answer to the main issues, the National political cauldron has boiled down to the direct “for or against” Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The question of continuance of Roosevelt’s reign 13 sharply etched across the mation in the contests between (he Democratic and Old |Guard Republican candidates for | Congress. Democratic Plans The Democrats are striving to return a two-thirds majority in the House, now that they are as- sured, as the result of the pri- maries, control of the Senate in the next Congress. G. 0. P. Criticizes The Republicans on the other hand are blasting away with criti- cisms at the New Deal and tariff in an effort to secure enough House seats to block repetition of what they conténd was log-rolling of . the last Congress. With all primaries and conven= tions concluded, except in Rhode Island, candidates for the 430 House seats and 33 Senate seats, as well as 34 Governorships, are now line- up for the race on November 6 to the finish at the wire. Young Men Helped Out, CCC Camps Splendid Benefits Result— Sum Spent Accom- plishes Purpose WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. — The CCC totaled up work-sheet reported 850,000 young men, war veterans and Indians have been given work at a cost of $443,000,000 or about $522.50 apiece. Robert Fechner, Director of the Emergency Conservation Work, said men werzs dropping out at the rate of 10,000 a month to accept other employment and that new enroll- ments were being received to fill these vacancies. Fechner said that outdoor work, regular habits and wholesome food had ' increased the average weight of the youths seven pounds and also said the boys had acquired a new self-confidence, new ambition and learned new trades through the education system of the camps. TWO GANGSTERS SENTENGED, DIE Convicted of Murder in Hold-up, Attempt to Shoot Way Out of Jail RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 1.— Two gangsters, Walter Legenza and Robert Mais, have been sentenced to die for murder in a hold-up when they shot their way out of jail, wounding three officers, com- mandeering & mail truck and auto- mobile in which to escape. ‘Where they got their guns is a mystery as the mother of one of the prisoners was the last to visit him last Tuesday. Direct Descendant of Paul Revere Is Dead LANCASTER, Mass., Oct. 1.—Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, direct descend- \President Replies to His Critics; Announces Plan to Confer with Capital, Labor for Real Industrial Peace WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the American people Sunday night he would confer within the present month with capital and labor groups and seek their cooperation “in establishing what I may describe as a specific trial period of industrial peace.” In a broadcast from the Oval Room of the White House, the President said he would seek in these conferences assurances “‘of mak- ing maintenance agreements which can be mutually relied upon and under which wages, hours and working conditions may be determined and any later adjustments to be made either by agreement, or in case of disagreement, through mediation or arbitration by State or Federal agencies.” Unemployment Issue Regarding unemployment, the President said this would “stand or fall by my refusal to accept, as a necessary condition, our future permanent bady of unemployed. On the contrary we must make it & national principle. No Toleration “I will not tolerate a large army of unemployed. We will arrange our National economy to end our present unemployment soon as we can, then take wise measures against its return.” Liberty Issue Asserting the American people “are not frightened by reactionary lawyers or political editors, I am not for the return to that definition of Liberty under which for many years our free people were being gradually regimented into a service of a privileged few. I prefer, and I am sure you prefer, that broader definition of Liberty under which we are moving forward to a greater freedom, a greater activity for the average man than he has ever known before in the history of America.” Another Posi government, also equally the untel negd of help.” NEW EVIDENGE NEW-Y84 IS ANNDUNCED BY ATTY. FOLEY Mysterious Woman Enters Into Investigation in Lindbergh Case NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—A mystery woman witness entered the Lind- bergh kidnaping investigation last Saturday night with the disclosure*® by District Attorney Samuel J.| Foley that she had given him “very important” information in the case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann ac- | cused of extorting the $50,000 ran- | som. Foley said he had questioned the | woman privately and she had not appeared before the grand jury The prosecutor declined to reveal the woman’s name, where she came from or when he had conducted | the examination. Conjecture Caused Foley's announcement started conjecture as to whether the wom- an might be the “mysterious Mary” whose picture the Daily News said | was in Hauptmann's album of} snapshots. The Department of Jus- tice, the Daily News sald, was seeking the girl for questioning. In Chicago * At Chicago, Joseph Bowman, itin- erate show worker, was stiil held| Saturday night but the police said ) they had no hope of connecting him with the Lindbergh kidnaping. He is suspected of being the “mys- terious John” involved in the ran- som money transaction. Evidence in Germany In Leipzig, Germany, a key pre-; sumably for a safe deposit box in New York, used by Isidor Fisches, whom Hauptmann said gave him| the Lindbergh ransom money, has| been obtained by Detective Arthur Johnson, of New York. The key| was surrendered to the detective by Hanna Fisches, sister of the late Isidor. Johnson also obtained other ob- jects belonging to Isidor tnd cabled dead man’s relatives. Tons eof Sticky Mud Slide; Five Men Lose Their Lives Under Mass COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 1.—Five men were suffocated beneath tons of - sticky mud that -sliid suddenly upon them as ‘they werked in the ant of. Paul Revere, and former National Republican Committee- woman from this State, is dead. Her maiden name was Pauline Re- the others in the conssruction gan; escaped narrowly. u he would continue to question thel ition Stated The President said efforts of the Recovery Administration avoided the theory that “business should be taken over into an all embracing nable theory that its interference with Liberty offer reasonable help when a private enterprise is in PREPARING TG TRY HAUPTMANN District Attorney Foley to Ask for Special “Jury Panel of 200 BULLETIN— Trenton, New Jersey, Oct. 1.—Gov. A. Harry Moore announced this . afters noon that New Jersey will prob- ably move for the extra n of Hauptmann before he is tried in New York on the extortion: charge. NEW YORK, Oc¢t. 1.—A clegnup in the Lindbergh ransom extortion case began today with the Bronx County officials granting dismis= sal of the affidavit charging Bruho . Richard Hauptmann with extortiom as the Bronx Grand Jury indict- ment superceded it. House wrecking and search . of Hauptmann’s home has also been pushed and arrangement made with the Defgnse Counsel, James Faw- cett, for a mental examination of the prisoner. District Attorney Foley is to ask for a special jury panel of 200 persons. New Jersey officials .are proceed- ing . slowly and carefully, in their case connecting Hauptmann with the actual kidnaping and slaying of the Lindbergh bhaby. HOPE FOR CONVICTION TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 1.— Hoping for convicting Brubo Rich- ard Hauptmann of kidnaping and murder is cause for a possibility jn’ the spurts .of ,the stae’s extradi- * tion plans. This is seen as a high official pointed out that an ac- quittal op the extortion count in New York might weaken the prose- cution on the more serious charges, thus making it advisable for New Jersey to try Hauptmann first. - e SOVIET, JAPAN: TROOPS FIRE * ATEACH OTHER | TOKYO, ©ct. 1.--The Japantse | Military Commant * in’ Marndhako {has reported torTokyo that it gsh- ined to protest' tb Russid aftasvan. construction of <a sewer. Some offexcharige of 'rille i"Stiots ‘between Soviet and. Japanese:trogpst Ly - Therg were no casualtigs, accord= e e England and Wales together have & Eastern ing to the report. The shooting togk. p Manchukuoan et