The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1935, Page 1

‘. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ANDITS ROB JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRiDAY, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” APRIL 5, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Just Housewife 10 PERSONS ARE JUNEAU STORES | TERRORIZED BY MAKE SPRING BOLD 2-GUN MEN PREPARATIONS - All Merchants Unite in El : Warmer Season ing One Passenger MAN HUNT STARTS FOR| WELL DRESSED MEN| Salesman, Who Thought! They Were “Kidding,” |7 Shot by Desperadoes | Special preparations by Juneau merchants for spring are announced today, after the city has enjoyed several days of “genuine” warm spring weather. True, the official opening day for spring was ‘'way back on March 21, but, somehow, the Weather Man didn't get his order correct and Juneau was visited by its | heaviest fall of snow this season. | * But—the last traces of that snow | have gone, and, this week’s warm weather is climaxed today by the KANAKEE, Ill, April 5—Four swashbuckling “two-gun” nattily- dressed robbers held up nearly 40i persons aboard the crack Gulf-| Coast bound Illinois Central train [Clsboraie’, and gpuiplels | Wilsome during the night and are today i all the cit mer- sought. in a widespread manhunt. | The loot secured was only about All Join 3 $840, as far as can be estimated. | | Women's apparel shops, furni- Railroad reports said the four ture stores, druggists, restaurants —in fact, practically all of Ju- neau's commodity dealers join in these preparations. ‘; In announcing the new spring opening at Halvorsen's, Miss Chris- robbers took virtual command of the train and a reign of terror prevailed aboard for about 20 min»_‘ utes. The bandits cowed the pas- sengers as the train sped south- ward out of Chicago. | tine Halvorzen said, “With an eye The gunmen, each armed with on Alaska, We selected . the fash- [lons for our spring’opening. Thatd !means our customers-will find all {the newest things in versions that Marjon “Kiki” Roberts, celebrnl_:make them suitable to the Alaskan P | scene. The much-talked-of ' ‘reg- two 45 caliber revolvers, escaped after wounding one passenger. I They commarideered a car driven by Bdward Goetzler, whom they | kidnaped but later released. led chorus sweetheart of the| . i The wounded man was George jote pyblic Enemy “Legs” Dm_iency influence is featured in our Kerr, Chicago salesman. He Was ;,,ng js beginning life over as wife | nEW styles. { shot in the leg as he resisted Lhe!or Joseph Ross, Easton, Pa., sales-| '‘We are showing smart spring gunmen in the belief they Were' .., ghe's retiring from stage. | frocks, millinery in new straws, “kidding.” His condition is mnot| isults of tailored design or for dress serious. i) g ‘occasions, as well ‘as handbags, | gloves, neckwear, jewelry and all ;the other varied and clever new accessories.” | ! | MRS. DECKER T0 Coats Excite EREcT sdu 000 Mrs. Felix Gray, head of the ] women’s apparel department of the | | “We're excited about our spring |coats. They're refreshingly differ- {ent and they have an individuality Contrad L?l to Wa”aCk all of their own. Some are dis-| Construction Company tinguished by cape sleeves or rip- for Apartments SHIELS AGAIN PRESIDENT OF P.A, FSHEREES Changes in Financial Set- up of Corporation Ratified BELLINGHAM, Wash, April 5.— The new Board of Directors re- elected Archie W. Shiels, President of the Pacific American Fisheries yesterday. At his own request, E. B. Deming, former head of the company, was not elected Chair- man of the Board of Directors and the post was left vacant. Frank L. Taylor, of Chicago, who has taken over a large part of the Deming interests, will act as Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee. Stockholders ratified the changes in the financial set-up of the com- pany including a reduction in the corperation’s capital from $4,649,- She said: ple collars. Remember, spring coats this year are designed for| | wear right through the summer, so| tsf_m: meiasure (::l rel&e.r m')mr"h;;adsptable they are to a variety of city’s housing problem was realize | costumes. today with the announcement that| .py.n there is our collection of Mrs. E. O. Decker had let a on-|oping nats which represents the tract for a 940,000 combined apart- |, .. important examples of the ML ATkl St ‘Bicliune: e JBIS fashion designers’ art. Hats, new Will be soutiN oE 0. NugRet. AUNE: {anoss; gloves and handbags are ments on Lower Front Street. other items that we are showing The contract was let last night. . 3 » to the Wirrath Osnstrubtich s to indicate our interest in spring. Store Is Busy pany, of which J. B. Warrack is Another women’s store mana- president. A When completed, the structure|8er to comment on spring styles is Mrs. Dan Russell of the Ju- will be a three-story building. Plans ” were drawn by N. Lester Troast|neau Sample Shop. She said: “Since the recent announcement and Herb Redman, architects. of our newest shipment of spring According to présent plans, Mrs. Decker will reside in one of the|dresses and hats, which was made apartments, from where she will{in The Empire early this week, 605 to $1,570,190 by retiring 1,166 we've been kept busy by a steady shares of the stock of the com-|pyjlding. pany. - —eee 8hop. And we're expecting another —_—————— large shipment, with just as at- tractive and smart fashions, on LEADERSHIP IN |TH T | chandising, an Empire reporter LETTER SENT found John W. Jones, manager of - {the Junegu-Young Hardware, en- thusiastic about a record-breaking N Tfl RunsEvELT shipment of furniture which his | | store received last week. KRN P | cessfully in price with mail-order Representative O’Connor|Laborer Arrested by Secret nouses, our store recently receivea > o a two-carload shipment of furni- May Be Selected as Service Agents— e g L Temporary Chief Arraigned | believe this new shipment is a record for Alaska. We are showing, group of House Democjats .has|as Murphy, aged 29, a laborer, has|for spring, one of the biggest dis- set out secretly to try to do some- been arrested by Secret Service Plays ever seen in furniture here. thing about the Party’s Floor lead- |Agents on a charge of sending a|Featured especially are overstuff- ership. threatening letter to Presldent,ed chairs and bedroom sets.” the continued illness of Represen-|ed and then committed to hospital rwe syies force of the Thomas tative Bankhead of Alabama, the|for observation as a physician's re- Company also showed regularly elected Floor leader. port said Murphy was suffering interest in the advent of spring, Representative Taylor of Colo- former employer. The chief plan now is to get| The letter was mailed March 27 :l:’ml:l;t:: z::::_‘;:sn:; ie‘:‘l‘lfi:fi Representative O'Connor of New and concluded with: “I will as- thnt’ spring really fs ‘here, much York to be named as temporary|sassinate you if I don't receive nny[ Floor leader. (Continued on Page Two) carry on the management of the influx of customers to the Sample Turning to another line of mer- “In an effort to compete suc- | attractive mirrors,” Jones said. “I WASHINGTON, April 5—A small| BOSTON, Mass., April 5.—Thom- | The movement is prompted by |Roosevelt. He was quickly arraign- Furniture Interest hallucinations of persecution by a' the firm's manager, J. C. rado, is acting Floor leader. with answer.” / « Price Says Hoover Letter Plans Nationwide Speaking Upton Sinclair, of social justice for 30 years, would | party. not say yea or nay as to whether| he might run for President on the sent a set of principles Democratic ticket in 1936. Sinclair told however, of a planl“Ahl! He is getting ready to run for a nation-wide speaking tour on|again in 1936!" his Epic plan or production for| use. He declared the Democratic Ordinary logic would seem to indi- Party could be captured nationally|cate that he does not yet know on such a program and he foresaw | whether he will run. But regard- liberals and radicals under a Dem-|less of the true situation, all his ocratic banner to support produc- comings and goings henceforth will tion for use. WORK RELIEF Measure Delayed for Weeks Senate this forenoon consideration of Work Relief bill House voted approval of the con- fall. percent instead $900,000,000 be allocated 0 NON-|ag 4 starter The other Federal projects that go for “direct work.”” d Looking solemn, Harry Gergu- son—who laid society low during his career as “Prince Mike” Roman- off—resumed his customary place in the spotlight as the alleged villain in a conspiracy suit filed by Mre. Wilma E. Gould (above) against her ¥/ “inslaws.” - She claimed Gerguson ‘!‘l?fld her and Yook her to his iRy ‘mant to create a compromiss ing situation for the benefit of her husband, who was paying hera $450,+ a-month separation maintenance. (Associated Press Photos) Is Causing More Confusion - of Issues and Leadership MAY BE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureaw, The Associated Press, Washington) The extreme difficulty of dis- tinguishing between men and is- sues is illustrated with emphasis by the present situation in the re- publican party. Theoretically, a party should be able to determine through frank conference the principles it de- sires to adopt, and then decide, as an entirely separate matter, who should lead the effort to carry |those principles into effect. Actually, the question of leaders and the question of issues usually LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 5—|become badly scrambled. They are embattled votary badly scrambled in the Republican Tour — Proposes Democratic Banner No sooner does Mr. Hoover pre- than a sensation runs through the ranks: Maybe he is, and maybe he isn’t. | be viewed by millions as calculated to advance his personal fortunes. He will be cheered by his friends |and suspected by his enemies, quite regardless of the merits of what he says or does. Suspicions Aroused The mere suspicion that he is planning to return to active party leadership will arouse and stimu- late every one else who covets that leadership. And these, in turn, will look with new suspicion on one another. ‘When one of them proposes a party platform the question most likely to be discussed in the pri- May Be in President’s vate confabs of the insiders is not, “Could we win with such a plat- Hands Tonight e form!” It is, “Should we let this WASHINGTON, April 5. — "rhe'fellww get away with this?” began final| mngt” seems to have been illus- long delaved | irateq to a degree already in the the cage of Mr. Hoover. On the day his letter to the California “young BILL ACTION - BEING TAKEN the shortly after ference agreement and hopes Were pepuplicans” was published, two entertained the bill would be giVED | thingg hapnened. to President Roosevelt before night-' gne wae that it was suggested far and wide that Mr. Hoover was d of th | scheming a come-back, and seeking SRR ®/to line up California Republicans as that The compromise provides for 25 (Continued on Page Two) HIGH SALARIES ' OF EXECUTIVES REVEALED NOW |Average Is $16,000 An- nually with Top at $125,000 WASHINGTON, April 5— The sum of a cool $10,000,000 was dis- closed to have been tucked away {in the pay envelopes of 600 execu- ‘tives of American industry in 1934, | the encompassing salaries ranging from a few thousand dollars up | to $125,000 top with an average of ;816 000 annually, | The salaries were reported to | the Securities Exchange Commis- jslon in connection with the ap- plication for a permanent listing of | securities on the stock exchanges { The top salary of $125000 went to Francis B. Davis, Chairman of the United Rubber Company Edward G. Seubert, President of | the Standard Oil Company of In- diana, was second with a salary |of $117,900. | Francis H. Brownell, Chairman of the American Smelting and Re- 'fining Company and George Hor- ace Lorimer, Editor of the Satur- day Evening Post, tied for third place with $100,000 each. Reports to date represent only a fraetion of those.to come. .- TAX FIGHT ON MOVIE FIRMS CROWS HOTTER iMillions Paid in Salaries but Only Thousands | Paid to California SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 5— |Reports that film magnates reach- ed an “understanding” with Gov. Frank F. Merriam in the movie tax fight was met today with the estimate that ten of the largest screen companies paid less than $14,000 in state taxes in 1933. This estimate has been made by Assemblyman James Boyle, of Los- Angeles who first cried “bluff” to the movie men's threats to leave California if the proposed tax leg- islation was carried out. “This industry pays from $100,- 000,000 to $150,000,000 in salaries and the object of this legislation is to secure more than a few thou- sand dollars a year in taxes,” Boyle said. “I think everything will be all right. They are good boys up there,” Joseph Schenck, President of the United Artists, is reported here as saying after a conference with Gov. Merriam in San Francisco. { i Seattle Man Charged with Killing During an Attempted Hold-up TACOMA, Wash., April 5— A charge of first degree murder has been filed against Thomas Mc- Guire, aged 26, of Seattle, in a Superior Court in connection with the death of Arthur Erickson, serv- ice station operator, in an at-| tempted hold-up on the night or; March 23. Ed Harris, who went to Erick- son's aid, was wounded at the same time. McGuire was arrested at the home of his mother in Seattle two days after the shooting. He claim-/ ed to have been in Seattle at the time the crime was committed Roman Coins Found | ROME.—A cache of 5066 silver coins representing practically every issue of the Roman empire from the days of the Caesars down through the second half of the| third century, has been found by peasants in the nearby village of; Selva. J CRACK PASSENGER TRAIN “Wonderful—Until” Mae Murray, unetime wife of Prince David Mdivani, sald the three brothers “are wonderful until they win you.” She is in Hollywood mreparing to organize a company, | GOVERNOR TROY JUNEAU'S P. 0. RECEIPTS ARE MOUNTING UP Increase of Twenty-five Per Cent Reported for First Quarter, 1935 Definite evidence of Juneau's growth both in population and in general business transactions is reflected in the startling increase in postal receipts, covering only stamps, box rents and mailing un- der second class poundage rates, in figures made public today by Post- master Albert Wile. An increase of $1,879.67 for the first three months of made over the same period of 1934. In 1934 the receipts covering the items above were $7,364.14. In 1935 the receipts for the same period, January, February and March were $9,243.81, an increase of practically 25 percent for the period. “I am most gratified by the business done by the Juneau Post Office during the first quarter of this year,” Mr. Wile said today. “This large increase over last year shows that Juneau is growing, |and that more business is being transacted. If it maintains, it will aid to get more help in the Ju- neau office, which is needed to maintain prompt service to the residents.” e - JUDGE PROMISES DRASTIC ACTION, JUVENILE CASES United States Commissioner J. F. Mullen issued a warning today te ycung boys and par- ents in Juneau that drastic action would follow if cases of vtealing and cther depredations by boys continued. The Commissioner said there had been too many of these cases recently and a halt must be called. One lad, age 9, was taken from his parents this week and turned over to the Board of Children’s Guardians as incorrigible, the Commission- er said, and similar action will be taken in other cases if juve- nile erimes did not stop. Re- cently another boy was com- mitted to a reformatory. 1935 was| PRICE TEN CENTS IMORE SOLDIERS BEING RUSHED " GERMAN FRONT | ‘Reinf{)rcemenls Sent to ’ Garrisons Along Two | Nations’ Boundary FORTIFICATIONS ORDERED BUILT Premier Mussolimi Prepar- | ing Security Propos- al for Europe G WV ENEVA, April 5. Military s occupled the attention of a t of Europe today as states pared for next week's se- curity conference at Stresa The French moved 32,000 soldiers to advanced positions along the German border, increasing rein- ! forcements at the garrisons by about 60,000 men, New barbed wire trench fortifications have also been ordered built, Fremier Benito Mussolini has re~ tired to his villa to prepare for the European security proposal which he will present to France and Great Britain. The Itallan Fascist militia bes gan a movement for volunteer mcbitization of more than 40,000 men. LEAVES MONDAY FOR WASHINGTON Chief Executive Hurrying. | East for Important Conferences | Gov. John W. Troy leaves Mon+ 'day on the Alaska for a trip to Washington, D. C, in connection with official business of the Ter= i ritory. Arriving in Seattle next Fri- day, the Chief Executive expects | to stop there a couple of days and then hurry on to the national capi= ital by plane where he has been |asked to be present at several con= | ferences with high government of- ! ficials. While in Washington, Gov. Troy { will confer with Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce; Harold L. ITckes, Secretary of the Interior, |and others close to Alaskan af- | fairs. | The Governor had planned to go least by way of San Diego to take |up Matters relative to the Alaska {exhibit at the fair there this sum- 1mer. but due to important meet- |ings awaiting his arrival in Wash- lington he will visit San Diego on his return to Alaska. Gov. Troy expects to be gone no longer than actual governmental business re- quires, planning to return North as soon as possible. Secretary of Alaska E. W. Grif- | fin will be acting Governor during | the absence of the Territorial Chief Executive. ,oo London to Spend $75,000 for King’s Silver anile_e LONDON, ‘April 5—The city of Lendon has appropriated $75,000 to be spent in celebrating the king's Silver Jubilee this spring. Of this, $25,000 will be used for a big ball at the Guildhall, at which both ’Lhe king and the queen are expect- ed to dance a few public steps. ! The remainder will go toward | decorating the streets, erecting !stands along the route of the thanksgiving procession and making grants to charities on behalf of the rulers. D Get Cheaper Liquor WARSAW.— The Polish liquor monopoly has cut prices of alf spirits by 20 percent in the hope of increasing consumption,