The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1934, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. XLV., NO. 6842. AIR DEFENSE PLA ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THREE MAJOR Garner Back on the Job JOSEPH STALIN, DEBATES LOOM | FOR CONGRESS, Relief, Bonus and NRA Will Receive Extended Discussion OTHER ISSUES TO GET HAULING OVER President \XZ)_J(S on Mes- sage—May Take “Mid- dle Ground” in First WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—Con- gress, opening next Thursday, in the opinion of many Democratic leaders, will see three major de- bates and these will be over relief, bonus and NRA. Leaders see other headline dis- putes in the making — inflation, methods of handling unemploy- ment insurance and other social security measures, possibly the ‘World Court, but the three upper- most are relief, bonus and NRA. President Roosevelt is now work- ing on his message to Congress which he will deliver on Jan- uary 4. Some of those close to the White House describe the message as largely 2 “middle ground” docu-| ment. Many believe that relief and | the future of NRA may be in- cluded but probably the bonue question will be in a later message. NOW IT SEEMS NOBODY. KNOWS ABOUTF.D. R, President Refuses to Di- vulge Hints on Con- gress Message By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Seldom before has such a wall of secrecy been thrown up around an Ad- ministration’s plans for a coming session of Congress as at present. With the opening of the 74th Congress almost at hand, there is practically no information available on official plans and the Presi- dent’s messages. There's even a dearth of authentic gossip in so- celled “inside circles” as to what might be expected. The boys back- stage either don't know what the future has in store, or if they do, are keeping it to themselves. When Mr. Roosevelt returned to the capital from Warm 8Springs the corps of Washington corres- pondents went to the White House almost en masse to attend the President’s first press conference. They had hopes that Mr. Roose- velt would loosen up a bit and give them some intimation of what was going on. They got exactly nothing. The President merely smiled at their questions and displayed intense in- terest in the new White House ex- ecutive offices. CORRESPONDENTS IN DARK Even Cabinet members and others of the “New Deal” hierarchy have clamped down on the news at their press conferences. Since these conferences are the chief sources of Washington news the correspond- enis have been left completely in the dark. Everyone knows that the situa- tion was gone into thoroughly dur- ing the President’s visit at Warm Springs. For all the mule-trading, swimming pool duckings and the like at the “White House” in Georgia, a terrific amount of work was done by Mr. Roosevelt and those of his aides who visited him. There’s nothing being said about it, however, NO LEAKS ON MESSAGES It is believed generally that the President himself decreed silence. During his sojourn at Warm Springs there was a lot of talking done by “New Dealers” here as to what they planned to do in one way or another. Gossip has it these men were told by the President, as one after another conferred with him in Georgia, to pipe down; that he didn’t want the newspapers saying what he was going to say before &, (Omt‘u;u;d on Page Two) Returning to work ahead of time at the request of President Roose- velt, Vice President John N. Garner is back on the job in Washing- ton, preparing for the opening of congress, Jan. 3. This photo shows [/ OTHER SOVIETS, MARKED TO DI Alleged Plot of Young Communists Is Report- ed Discovered [ | | | | | | | | { | i ! MOSCOW, Dec. 27.—The Soviet | Government is acting speedily | against the band of young Com- | munists charged with plotting the assassination of Joseph Stalin and | U. S. PUSHES NEW CAMP;‘IGN AG;\INST CRIM | | i | i | Garner at his desk with his secretary, who, incidentally, happens to be Mrs. Front Seat in Next Congress Seen for War Profits Issue Deep Sea Fisher Angles Ashore And Gets Caught SEATTLE, Dec. 27.— John Peterscn, middle aged deep sea fisherman, is seeking $4,500 in a breach of promise action against Mrs. Sarah Linevers. Preliminary arguments be- fore Superior Court Judge Clay Allen, discloses that Peterson claimed he bought a wedding ring and dress for Mrs. Linevers in anticipation of their wedding last July 3, but he alleges she refuced to go through with the ceremony. BABY REYNOLDS 1S T0 RECEIVE LARGE FORTUNE WINSTON-SALEM, North Caro- lina, Dec. 27.—Counsel for Christo- pher Reynolds, posthumous son of Smith Reynolds, heir to the to- bacco fortune, who suicided, has filed a formal notice of acceptance of the proposed settlement of the tobacco fortune. Under the terms of this settlement, the baby will receive seven million doliars. S e Want to Know Who Is Boss; Shoot It Out HUNTINGTON BEACH, Cal, Dec. 27.—Two brothers settled an argument over who was to be boss in the home when their parents were away by sheoting it out. Ivan Apple, aged 17 years, the police said, shot and killed his 20-year-old brother Edgar while Mr. and Mrs. Jobn G. Apple were absent. BEN STEWART AND WIFE ARRIVE FROM | WEST FOR VISIT, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stewart ar- | rived in Juneau on the steamer Yukon from their home in Anchor- age to visit with Mr. suwm's‘ father, B. D. Stewart, his sisters | the Misses Jeanette and Mary, and | his brother, Tom, for some time. ‘ This is the first trip Mr. Stewart has made to his former home town since leaving four and one half years ago to attend the Alaska Ag- ricultural College and School of Mines. For the last several years Mrs. Stewart and he- have made their home in Anchorage where he was connected with the Alaska Road Commission and later in charge of ECW work in that vi- cinity. | |in general were deeply interested. | Garner. ‘ i | By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington). The problem of war profits, about | which little has been heard for years, now is promised a front seat | at the forthcoming legislative fra- cas on Capitol Hill. | For a time it appeared that, in spite of the Senate munitions in- | vestigation, this subject might be lost in the shuffle. The investiga- tors were pegging away, but they were attracting diminishing at- tention and there was no evidence that Senators and representatives President Roosevelt’s announce- ment that he would propose legis- | lation of his own to “take the profit out of war,” changed that. Committee members protested | loudly that the White House was trying to sidetrack their inquiry. This promptly was denied, yet the incident served to convince almost everyone that continuation of the hearings for weeks te come, and much floor debate thereafter, at last had been assured. It is not generally known, even in Washington, that the resolution under which the committee is act- ing is not confined to the muni- tions question. A second part of it, drafted originally by the Ameri- can Legion, calls for a recommen- dation on this very subject of war profits generally. Some committeemen are so irri- tated by the turn of events that this second part of the inquiry is sure to receive special attention. i | | The Speakership Fight The campaign 1or the House speakership has involved far more bitterness than ever appeared on the surface. The in-fighting was particularly severe. For some years the senior Dem- ocratic members—and they are the ones who really settle organization matters—have been divided into two camps. One group was composed of the particular friends of John N. Gar- ner; the other included a number of leaders of somewhat lesser rank. When Garner ran for speaker, his followers were so far in the major- ity that the opposition didn't put up a candidate. When he moved on to the Vice Pesidency, things changed. This year, Garner’s close friend, Rayburn of Texas, became a can- didate in the hope of heading off the promotion of Byrns of Tennes- see to, the speakership. Garner kept in the background; but Rayburn, at least, hoped to get the open support of the White House against Byrns. ‘ He didn't get it. Byrns, being in the direct line, won out. But a great deal of the bitterness of the battle lingers. Court Asks Questions ‘Finstigator in the plot. 'would not other high leaders. The assassinations were to . Be followed, the Government alleges, by “intervention of capitalistic ‘{ powers." Teon Trotzky, now | in France, is said to have been the i Fourteen alleged plotters, in- cluding Leonid Nicolaieff, held since the slaying of Sergei oif, Jhigh party official at ‘Leningrad, on December 1, have been turnéd over to the Military Collegium for trial. * Nicolaieff is said to have o essed, admitting he received %0 rom an unnamed foreign ci 15 n Leningrad for support of %he terroristic activities. i L LEON TROTZKY b f i "WILL NOT BE SURRENDERED Extradition Request.of So- viet Government Will Be Denied « ° PARIS, Dec. 27—prench officials said Leon Trotzky is “safely hid- den” in France and even if the Soviet Government asks for his extradition, he will not be sur- rendered but will be allowed to remain in this country. Perhaps this is because no other country is willing to take him. An official announcement said France's traditional policy of har- boring political refugees will be maintained. It is also said France be willing to force Trotzky to leave as this would be |equivalent to sending him to his death. Y Trotzky is being watched by the police constantly to curb any ac- tivity here. SPLENDID WORK REPORTED DONE BY GCG GROUPS Value—Recommends Continuation WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The es- timate of the value of conserva- tion work done by the CCC up to September 30, totaled over $291,- 000,000, according to the report made by Robert Fechner, Director of the Corps. Fechner recommended continua- tion of the Corps work. Included in the work is the con- struction of 40,000 miles of truck roads, 5,000 miles of telephone lines and improvement of more than 1,000,000 acres of forest lands. BETTER TRADING Director Fechner Estimates; | | | { { { Presidenit Roosevelt (left) call the greatesi: campaign of its kind conference in Washington. J. Edgar Hoove atio r of the underworld, is sh eliminated if gangs are to be perm: gation and neme; ence are Secretary Morgenthau, torney-General Cummings. (Asso STOCKS STEADY SOME TODAY IN | IRecoveries Are Moderate and Turn Over Rela- tively Large | NEW YORK, Dec. 27.— Stocks steadied today under an expanded trading volume of utilities which met support after initial hesitancy. Although recoveries were moder- ate, tax selling and year end ad- justments accounted for relatively a large turn-over. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 27.— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 16%, American Can 109%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 10%, Armour N 5, Bethlehem Steel 30':, Calumet and Hecla 2%, General Motors 32%, In- ternational Harvester 407, Kenne- cott 16%, United States Steel 36%%, Pound $4.94. f DD R L B. C. Lumber Mill Is Destroyed by Fire in Wind and Snow Storm VICTORIA, B. C.. Dec. 27.— The Mayo Lumber Company's mill at Mayo burned late yesterday with a loss estimated at $200,000 by the | owners. The fire occurred during a | wind and snow storm e Ketchikan Man to ; Wed Seattle Woman| EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 27— A marriage license has been issued t.ol Thomas E. Harris, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Elizabeth Mary Me- Cormick, of Seattle, both of legal age. Duke LONDON, Dec. 27—A “political boom” to make the Duke of Kent next Governor General of Canada is developing here. King George’s permission to ap- point his youngest son to that post is being sought here, Mayfair hears. Canadians themselves are report- ed to be behind the idea. They in- sist that the next appointment should combine unquestioned emi- nence with Canadian popularity. ‘The supreme court usually is thought of as settling disputes, rather than starting them. It start< (Continued on Page Three! The present Governor General, the Ear] of Bessborough, is unpopular in some quarters. Canadian political leaders are understood to feel that no move of Ke;zt May Be cht 'Governor, Dominion Canada could be more popular in their| country than the sending of the | Duke of Kent and his bride to the | vice regal lodge at Ottawa. | Such an appointment, London ob- | servers believe, would be equally | popular in the United States. | Lord Bessborough's term of of-| fice does not expire for another fifteen months, but it would not be surprising if personal considera- tions made him ask leave to re- turn to England before his full term is up, it is pointed out here. Meanwhile a steady pressure in influential quarters is predicted to send the royal newlyweds to Can- ada, ed for a d in the naf r (right), head of the depart; own as he told the conferenc: anently exterminated. Shown (upper director of the treasury department’s new dri ciated Press Photos) .F ‘ederal Appointee i/ of the boiler tubes. Dr. Martha M. Eliot, anocuud‘ with Yale's school of medicine since 1921, has been appointed assistant chief of the children’s bureau of the United States department of labor, (Associated Press Photo) ) ARE KILLED, TRAIN WRECK Tampered Switch Report- ed Responsible for Fatal Accident COLUMBUS, Ohic, Dec. 27— Ploughing through a tampered switch, a train crashed into a string of empty cars this afternoon killing Engineer 8. 8. Beach and A. B. Eckles, road foreman of en- gines. The police said the switch had been tampered with by some ma- licious person. Yard detectives are working on the case. Dm0 o onne UTILITIES TO BE REGULATED WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Presi- dent Roocevelt disclosed today that he has urged the Trade Commis- sion to report to Congress at the coming session on recommendations regulating public utilities. oub!e~harreled attack on lawlessness in what was described as tion’s history, when he addressed the attorney-general’s crime E ment of justice’s bureau of investi- e that “political pressure” must be center) in a huddle at the confere ve on lawlessness, and At- DEATH SPREAD BY EXPLOSION - OFLOCOMOTIVE Thirteen Men, All Miners, Are Killed and Score Are Injured | | MONTGOMERY, West Virginia, | Dec. 27~Thirteen men were killed and at least 20 injured in the ex- | plosion of the boiler of the loco- motive drawing a train loaded | with miners enroute to work at McDunn. Approximately aboard the train. Those killed were in the first 350 men were {Frank M. Andrews. PRICE TEN CENTS S STARTED BY U. . |ARMY AIRPLANES NUMBERING 900 NOW SINGLE UNIT (War Department Takes | Important Organi- zation Step SECRETARY DERN PRAISES ACTION California, Virginia, Texas Chosen as Sites for Three Bases WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—A cen= tralized Army air force of approxi- mately 900 fighting machines, avail- able almost instantly as a unit of attack or defense, was organized here yesterday by the War Depart- ment of the Government. The force, establishment of which was termed by Secretary Ira Dern as the “most important revolution- ary step toward modernization” of the nation's combat units since the World War, will be known as the |General Headquarters Air Force. will be Lt. Col. The fighting planes will be placed under the Chief of Staff of the Army and will be subject to his orders. One result, which follows the establishment of the GHQ Force {by the Army, will be to silence {some of the demands for a separ=- ate air force service. In order to obtain the greatest mobility the GHQ Force will be grouped into three sub commands or wings. The first wing will be based at Hamilton Field, California; the second one gt Langley Field, Vir- ginia; and the third will have & temporary base at Fort Crockett, Texas. The GHQ plan will be given a year's test, after which it may be revised to eliminate any weakness- es which have developed. ARCTIC BLAST AGAIN SWEEPS MANY SECTIONS Its commander three coaches one of which was torn apart and the bodies of the | | victims hurled along the track. Buildings nearby were shattered | by the blast. / | The locomotive was blasted into | bits by the explosion which was| | caused by the buckling of the fire | box cover and consequent loosening‘ Included in the dead are the En- gineer, Willlam Blankenship, and he fireman, D. L. Okley. RELATIVE IN NORTH BREMERTON, Wash.,, Dec. 27— Engineer Blankenship killed in the Montgomery train blast, was a cousin of D. L. Blankenship, for- mer Kitsap County Sheriff, killed in an auto accident two months ago. e — FAR SOUTHERN FLIGHT IS NOT MADE, REPORT Elisworth and Balchen Balked in Air Trip in Anarctic | NEW YORK, Dec. 27.— The New | York Times and North American | Newspaper Alliance have received copyrighted dispatches from Snow Hill, in Wedell Sea, saying Lincoln Ellsworth's proposed flight across Antarctica has been balked by low | hanging clouds. Dispatches from Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday, said Ellsworth and his pilot, Bernt Balchen, had | flown across Antarctica from De- ception Island to the Bay of ‘Whales, approximately 2400 miles. The purpose of the flight is fo determine if the Ross and Wedell seas are connected and find out | also if Antarctica is in reality two List of Fatalities Mounting —Severe Gales in -Pac. Northwest CHICAGO, 11, Dec. 27.—An Arc- tic blast which swept the country several days ago struck with re- newed fury again last night and today in many points leaving be- hind a steadily mounting list of fatalities. Shipping along the North At~ lantic is erdangered as the storm whipped across the Eastern States. San Francisco felt the tail end of e storm in the form of a hard rain. Northwest Raked The Pacific Northwest has been raked by gales up to 70 miles an hour jeopardizing shipping. One hangar at Portland, Oregon, has been demolished by the gale. Blizzards are raging in the Cas- cades. Snow furries hit Seattle and Bel- lingham, Washington. Seattle has ice. The Middle West States have subzero temperatures. Deaths from the severe weather have now reached 200 persons. CODE PRICE FIXING NOT LEGAL MOVE {Federal Judge DecidesCon- gress Cannot Fix | Transactions KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21— Ccde price fixing under NRA is ruled to be illegal by Judgze Mcrtill E. Otis, of the Federal District Court. Judge Otis said: “Congress dees net have the pewer to fix prices in transactions. This is undcubtedly part of iaterstate continents, ccmmerze.”