The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6847. JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 1935. HAUPTMANN ON TRl ALASKA LINER IS PULLED OFF THIS FORENOON Coast Guarfiuuer Haida Makes Report from Scene of Accident STEAMER NOW ON WAY TO KETCHIKAN| Passengers Aboard, Safe and Sound—Expected in Juneau Friday Steamer Victoria, which went aground in a snow storm on Pointer Island at 7 o’clock last Sunday night en-| route to Alaska ports, was| pulled off the mudflats at| 8:45 o’clock this morning by the Coast Guard cutter Haida. The Victoria is now proceed- ing to Ketchikan with the passengers aboard. The above dispatch was re- 1 | | | | Paul “Daffy” Dean, star pitcact more loquacious brother, “Dizzy. that began after the world seri ‘DAFFY’ WEDS ARKANSAS BEAUTY tor the St. Louis Cardinals, is shown with his 19-year-old bride, the former Dorothy Sandusky, beauty contest | winner of Russellville, Ark. Their wedding, later “sanctioned” by Paul’s culminated a two-months’ courtship (Associated Press Photo) ,| the hands of large corporations. { POWERASKED | - TO PUT STOP | T0 MONOPOLY Federal Tr;gz: Commission| Will Submit Propos- als to Congress RECCMMENDATIONS GIVEN IN 4 POINTS Report‘ May Reecho in Sen-! ate in Fight to Restore ! Anti-Trust Laws WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.— The Federal Trade Commission will ask Congress for power to stop con- | centration of American business in | * The Commission has turned awdy | the theories of economics held by jcome New Dealers and will recom- | mend legislation to eliminate a| | “steady trend toward monopoly,” on i the basis of its coain stores and | other investigations. - Ask Certain Power ‘The Commission urges Congreu’ to give it power as follows: | 1. To prevent one corporation from obtaining control of another | __ by buying its stock, assets or by ! MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CFNI’S bour Aces in Hand of Hauptmann Prosecutor | AGGUSED MAN WHITED 4L INDBERGH A RANSOM NOTES TO FAGE JURY ON 2 CHARGES Kidnaping :r;]— Slaying of Baby Lindbergh Reach- es Climax in N. J. STATE BELIEVES IT HAS CLEAR CASE Prisoner Remains Nervous but Stoic—Victim'’s Father in Court BULLETIN — FLEMING- TON, N. J, Jan. 2. — Nine jurors have been selected and sworn in for the Hauptmann trial. Charles Walton, a ma- chinist, will be the fereman of the jury. ) FLEMINGTON, Jan. 2.— Bruno Richard Hauptmann teday went under the ordeal of a trial for his life, a little nervous but still stoic. The charge against Haupt- ceived by The Empire this| S o ik MILD WEATHER. . DEEP SILENCE BTt PREVAILEDFOR ON DAY BEFORE merging. 2. Extend the Commission’s au-| ; g - mann is the kidnaping and t;;onty 10, geohis ntgle; mI' : B > : MEE | sluymg of baby Charlas A Llndbm I s Hauptmann sat a a few feet away from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. interstate and such practices affecting I~ | 1 hand the defense will have diffetlty beating, Attar-| Whited who 3 swears he saw Hauptmann near Lind- terstate commerce. 'ney General David Wilentz, chief of the prosecution|bergh home; (8) Col. Lmdbex‘ph who ldrentllges Stop Price Cutting | lof Bruno Hauptmann, will depend largely on these | Hauptmann as the mysterious “John” of the ransom- 3. Halt the granting of more| Zour “aces” to secure a conviction. (1) The ransom |payment drama and (4) the ransom notes which and is continuing the north- ern voyage with safety. A second attempt was made to float the Victoria yester- day morning but this failed. Late yesterday afternoon a dispatch was received that the motorship Nor thlang, which left Seattle Monday night, would call at the scene of the Victoria’s grounding and take the pass engers aboard. This was scheduled to be sometime this forenoon. Morning advices r e c eived by The Empire today also stated the Salvage King had been ordered to proceed from Victoria in an attempt to pull the Victoria off. Undoubtedly this vessel has now turned back in view of the fact the Haida has accomplished the work. The Victoria will probably arrive in Juneau Friday if her condition is pronounced satisfactory as is indicated in the fact she is proceeding to Ketchikan. —————— TAX THREAT IS DEFY TO BONUS BILL BOOSTERS Rep resen—t_:live Byrns, Slated Speaker, Says Levy Coming WASHINGTON, Jan. 2— The threat of new taxes is the Adminis- tration’s answer to proponents of immediate payment of the Sol- diers Bonus. Acknowledging that the Bonus Bill would pass the House because “there is no opposition,” Rep. Jos- eph W. Byrns of Tennessee, slated to be speaker of the House, de- clared if the measure finally is cn- acted the Administration would in- sist on more taxes. These additional levies would be necessary, Representative Byrns said today, to meet the estimated $2,000,000,000 expenditure. House leaders have predicted that the Bonus proposition will bé one of the first matters considered when Congress convenes tOmMOrTow. JUNEAU IN "3 No Record Breaking Ex- tremes Took Place During Entire Year The weather in Juneau for 1931 was characterized by the almost complete lack of record breaking extremes either in temperature, precipitation, or other weather ele- ments, says H. J. Thompson in his annual report. Following on the| extrmely cold ending of 1933, Janu- ary temperatures moderated and started a year of Juneau weather in which the most salient features er that prevailed throughout the entire year. In the way of outstanding fea- | ed mildness and the comparatively rainless summer, the thirty one cipitation that fell in January, 10 were probably the most prom- inent. The mean annual temperature of | 434 degrees was 1.2 degrees above the average. The highest tem- grees on July 23, and the lowest| was 2 degrees below zero on Jan- uary 1. The total precipitation for the year (rain, melted snow, and sleet) | was 78.87 inches, or a deficiency of 3.24 inches. The total snowfall (un-| ches. There were 1451 hours of sunshine during the year, or 32 per| cent of the possible amount. There | were 54 clear days, 43 pa*tly cloudy and 268 cloudy days, and on which 001 inch or precipitation occurred. January After the extremely cold Decem- ber of 1933, the January of 1934 was agreeably warm and wet. ’l'hc monthly mean temperature 29.0 degrees as compared with lhe normal of 27.7 degrees. The total precipitation for the month was 1491 inches as ccmpared with the normal of 7.33 inches. The record breaking feature of the month was the occurrence of 31 days with 0.61 inch of precipitation or more, which fell for the first time on record. There was one partly cloudy day and 30 cloudy days, and only 4 per cent of the possible amount of sunshine. The prevailing sur- face wind was from the southeast. The ayerage velocity of the sur- face wind was 85 miles per hour. more of was the agreeable and mild weath- | tures aside from the aforemention- | days of 0.01 inch or more of pre-| and the severe storm of November | perature for the year was 85 de-| melted) for the year was 107.1 in-| CONGRESS OPENS President to Give Message: on Friday, Another on Next Monday WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Amid a' silence deeper than that in any! recent year, the Democratic high |command worked on New Deal strategy for the momentus Seven- ty-fourth Congress which opens to- morrow. President Roosevelt is still labor- )ing with his plans and no word has been given out about the de- tails of any of his recommenda- tions for relief, public works, social |security, the budget or any other major issue with which Congress will wrestle. Budget Message Monday | The budget message is now sched- luled to be given to Congress on next Monday. | Legislative leaders are expected ‘La be called to the White House |next Friday night when it is be- ‘neved the scope of the 1935 New Deal plans will be discussed in luetml Trouble Makers Next week Congress will get down {to work with two old-time trouble Iumkers, the bonus and World Court, | awaiting. The President’s opening message | to Congress is now slated for Fri- ‘day and the budget message on | Monday. Each party organization called meetings for todny SENATE BOSSES HINT AT GENSUS OF UNEMPLOYED Leaders Desnre Accurate! Count of Jobless Population WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—A cen- sus of the unemployed, to find out just how many there are in the nation, was contemplated today by some of the Administration’s sena- torial advisers here, with the open- ing session of the Senate due to- morrow. With estimates of the jobless | ranging from seven to eleven mil- favorable purchasing terms of big| corporations merely because of their size. 4. Require corponmcns to divest | themselves of property illegally ac- | quired. NRA Not Touched The Commission’s recommenda- | tions do not touch NRA except in- | directly as it indicates the Com- | mission’s attitude toward competi- tion. | The report may re-echo through‘ Congress as several United States | Senators, notably Borah and Nye, | lhave demanded restoration of the| anti- trust lnws SENATORLONG | IS IN BAD AT WHITE HOUSE i President Gives Curt No-| tice Regarding Louis- iana Dictatorship ‘WASHINGTON, Jan, 2—Cool- ness between the White House and | United States Senator Huey P. Long, of Louisiana, went to new low frigidity today, after the Presi~ dent served an indirect notice that the Louisiana dictatorship probably will have to be repealed or clarified of some of its laws if that state wants PWA money. The Kingfish, in return, indicat- ed there will be fireworks on the floor of the Senate next week. Senator Long said: “I'll make my reply to that and similar oth- er matters in the Senate next | Monday, or perhaps before.” .- JACK ROSS ILL Jack Ross, Cordova old-timer, collapsed recently and had to be {taken to the General Hospital there } where he is in a critical condmon |ily for his benefit. lnoney found in Hauptmann’s zluge. (2) Milln'd experts declare were written by the socused | CENSUS BEING TAKEN OF U, S. SOIL TILLERS Twenty-five Thousand Workers Begin Enum- eration Today WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — Ap- proximately 25,000 Federal census {employees today began the huge task of enumerating the more than six million farms and ranches of the United States in what is prob- ably the most important agricul- tural census in the nation’s history, according to a statement released by Director Willlam L. Austin, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Plans call for the completion of the canvass before the end of January. “The Fifteenth Decennial Census Act, approved June 18, 1929, direct- ed that a mid-decennial Census of Agriculture be taken January 1, 1935, for the calendar year 1934, Director Austin said. “Because of the tremendous upheaval in the great basic industry of agriculture, due to the depression, drought and other factors new farm statistics are urgently needed in connection with the Government's vast recov- ery program. Farmers' Cooperation “The earnest cooperation of the farmer is necessary to the success of this census, for it is one of the Federal activities designed primar- However, the welfare of ' agriculture affects all other industries, directly or in- directly, and the public generally (ConMnued on Page T iree) | Pictures; ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Jan. | 2.—A Japanese has been detained | here for investigation after he| 'was found taking pictures of the | harbor with a German camera. He ‘ was first lodged in the city jail | and then taken into custody by Immigration officials. | The Japanese gave his name as| lJapanese Caught Takmg Is Under Arrest relayed to Japan. Matsuda refused to talk furthe saying he would talk when taken back to New York City. CLOSED INCIDENT WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — The | detention of the Japanese naval omccr at St. Petersburg, Florida, Dense foz prevailed on only one | lion persons, these senators say it|Yoshio Matsuda. The officials re- | after discovered making photo- day. Snowfall for the month was | is time to'find-out definitely the|ported the Japanese as saying he |graphs of the waterfront there, is ‘magnitude otmunmmummu-nnmmof described officially as a closed in- Jobs. : * (Continued on Page Seven) - country in pro cident, To Seek Help For Gold Miners |Of United States WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Rep- resentative Con¢pton I. White, of Idaho, said today he will ark Congress to help gold min- ers by liberalizing the Securities Act and providing roads to un- develeped ore-laden areas. e — FORMER ALASKA MAIL FLIER IS DEADINCRASH Cecil GraulElTed with Pu- pil He Was Teach- ing to Fly PAYETTE, Idaho, Jan. 2.—Del- win Sweet, aged 27, of Payette, and Cecil Graul, aged 35, who came here last summer from Portland, | Oregon, were killed in a crash of the plane in which Graul was teaching Sweet to fly. Sweet’s immediate survivors are his parents, widow and daughter Enid. Graul is reported to have flown the air mail from Nome to Fair- banks a few years ago, BOMB HURLED AT KING Z0G, IS ONE RUMOR Albania Monarch Reported to Have Been Wound- ed in Qutrage ATHENS, Jan. 2—Reports, from T, the Island of Corfu said a bomb was hurled at the Palace of Tir- | ana, wounding King Zog, of Alban- ia. There is no confirmation of the report. JUST. A RUMOR LONDON, Jan. 2—The Albanian m hard‘ declares the report 2 b hurled at King NEW AGENCY ~ BE PROPOSED lnterstate Commerce Com-, mission to Be Greatly Enlarged, Report for a new Interstate Commerce Commission conceived as a super- agency to transportation with au- thority over rates and similar mat- ters on land and sea and air, will probably be recommended by Presi- dent Roosevelt. The plan proposed has won much support. It will enlarge the Inler- state Commeérce Commission in scope and membership and will be representative of various fields of transportation over which it will have full sway. — - F. D. R DENIES HE ASKED FOR RESIGNATIONS President Rmes Idea He Wants PWA Offic- ials’ Scalps WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.— Presi- dent Roosevelt said today that he | had not heard about published re- ports that he had hinted for the gnations of Ebert Burlew, ad- | ministrative assistant, and of Louis | Public Works Administration. The President told reporters that the article had the earmarks of being started somewhere else and then being hung upon himself. The denied. reports said that the PWA situation was so far-reaching that might result in the resig- nation of Secretary of the Inte- rior Harold L. Ickes as Adminis- trator of the PWA. PILOT HUBBAID PRAISED Pilot Percy Hubbard received high praise in Anchorage recently when he made a courageous night flight to Ruby to rusa two injured men, Hans Nelson and Robert Ser- .' afino to the Anchorage hospital. ' BYROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—A plan| | Glavis, special investigator, in the | | The accused man’s face was set as he stared fixedly into space. Col. Lindbergh gave no sign he saw the accused man. Immediately after the for- "malities of the case was gone into, the selection of a jury began. i The Lindbergh baby was kidnaped on March 1, 1932, from the Hopewell home of the Lindbergh’s, and found dead on March 12, (Continued on Page Two) MURDER JUDGE GIVES COMMENT; WOMAN GUILTY New. Californin Law Tested by Court in Hus- band Killing MERCED, Cal, Jan. 2.—A ver- dict of first degree murder was re- turned in Superior Court here to- day against Mrs. Bertha Talking- ton, accused of murdering her hus- band, L. E. Talkington, Watson- ville, Cal,, barber. ‘The - jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. MURDER JUDGE COMMENTS MERCED, Cal, Jan. 2.— Califor- nia’s new law, permitting a judge {6 comment upon the évidence in a criminal case, met its first test in the murder trial here of Mrs. Talkington, convicted slayer of her husband. k Superior Judg: . N. Rector recommended the conviction of Mrs. Talkington when he took ad- vantage of the new law, approved in November by the electorate. +The jury reported a deadlock in the case, so the judge gave it his opinion of the case, in which he said: ‘“This is the clearest case ever to come before this court in many years of experience. You heard the agree with it.” The jury then retired, deliberat- ed two hours lonxet yesterday and then were locked up for m’ night. However, upon I sion. of lh:Tj found Mrs, imposed a dhtuo- e district attorney'’s argument. I i | i