The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1935, Page 1

Y THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6855. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EXPERTS TESTIFY, HAUPTMANN TRIAL TO WITHDRAW 150,000 FARMS: PLAN PROPOSED National Resources Board Makes Known Recom- mendations SCHEME 1S PUT UP TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE, Sum of $675,000,000 In- volved—Would Cover Fifteen-Year Period ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—A huge program to spend $675,000,000 in buying up poor land and retiring it from farm production has been recommended to President Roose- velt by the National Resources Board. The program will be ex- tended over a period of 15 years. The land, comprising 450,000 farms would be withdrawn from agriculture, the National Resources Board said, in order that both na- tural and human resources of the nation may be conserved. The Board turned thumbs down on “substantial movement of the unemployed from urban areas into commercial regions. ‘The land to be purchased would be retired and the Board suggests that it may be added to National Forests or leased to states for wild life refuges, parks and the like. HUNGRY WOLVES MAKE ATTACKS, RURAL REGIONS Rumanian Peasants Fight Ravenous Animals— Girl Torn to Pieces BUCHAREST, Rumania, Jan. 11. —Blizzards and bitter cold com- bined have this little country in a frigid grip that is driving packs of hungry timber wolves into the rural towns, One village has been attacked by 40 ravenous beasts. The peasants were unable to drive them away and were compelled to lock them- selves in their homes. One 10-year-old girl is reported to have been torn to pieces before she could seek safety. One peasant was attacked by a pack of wolves while on a sled drawn by horses and he sought refuge in a tree where he was found frozen to death. All but the bones of his horses were de- voured by the wolves. S e PLANE EXPORTS NEARLY DOUBLE IN 10 MONTHS, ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Ameri- can manufacturers of airplanes and parts almost doubled their export business during the first months of 1934 as compared with the same period in 1933, Depart- ment of Commerce records disclosed today. The United States exported 460 airplanes valued at $7,913208 to November 1 compared with 344 planes valued at $4,741,093 in 1933. The total value of planes and parts in 1934 was $14,549,912. China was the best customer, purchasing 127 planes and four- teen engines valued at $2,882,809. Germany bought eight planes and 196 engines for $1,411549; Russia bought no planes but took 346 en- gines worth $1,012,122. Mexico pur- chased forty-three planes and for- ty-four engines valued at $511,575. Japan purchased five planes and four engines valued at $10,609. — e — T0 OVERHAUL L. H. TENDER SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—The Light- house Bureau announces that over- haul bids will be called for soon here from Ketchikan, Alaska. for the tender Hemlock, now duzln.nd teacher of music. ten | i TRep. Joseph Byrns | Tennessee since March, 1909, is became President. S peaker of House Congressman Joseph Wellington *Byrns, a Representative from the Forty-fifth Speaker to pound the gavel in the House of Repr. ~ntatives. Byrns, Congress’ bushy- eye-browed “fire-eater,” is the first Tennesean in nearly 100 years to preside over the House, the last being James K. Polk, who later OPERA SINGER PASSES AWAY Mme. Marcella Sembrich, Internationally Known, Dies at Home NEW YORK, Jan. 11. — Mme. Marcella Sembrich, aged 176, inter- nationally known opera singer, died at her home here after an illness of two months. Death was due to |angina pectoris. Life was full of musical triumphs for Mme. Sembrich, Wherever she sang her success was tremendous. Possessed of a brilliant coloratura soprano voice and great powers f execution, she was a hard working and ceaselessly active artist. After her retirement from the operatic and concert stage, when she still was receiving the plaudits of the world, she continued to teach her art to others. Great Triumph Her great international triumph came in June, 1880, when she sang “Lucia” in Covent Garden, Lon- |don. Before that she had appeared 'nt the Dresden opera and within a short time had the city at her feet. Her career hampered at Dres- den by the jealdusy of the direc- | tor's wife, who was a prima donna, she went to Berlin where no opera singer except Lili Lehmann had scored such success as was hers. From Berlin as a center she un- dertook - tours all over Europe. Every year she went to Russia, and invariably returned laden with costly gifts showered upon her by royalty and nobility. ‘When she made her last appear- ance at the Metropolitan opera in 1909, after 25 years with that or- ganization, she was accorded a re- markable demonstration. A crowd- ed house and fellow artists heaped flowers: and- costly - gifts before her. She received a silver loving cup from Caruso and a pearl string and jeweled watch and chain from op- era subscribers. She was honored at receptions and dinners by the most prominent people in New York society and music circles. Her farewell was another operatic triumph. Marcella Sembrich was born Praxede Marcelline Kochanska, February 18, 1858, at Kisniewczyk near Lemberg, Galicia (Poland: where her father was a violinist As a singer she took her mother’s family name MARY PICKFORD! London Gains as Broadway Loses Bevy of Beauties DOUG FAIRBANKS Decree Is Granted After Three Minutes Appear- ance in Court DIVORCED FROM | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 11. — Mary Pickford, in tears, has been divorced from Douglas Fairbanks. The decree was granted after only three minutes appearance in court before Judge Ben B. Lindsey, who took his office two days ago. } There was no contest. made by Douglas Fairbanks who is now in Ttaly. g The decree was granted on the complaint charging mental g indifference and neglect. complaint was filed on 1 8, 1933. The corroborating witness fis Lewis. TWO ROMANCES LONDON, Jan. 11.—According 0 advices received here, Douglas Fairbanks has left Italy and is now at Saint Moritz, Switzerland, where Lady Ashley is also visiting. Neither would say whether they are to marry. It is also reported there is & pos- sible romance between Mary Pick~ ford and Buddy Rogers, former orchestra leader, who is making a picture here. He however denied there is any romance between them. ., TRADE VOLUME IS INGREASING. Miss Pickford’s secretary, Elizabeth ComméditjPrices Continue Upward; Living Cost Rising| ILL 2 MONTHS OVER COUNTRY [Favorable First Quarter Indicated—Year's By RADER WINGET (Associated Press Financial Writer) NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Commod- | ity prices continued rising in 1934 Outlook Good \under the impetus of laws made by man and nature, but the trend NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Sustained was not punctuated by wild swings (gains in the retail sales volume | which characterized the previous!commued to rise in industrial ac- year. tivity says the weekly review is- Policies of the Roosevelt Admin- sued today by Dun-Bradstreet, Inc. istration were bent to boost prices,| This points to a rcalization of a but emphasis on higher prices as|favorable first quarter the review an immediate goal was not as continues, and serves to intensify strong as in 1933, Drought did its|the brightness for trade aspects bit in adding to prices of those ag- ricultural touched. The general trend upward was pointed by the all-commodity index of wholesale prices of the United | States department of labor statis- tics. Late in the year it averaged 18 per cent higher than the 1933 level, and toward year-end the slow and steady rise continued with no indication that any obstacle would turn the trend. Farm Prices Rise Most Farm prices rose most, the Unit- ed States department of agricul- ture measuring a 1934 peak as high as 50 per cent over the 1933 aver- age, and the upward move showed no immediate signs of reversing. In those prices also were weighed the crop control measures of the Federal Administration, and the drought. ‘While those commodities were in- creasing in cost, semi-manufactured and manufactured goods were ris- ing less rapidly because of more rigid fixed charges. The index in which all costs and charges are included, the cost of living, lagged. A late year point in the index of the National Indus- trial Conference board was more than 8 per cent higher than the 1933 average. Dollar Devaluation Factor The first phase of dollar devalu- ation, ending in January, 1934, was credited by arch-devaluationists as being the most powerful man-made lever in jacking up agricultural prices and costs of commodities which competed in foreign markets. Their conclusion was challenged by conservatives who offered the drought and other factors as chief price lifters. The definite fixing of the gold content of the dollar by legislative act was postponed in 1934. The psy- chological effect of the uncertainty may have boosted some prices a notch or two. The silver purchase policy of the United States—designed to create an eventual metalic monetary re- serve of 75 per cent gold and 25 per cent silver—became effective in the summer, Gold and silver production main- (vonunued on Page Two) commodities which it | for the ensuing year. —————— GAG RULE IS PROMISED ON ' RELIEF FUNDS Preside nt_Wants Eight Hundred Million Dol- lars Right Away ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—With relief funds dwindling away and President Roosevelt asking for eight ‘hundred million dollars by Febru- ary 10, when the funds will turn out, House Democratic leaders may invoke the rule known as the gag rule to rush through the bill giving him that amount immediately. ——————— OLD DRY DAYS BROUGHT BACK, SHOOTING CASE [U. S. Must Apologize to Canada, Pay $25,000 for Sinking Rum Runner ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—The United States-Canadian Commis~ sion, named to arbitrate the con- troversy resulting from the sink- ing of the rum runner “I'm Alone,” off the Louisiana Coast in 1929, holds the United States should apologize for sinking the vessel and also pay Canada $25,000 com- pensation. ———————— WARRACK ENDS TRIP J. B. Warrack, of the Warrack Construction. Company, south on business, is returning north om the Northwestern, Felix Perry, the “Ziegfeld of London” came to Broad- way on a beauty hunt and as a result we see this sex- Ma'c 1s sailing for conquests abroad. They of show bacl girls! are Peggy Oden, Eve Knight, Gerrie Kob: Rogers, Genevieve Carl and Merle Dana. Joan urry SUPER-HOLDING COMPANIES ARE UNDER ATTACK Chairman of House Com- mittees Calls on Con- gress toQutlaw Them WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Chair- ‘man Sam Rayburn, of the House Interstate Commerce Committee, today called on Congress to remove the “cancerous growth of abuses” of public utility holding compan- des. The Texas Democrat said: “We want you to consider whether Con~ gress would undertake to regulate these super-hglding companies or lay down a policy under whicn they disappear.” Representative Rayburn declared the abuses, if left alone, will “jeop- ardize all of our financial insti- tutions, perhaps destroy the Re=~ public.” The Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee further said | there is no absolute necessity for holding companies. e ————— REMOVALOF TAX ON BEER | BEING URGED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 11.—Re-| moval for two years of the $5 a| barrel federal tax on beer was sug- | gested here by J. W. Seavey, prom- | inent hop grower and broker, asi a step toward saving the wavering | Alas k-a Delegate Honored Dimond Is _M;de Member of Five Committees of House ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J, Dimond has | been made a member of five House ! 'Committees, more than any other | Northwest Congressional delegate. The Alaska Delegate has been | placed on the Territories, Mines, Public lands, Agricultural and In- dian Affairs Committees. STOCK MARKET TAKES SLUMP LATE IN DAY NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Selling pressure hit the stock market late today and there was a downward flurry prompted by a revival of fears the highest court might de- clare unconstitutional the Adminis- tration’s monetary program. Today's close was weak With sales totalling 1,500,000 shares. ——————— FLEET PLANES WILL CRUISE, EAST PAGIFIC 1L0S ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 11— brewing industry. He said Senator | Intensive tralning movements de- Charles L. McNary of Oregon, min- signed to strengthen the defense ority floor leader, was giving the of the Pacific Coast and the Carib- proposal consideration, {bean area adjacent to the Panama Seavey said the increased return on the federal income tax from hop growers, brokers, brewers and beer retailers would more than re- compense the government for loss of the $5 a barrel tax. “If the federal tax of $5 & bar- rel should be removed for two years,” Seavey said, “it should prove the salvation of 67 per cent of the breweries in the United States now definitely headed for closing.” OFFICIALS SLATED TO RETURN FROM KETCHIKAN TODAY Making a safe flight to Ketchi- kan, Miss Gladys Forrest, deputy administrator of the Federal Emer- gency Relief Administration, and Ray Thomason, general foreman for the FERA, are expected back in Juneau today. This announce- ment was made by Harry Watson, secretary to Gov. John W. Troy. ‘The government officials left yesterday on the seaplane Patco. with Sheldon Simmons as pilot, They were to have included visits to Wrangell and Petersburg on their trip, the object of which Was | homebound for Juneau aboard the has always been invited to attend FERA employment. Canal, will be conducted by the United States Navy in the next three months. The fleet will make its customary “courtesy” cruise to San Francis- | co from February 4 to 24, but more | spectacular will be the flight o!‘ thirty-six seaplanes on a tactical| cruise of the Caribbean. Later in| the year a flight of forty-eight| patrol planes will depart from the | Hawaiian base for an unannounced | destination in the Eastern Pacific.| | RETAIL TRADE SHOWING GAIN, PACIFIC COAST SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 11. —Retail trade gains for the Pacific | Slope are averaging about 12 per cent over one year ago. This is shown by the Federal Reserve| Bank report. S—l RETURNING HOME Charles Goldstein, Who has been south on business and pleasure, is | | Northwestern. i ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD 1S QUITTING GROUP {Withdraws Representatives from Convention Be- ing Held Here The Alaska Native Brotherhood has withdrawn from the conven- tion now meeting in Juneau which is said by spokesmen for the group to represent a large number of workers in the fishing and allied industries, according to a formal statement made today by Cryil Zu- boff, Grand President’ of the Al- aska Native Brotherhood. The complete statement may be obtained at the organization's | headquarters in room 420 Gold- stein building. Following is part of Mr. Zuboff's statement: | “Apropos to the announcement lin yesterday’s Empire that the Ilocal convention of a group of la- I borers, some miners, some general | workers, some gillnetters represent- !ing both resident and non-resident fishermen, in which it is claimed that the convention represents over |nine thousand fishermen, I wish to isay that the Alaska Native Broth- 'erhood has withdrawn from the convention. Some members attend- |ed the first day merely to observe, but matters arose which made it !seem best to withdrawn entirely. | This condition will last until we |can approve of the general aims |of the convention. | “The matters to which we ob- jected are as follows:— “The delegates, of whom only a part are fishermen and these witn the exception of one person come | from Cordova and Anchorage, claim the right to pass on the qualifica- tions of men that we appointed on their own invitation to observe their convention. That means that this convention, which claims to represent both resident and non- resident fishermen, wish to make us a subordinate lodge. Mr. Cof- fey of Anchorage objected particu- larly to the presence of our at- torney, William L. Paul, and mem- ber of the Executive Committee, on the ground that he was a cor- poration lawyer. This of course is not true. Mr. Paul does not rep- resent a single corporation except the Klawock Packing Company or- ganized by a native named Charles Demmert; nor does Mr. Paul own directly or indirectly any fish trap or any interest in one. “Our second point of difference this—this convention claims to represent both resident and non- resident fishermen. They are not opposed to non-resident fishermen, birds that come to skim the cream of our fishing season and fly back to Washington and Oregon, a right denied our fishermen. The Alaska Native Brotherhood has always stood for the development of Al- aska by encouraging genuine resi- dent fishermen. “Qur third difference is this— this convention does not believe in | | publicity or open meetings. The Alaska Native Brotherhood has never been a secret society, What we do is done openly. The, public | (Continued on Page Two) 1wwk-end. HANDWRITING OF DEFENDANT, ISSUE IN CASE Ransom Note Written by Same Person, Con- tention of State SIXTEEN SPECIMENS INTRODUCED, COURT Noney Found in Home Identified—Objections Made, Sustained FLEMINGTON, N. J, Jan. 11— Ransom notes, with the cryptic symbol signature, preempted the attention of the murder trial of Bruno Richard Haupumann, charg- ed with the slaying of Baby Lind- bergh, as the prosecution started out to prove the notes all came from the pen of Hauptmann. The session today promised to be replete with technical testimony of handwriting experts. ‘The court room was filled long before the opening of the trial. Defenses Loses Point The State laid the groundwork for the structure of the handwrit- ing evidence by introducing, late yesterday, over the vigorous de- fense objections, sixteen specimens of Hauptmann's script samples to be used for comparison with the ransom note writing. Experts to Testify The attorneys for the State said the experts would tell the jury in the penning of the first ransom notes, the kidnaper made the very obvious effort to disguise his nor- mal handwriting but in the later notes the writer's efforts at a dis- Blise became less pronounced until the final notes approximated his regular writing. State’s Contention The State contends this is in line with the prosecution's con~ tention that Hauptmann tried to disguise his penmanship when he prepared the original ransom note then became careless as he pro- gressed, due to increased confidence over his success in the crime. The State contends that when Hauptmann was arrested and was directed to write a number of pages, he again sought to disguise his hand. The State plans to show he in- stinctively used the same forms ap- pearing in the ransom letters. Money Identified The first witness on the stand today was Special Agent Frank Wilson, in charge of the Intelli- gence Department of the Internal Revenue, who identified money found in the Hauptmann home, as part of the ransom money counted out in the J. P. Morgan Company, where the serial number of each plece of currency was noted. The defense objected to intro- duction of the money as evidence, the objection was sustained and the State caused it to be with- drawn for the present. Two Blows Aimed Besides expecting to name Haupt« mann as the writer of the 14 ..u- som notes, the State has two other important blows ready to send Hauptmann to the electric chair, it is said. Government Agent Wilson testi- fied that to his knowledge no ransom bill has appeared in cir- culation since Hauptmann's arrest. Wilson also testified that the first ransom bill to come to light after the payment, appeared in & Broadway bank, New York, not far from the Majestic Apartments where Hauptmann was employed before the ransom was paid. Defense Scores The defense scored with the same agent when it established a slip signed by J. J. Faulkner, which accompanied the exchange of $2980 of the ransom money at a New York Federal Reserve Bank in New York City, was not in Hauptmann's writing. A man of the same name suicided. The agent testified he was unable to trace the man making the exchange. Another Link Identification of handwriting on the ransom notes as that of Haupt- mann's was made. by Albert S. Osborn, Sr., who examined both notes and specimens of Haupt- mann’s handwriting made after his arrest. The State considered this one of the pieces of testimony to link Hauptmann to the actual stealing and killing of the baby. There will be no session tomor- Tow, & recess being taken over the