The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1934, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6771. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TIGERS WIN IN TWELFTH INNING TODAY 30 - HOUR WEEK BOUNDS ALONG ON TWO FRONTS, One Provisional Five- Year Contract Signed by One Union, Employers ANOTHER CONCERN PLEDGES SUPPORT| Shorter Hours Said to Be Great Means of Decreas- ing Unemployment SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Oct. 4— Organized Labor's drive for a 30- hour week has gained tangible im- petus on two fronts. A provisional five year contract for a 6-hour day and 5-day week has been signed by the Internation- al Elevator Construction Union with employers in the elevator industry. This is. the announcement made by Frank Feeny, International Pres- ident. It was disclosed that this is the first contract of its kind ever | signed. He made the declaration that all men able and willing to| work, must be given an opportunity to do so if industry is to prosper. Pledges Support Colj yW. F. Axton, head of the Axwn-Fisher Tobacco Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, pledged his| concern to the principle of a short- er work week as a means of spread- ing employment. Great Document Describing the document signed by the International Elevator Con- struction Union with employers, Feeney, delegate to the American Federation of -Labor GConvention, now in annual session here, said it was the “greatest labor document ever written.” Provisions Feeney said the contract in cludes provisions for a closed shop, and right to strike anytime in sup- port of any other trade fighting sor a 30-hour week. — e SKY FIGHTING UNIT TO HAVE 1,000 PLANES Bombing, Pursuit and At- tack Ships to Be Com- posed, Five Divisions WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff, outlined that the War Depart- ment’s new unit of the Air Force will be a sky fighting unit of at| least 1,000 bombing, pursuit and at- tack planes in five wings based on the Atlantic and Pacific Coast, and Middle West. This will give the greatest pos- sible mobility to the nation’s aerial defense. % Each wing will contain 200 air- planes. EXONERATED IN SLAYING Mother of Een Children Is Set Free by Action of Grand Jury MARKED TREE, Arkansas, Oct. 4.—FElizabeth Green is free to till the rented plantation in an effort to support her eleven children made fatherless when she killed Luther Green on June 22. A Grand Jury exonerated the 45- year-old woman. She shot her hus- band when he abused her and at- tempted to drive her from the family home. R s e 0 0 00 00 0000 . STOCK QUOTATIONS . eerpo0 000000000 NEW YORK, Oct. 4.— Closing quotation of Juneau mine stock to- day is 19%, American Can 98%, American Power and Light 4%, An- |banks where he ha: Unite Solidl SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 4—‘ President Willlam Green, address- | ing the American Federation of La- bor delegates in annual convention, | called on the workers of the world to unite solidly to prevent what seems to be an approaching war. President Creen said the workers intend to see that war never oc- curs. again. John Stokes, of London, British | I.'abor delogaze (e THREE ROBBERS TERRORIZE TOWN IN BANK HOLDUP Cut Off Phones, Lights, then Warn Residents | to Remain Indoors | i , Oct. 4—Three men terrorized village of Gre- sham, west of h for two hours and then escaped with $4,000 ob- tained by dynamiting the vaults of the First National Bank. Several persons were but none were struck. The robbers barricaded them- |selves in the bank after cutting the ' telephone wires and extinguishing the city lights. Residents were warned back imo‘ their homes. Some hesitated and! were shot at. The men tore the heavy doors from a nearby grain elevator and fashioned a sentry box in front of the bank and one man was sta- tioned there to cover the actions of the two other bandits in the bank. MIZE DEPARTS SOON FOR POST IN GLEVELAND Thompson Arrives on kon to Take Charge, Weather Bureau SHAWANO, Wi fired upon | Ralph C. Mize, mcworologlst in charge of U. 8. Weather Bureaus in Alaska, will leave Juneau on! the Alaska, October 15, bound for Cleveland, Ohio, where he has, been transferred to have charge, of the weather bureau station there.; Howard J. Thompson, who wml relieve. Mr. Mize in Juneau, wm‘ arrive on the Yukon from Fair-! s been with the weather bureau since 1929. Thomp- son was formerly with the local station. Mr. Mize has been in charge of Alaska weather bureaus since 1923, {when he took the place left va- cant by M. B. Summer’s transfer| to the Seattle station. Mr. Mize will be east by his family. accompanied General Butler Is Cut Off on Radio Hookup LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 4— Gen. Smedley D. Butler was cut off last night from a nation- wide radio hookup while ad- dressing the Veterans of For- eign Wars convention because radioers objected to his use of expressions of “lousy Hell Red Light.” The veterans approved of the cut off saying the language was 0. K. to them but 2 mixed au- dience might object. e — | | | { | ! Youngsters Store Crop NEWELL, N. C, Oct. 4—After building a trench silo without help from adults, youthful members of a 4-H club near here rigged up an abandoned feed cutter and an ancient automobile to cut up their corn crop for storage. Dahlia Named Trojan aconda 10%, Armour common 5%, Bethlehem Steel 274, Calumet and Hecla », Curtiss-Wright 3, General Motors 29, International Harvester 30%, Kennecott 17%, United States Steel 32%, Pound $492%, LOS ANGELES—A newly de-~ veloped large cardinal and gold dahlia has been named “The Tro- jan,” honoring the University or Southern California. | against ;Wbrker; of World Urgedto | y Against War principle has become obvious nnd the sole solution of and industrial crisis.” our economic | COLONEL CLARK 'LEARNS ABOUT NORTHERN TER. Joseph Padway of Milwaukee, La- | bor attorney, dropping in any industrial their truce with em- ployers and criticized the Depart- | ment of Justice and National Labor Board for alleged unfairness to la- POSTMASTER, FORMER P. M., SHOOT IT 0UT Guns Are Drawn in Tuc- son, Arizona—One Man Dead, Other Is Dying TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 4—Bit- terness resulting over a change in posimasters resulted in a duel be- tween H. W. Scofield, former post- master, who was killed, and Post- master Jack Ryan, who is in the hospital and may die The two men empiied their tols at each other. Scofield was recently removed from office upon petition of the people and Ryan succeeded him. Dispute Arises Scofield sold his store, where the post office was located, and a dis- pute arose over payments. Scofield repossessed the store and separated the post office from it by a partition. Scofield drove to the store to get some candy for children who were guests at his house. He was met by Ryan, holding his hands behind him. pis- Guns Drawn Scofield demanded that Ryan |show his hands. He did and one gripped a pistol. Both men started shooting, then ran Scofield dropped dead. Ryan co]lapsed and may die. BENCH WARRANT “FOR ALASKAN | ISSUED, SEATTL Authorities Want Flier Dor- bandt Who Failed to Ap- pear, Filiation Case SEATTLE, Oct. 4—A bench war-| rant has been issued by Presiding Judge Clay Allen against the Alas- kan Pilot, Frank Dorbant, because (he failed to appear last month in answer to the filiation charge of |Marjorie Seller, aged 19 years, that he is the father of her one and' one-half year old girl. Dorbant is now in Ketchikan, Alaska where he entered a plea of _not guilty to three charges incident [to nlleOed fur smuggltng SALES TAX IS AGAIN BROUGHT UP IN NATION >Survey Shows that Taxa- tion in Many Forms Being Considered ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—- the country, a survey shows. The sales tax wave rolled over the nation until 22 states now have ' such levies in one form or anoth-| er. Under the domes of many state capitols this winter, the controver- sial subject of inaugurating or extending such taxes will arise again. The movement toward tax sales or other newer forms of taxation! gained momentum, as the real’ estate taxes, in many cases, reach- ed a point diminishing returns. e S Ttaly has been experiencing a notable pickup in tourist trade to- iin employment, warned the workers | weapons | Sales| tax talk, pro and con, is sweeping' Government Official .He List of Interesting Speakers, C. of. C. A varied and unusually interest- ing speakers’ program, headed by | Col. Elmer W. Clark, Executive As= | sistant to the Deputy Administra- Lor of Public Works, was afforded hose attending the Chamber of \Commerce luncheon today at Bail= ey's Cafe. Col. Clark Pleased Although most anxious to get on to Nome, Col. Clark expressed his pleasure at the opportunity of attending the Chamber of: Com= merce luncheon. He was also ‘glad that while waiting for Tlying weather he had been able to g0 over numerous local projects with Alaskans here and study first hand various projects now under way oOr proposed in different sections of the Territory. “Secretary Ickes is very muph interested in Alaska, and I am gain- ing a great deal of first hand in- formation while here which I will convey to Mr. Ickes, not only di- rectly relative to Nome, but to the general needs of Alaska.” Ike P. Taylor, who has .just fe- turned from Nome, described ,the conditions immediately following the fire, and . further expréssed that with the spirit the people .of Nome are showing, he believes thg Nome will be better than - before the fire. o Tourist Travel Increases L. E. Heppenstall, assistant to the General ‘Passenger Agent 6f me Alaska StéamShip Company,’ the members that the tourist m!- fic in 1934 to Alaska showed an increase of 117 percent over 1933, rand that his company was endeav- 'oring to double that increase next year. ] “We are constantly receiving let- 'ters of inquiry from all over the |United States and this year we ‘have even received tourist infor- "mation requests from Europe,” said |Mr. Heppenstall. “In the past four months we have received more re- |{quests for information from pros- pecuvc settlers, principally farmers, han we have in the past nine prevxous o | Mr. Heppenstall asked for in- |formation from the Chamber as to +what this area can offer to pros- pective settlers who have some means. President C. T. Gardner in- !structed the secretary to furnish Mr, Heppenstall with the neces- sary information. The Rev. John Glasse told about a man, whose name he did not re- veal, who was considering a radio station here and suggested members write their opinions to Rev. Glasse and he would forward them. Reed Tells of Nome Elmer Reed’s reminiscences of Nome in the old days were enter- tainingly and humorously told. He {traced the history of Nome, then known as Anvil City, from the first gold discovery in 1898 through the exciting years that followed. In 1900 the name was changed {to Nome, derived, Mr. Reed be- lleves from the Eskimo, Ka No Me, meaning “I don’t know.” Gold on the present beach line was discovered in 1899 by a soldier and approximately $3,000,000 was taken out. In 1900 the town mush- (Connnued on Page Elghtl D(’lr‘;.ul(’ Dimond, Premier Patullo to Discuss Int. Highway KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 4—Delegate Anthony J .Di- mond, enroute to Washington, via. California, will visit C. D. Pattulo, British Columbia Pre- mier, regarding the Internation- al Highway. This is the an- nouncerzent the Delegate made here, B FERA GRANTS REQUEST FOR RELIEF FUND $30,000 Received by Gov. Troy to Continue Urgent Terr. Relief Work Word was received by Gov, John W. Troy today that his request for & grant of $30,000 from the FERA to continue the relief of urgent needs throughout the Territory, has been complied with by Harry L. Hopkins, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- fration in Washington, D. C. This, work is handled by the Governor as FERA Administrator of Alaska. UPHOLSTERERS, PAGIFIC COAST, 0UT ON STRIKE! Expected that Three Thou- sand Men Will Soon Be Affected SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 4.— The ranks of the striking Pacific Coast Furniture Upholsterers in- creased while union leaders and employers prepared for a peace con- ference at Seattle and Tacoma where 160 upholsterers quit, tying up nine plants. Five hundred upholsterers out here. The strike will affect 3,000 soon. The strikers want more money and shorter hours. e SEATTLE MAY BUY RIVAL IN LIGHT, POWER Purchase Price of Ninety- five Million Dollars Be- fore City Council are / SEATTLE, Oct. 4 — The City Council and Mayor Charles L. Smith had before them today the proposal by J. D. Ross, City Light | Superintendent, to acquire the en- tire properties of its light and power competitor, the Puget Sound Light and Power Company, at a cost of $95,000,000. The city would be given 30 years in which to pay. " 1 By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Unlike many of the Roosevelt policies, which spring from theories new to American thought, the bank- |ing aspects of the housing program represent essentially a turning back to old fundamentals. The program proposes to make | character, rather than collateral, Ithe accepted security for loans. (That is a reversal of the whole ,modern trend, but a revision to the Iprinciples on which banking first began In effect, the government now ,says to the banker: “Here is John Jones. He wants a loan, but can |give only his worff that he will repay. He is an honest man, with a good record for keeping his word, and if the bank will make the jgether with definite improvement loan, the government will assume some of the risk by partially insur- | Return to Old Fundamentals Seen in Housing Plan Loans |ing that loan against any failure |to repay.” To many of the younger genera- tion of bankers, such a proposition is revolutionary. Administration of- ficials have been surprised, how- ever, at the widespread promise of the banking community to cooper- ate. To what degree that coopera- tion actually will be carried re- mains to be seen. Community Once Factor Like everything else in the Amer- ican economic scheme, banking and credit originated in the small com- munity. It carried for many years the stamp of that influence. The banker knew personally every patron of his bank. When one ask- ed for a loan, the bank simply ask- ed itself whether the applicant was the sort who could be trusted. (Continued on Page Seven) ek ROAD MAPS ARE FOUND, TRUNKS | OF HAUPTHANN District Attorney Foley| Says Investigators Make Discovery NEW YORK, Oct. 4.— District Attorney Samuel J. Foley announc- ed today that investigators found in Hauptmann's trunks, road maps of the Sourland Mountain section in New Jersey, where the Lindbergh cstate ‘is located. Foley also announced that Haupt- mann was “able to reproduce cer- tain sections of the Hopewell terri- tory from memory, down to the smallest intersecting forks of the road.” Besides the road maps in Haupt- | mann’s trunk of the Sourland sec-| tion, Foley also said an English-| German dictionary of 1,000 most | commonly used words was also| found. - There were more difficult' words appearing on the ransom note. This, to some extent, con-‘ firms the theory Hauptmann mis- spelled a number of the smalle|| words while ‘the more difficult words were ‘written correctly. In- dications are he looked up the spell-' ing of the harder words. A panel of 150 names has been | drawn from which a jury is to be selected to try Hauptmann on the extortion indictment. EXAMINED BY ALIENISTS NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Five alien- jsts have examined Bruno Richard Hauptmann, but did not reveal their findings. The Bronx County prosecuting at- torneys have won their fight for an early trial on October 11 on charges that Hauptmann extorted $50,000 kidnap ransom from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Miss Cecile Barr, movie theater cashier, identified Hauptmann as the man who gave her one of the Lindbergh ransom bills last Novem- ber 26. Hauptmann has said he spent no money until three weeks be- fore he was arrested. ———————— INSULL JURY IS SELECTED; TRIAL STARTS Mail Fraud Case Outlined by Government as “‘Con- spiracy to Swindle” CHICAGO, 1ll, Oct. 4—With the selection of twelve men as a jury, the fraud case against Samuel In- sull has now started. Insull's stock sales of his ill-fated corporation and securities company were termed a “simple conspiracy to swindle, cheat and defraud the public,” by the government as it outlined the mail fraud case against Insull. District Attorney Green charged the company was set up simply as a dumping ground for the large quantities of stocks acquired in market deals to boost the price of the Insull stock. W. B. KIRK APPOINTED TRUSTEE OF PIONEERS' HOME BY GOV. TROY ‘W. B. Kirk, pioneer of Nome and Juneau, has been appointed by Gov. John W. Troy as member of the Board of Trustees of the Pio- neers’ Home in Sitka, to succeed the late James McCloskey. Mr. Kirk took the oath of office, adminis- tered by Guy McNaughton, Notary Public, yesterday afternoon and will assume his duties at once. Gov. Troy, in announcing the ap- pointment of Mr. Kirk, spoke of his excellent qualifications for the office, and also paid a tribute to the late James McCloskey. ‘“He was invaluable on the board due to his intimate knowledge of lhp; Territory and extensive acquain- tance among the pioneers. Though he was thoroughly practical, his heart was as big as his body and he was in complete accord with the policy of this office, that no one be permitted fo go hungry or with- out shelter, or suffer for lack of medical attention, through finan- cial inability on his part to pro- vide it for himself,” Gov, Troy ‘said, |*W. Walker, had | | iDoljack, cf. second to first. out a grounder to third base for BOX SCORE CARDINALS b o cCRwoOowWOoORO MR | Martin, 3b. Rothrock, rf. | Frisch, 2b. Medwick, If. Collins, 1b Delance; Orsatti, cf. Durocher, Hallahan, SRowmm S ss. p. cCoommmmmonl p. Totals ‘Replaced Hallahan in ninth in- | ning. 1One scored. out when winning run TIGERS AB R H P e e T White, cf. “G. Walker Cochrane, c. Gehringer, 2b. Greenberg, 1b. Goslin, 1f. Rogell, ss. Owen, 3b Fox, rf. Rowe, p. c~o~ocor~rocooco MO W R W oo coocococoococcocol 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 Totals 42 3 73612 0 Batted for White in ninth in- fEntered game in tenth inning. SUMMARY: Earned runs—Cards Tigers 3; sacrifice hits—Rothrock and Rowe, 1 each; stolen base— | Gehringer; three-base hit—Orsatti; two-bas Martin, Rogell and fox, 1 each; struck out—by Halla- han 6, by W. Walker 2, by Rowe 7; bases on balls—off Hallahan 4, off W. Walker 3; left on bases—Cards 4, Tigers 13; losing pitcher — W Walker. Umpires: Klem, National League, at plate; Geisel, Américan League, ab first base; Reardon, National League, at second base; Owens, American League, at third. - PLAY BY PLAY First Inning CARDINALS: Martin up — out, flied to center. Rothrock up—strike one, called; foul back on roof, strike two; ball one, inside; out, Frisch up—beat a single. Medwick up—ball one, in- side; strike one, fanned; foul on ground near first base line, strike two; ball two, wide; foul back in the net; side out, strike three, called. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left on base. TIGERS: White up—strike one, called; strike two, called; foul back in net; foul back in upper deck; ball one, high, inside; out, first to pitcher who covered first. Cochrane up—ball one, high; out, grounded to first unassisted. Gehringer up— strike one, called; ball one, high, inside; ball two, low; strike two, caller; error, Gehringer grounded to first and was safe at first when pitcher dropped the throw at first. Greenberg up—strike one, called; side out, out third to first. No runs, no hits, one error, one left on base. Second Inning ST. LOUIS: Collins up—strike one, fanned; ball one, low, inside; strike two, called; foul on ground along first base line; out, long fly to center. Delancey up—ball one, low; ball two, low; strike one, call- ; strike two, fanned; singled off second baseman's knee. Orsatti up —tripled to the corner of left field, Delancey scoring. Durocher up— foul on ground back of plate, strike one; strike two, called; ball one, low, wide; foul on ground to dug- out back of third; out, pop fly to first Hallahan up—a line foul past first, strike one; ball one, high, inside; ball two, low, wide; side out, out lined to right. One run, two hits, no errors, one left on base. TIGERS: Goslin up—strike one, called; singled on a grounder over second base. Rogell up—ball one, inside; ball two, inside; strike one, called; pitcher throws to first; strike two, called; ouf, foul fly to catcher. Owen up—strike one, call- | ed; ball one, high; strike two, call- out, strike three, called. Fox up—foul back in press box, strike one; strike two, fanned; ball one, high, wids ball two, wide; ball three, wide; side out, out foul fly to catcher, against screen. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left on base. Third Inning CARDINALS: Martin up — ball one, inside; ball two, inside; ball three, inside; strike one, called; strike two, called; singled to cen- ter. Rothrock up—pitcher throws to first; a line foul along left Ilend line, strike one; out, sacrificed (Couunued 99 Page TWO' c~coococoo~o R ROWE STRUTS HIS STUFF T0 GAIN VICTORY “Schoolboyr—figer Pitches Great Game in Second, Present World Series CONTEST GOES TO TWELVE INNINGS “Wild Bill” Hallahan Is Taken from Mound— Walker Effective SHORT SCORE R H b & LR Cardinals Tigers : .. COMPOSITE SCORE (Two Games) R H 10 20 6 15 Cardinals Tigers SCORE BY IN CARDINALS 34567891011 12—TL 100000000 0— 2 30000000 10— 7 000 TI THIRD GAME The third game of the World Series will be played in St Louis tomorrow, DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 4— Goese Goslin’s single in the twelfth inning today of the second game of the World Se- ries gave Lynwood ‘“‘Schoolboy” Rowe a brilliant victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and pulled the Detroit Tigers back to even terms with St. Louis in the se- ries, each winning one game. The winning run was scored by Gehringer after Walker, who had relieved “Wild Bill” Halla- han, walked two men. Knocked From Box Hallahan was driven from the box in the ninth inning when the Tigers rallied frantically to get one run and tie the score 2 all. Fox singled. Rowe sacrificed. Pinch hit- ter Walker, batting for White, sin- gled to bring in the tying tally. Each Seven Hits The Tigers and Cardinals each got seven hits. The Cardinals made three errors during the game. Forty-three thousand four hun- dred and fifty-one saw the game. Martin, Goslin and Fox got two hits each, Score Runs Gehringer, Rogell and Fox scor- ed the Detroit runs and Martin and Delancey for the Cardinals. After allowing six hits and a single run in each the second and third innings, Rowe fund his stuft and set the Cardinals down in order for seven straight innings. Hallahan’s Work Hallahan allowed four hits in the first six innings, one a double by Rogell in the fourth which Or- satti misjudged in the high wind, permitting one Tiger to tally. Fox whammed a double with two out sending Rogell home. Left on Bases The Tigers had seven men left on bases in the first six innings. As Hallahan's control began slip- ping slightly, Rowe improved and met every test gallantly. Rowe fan- ned three straight. Effective Pitching Martin drove a double to left center in the eleventh for the first hit off Rowe since the third in- ning. St. Louis had four men left on bases and Detroit thirteen. Hallahan gave four bases on halls and Walker three. Hallahan struck out six men, Walker two and Rowe seven. Hallahan allowed six hits; and Walker' only one. Canada ls Now Buying United States Muhnu WASHINGTON. Oct. 4—Canadian purchases of industrial from the United States have shown notable improvempnt in recent months while prospects are report- - fed good for a sustained during the fall apd winter season,