The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVI., NO 698] JUNEAU, ALASKA. THURS THURSDA\ JUNE 6 EMPIRE 6, 1935, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EX-CONVICT SOUGHT IN KIDNAPING BIG BUSINESS, INDUSTRY NOW INALLIANGE Express Determination to Continue NRA Standards —Good Intentions GENERAL JOHNSON COMES RIGHT BACK Labor Leaders Watching Reported Wage Cuts— Strikes Are Promised NEW YORK, June 6.—Most of the nation’s large industries have ranged themselves alongside big business and announced determ- ination to continue NRA stand- ards. There are sharply divergent opinions as to their gcod inten- tions with such industries as steel, automotive, anthracite, textile def- initely in a voluntary NRA lineup. What Business Wants Harper Sibley, President of the United States Chamber cf Com- merce, declared the President's codeless NRA is exactly what bus£-= ness wanted. Many voluntary agreements are termed ballyhoo. Johnson’s Comment Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, who ad- vocated the policy of cracking down on recalcitrant employees while he was NRA chief, contends that in many instances, promises to maintain wages, hours and fair practices are intended to last only until Congress adjourns and were s | Jean Harlow Jean Harlow, platinum blonde screen star, is to’'marry William Powell, suave Hollywood sophisti- cate, if current rumors in the movie colony are true. Despite Miss' Harlow’s previous assertion that she never would re-marry, her friends predict a fourth trip to the altar. designated to ward off a wave of | __ public resentment ing. against chisel- ELabor Lenders Watch Meantime, lebor ~union are watching reports' of w ting, in some instances mixture of apprehexn: ligerence. They threat. swer the wagc cuts NEW DEAL MAY PLAN NEW TAX icade: cui- with ON TWO ITEMS Congressional Leaders Giv-, en Inside Dope from White House WASHINGTON, June 6.—In the midst of sharply conflicting spac- ulation as to what a long course the. New Deal may for NRA. Some Congressional leaders said the White House is tentatively considering new high taxes on in- heritances and gifts. This is ex- plained by legislators, who do not plan allow their names to be used, stat-| ing there will be an attempt to continue and broaden NRA's so-| cial aims. It is estimated the new tax will| bring 000. in annually over $150,000,- AIR COMPANIES FILE SUITS ON MAIL CONTRACTS Cancellitibn LB Brings De- mands for Over Ten Million Dollars WASHINGTON, June 6.—Ten co- mpanies whoe airmail contracts werz canceled by Postmaster Gen- eral James A Farley on the ground of being fraudulent, have filed in the United States Court of Claims for an aggyegate of $10,314,- 000. The companies claim they would have collected that much had their contract been permitied to run to conclusion. Cancellation of the air mail con- tracts preceded the big flare-up in| airmail transportation which was followed by the Army being as- signed to carry mails until new con- | tracts were let, term | SEATTLE TOUR - PARTY T0 BE ‘Goon | Dclflgd ion Leaves for North on Aleu- | tian Saturday Next Saturday th: Aleutian will Isail mortn from Seattle carrying| the Seattie Chamber of Commerce | Blennial Goodwill delegation to Al- acka. The party will number ap-| roximately 135 of Seattle’s busi- ness and professional leaders with' their families and friends, and will be officially headed by Alred H. Lundin, President of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. It will be |the largest representation, in point of numbers, and the most impress- ive, which has been sent years. The Aleutian is scheduled to ar- rive in Juneau next Tuesday even- ing at 7 o'clock. The cruise, which has been espec- ially arranged, will extend for days, and visits will be made to west Alaska. From Seward the party will go over the Alaska Rail- road to ‘Anchorage, where a day will be spent. A group will con- tinue on to Fairbanks, coming out on a later boat, and one member jwill fly to Nome. Special trips ( will be made also, to Lake Bennett and to the Miles and Childs glac- iers. { Purpose of Trip ““The purpose of our trip is to pay a friendly call on our business |friends in Alaska, and to express our appreciation for the busin2ss which we receive from Seattle’s most important trade territory, and | upon whose development the growth |of our city is so largely depend- ent,” said the Seattle Chamber’s President, Alfred H. Lundin. A partial list of the Seattle vis- itors who have made reservations includes the following: Alfred H. Lundin, President Se- attle Chamber of Commerce Darwin Meisnest, General Man- ager, Washington Athletic Club. Dietrich Schmitz, President of the Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Fowler W. Martin, Vice President Facific National Bank. Carl E. Brazier, Managing tor Seattle Times. | F. McL. Radford, President the Bon Marche. Raymond \Cuntlnued op PRKP Two) Edi- R. S'xm'm General to the; Territory from Seattle in many | 16 all cities in Southeast and South-| Harlow-Powcll Mergcr Expected o [ Mine Assessment [Suspension | Passes House “ASIH\GTON June 6.—~The mee are to suspend for another year the annual $100 as. ssment work on mining claim: held by location heo passed the House and been c.nt te the Senate, - A1GH RANKING - ARMY OFFICERS AND WIVES DUE - Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, Mrs. Malone and Party on Northwestern Major General Paul. B Malone, Commander General of the 9th Corp; area, United States Army, {and Mrs. Malone are northbound :p engers for Juneau aboard the isteamer Northwestern. 1In their Epany are Major Benjamin C. Lockwcod, Jr,, Aide to General Ma- lone, and Mrs. Lockwood. Major Lockwood is a member of the Gen: eral staff of the 9th Corps area. While nothing definite’ is known concerning the length of their visit. to the Territory, tentative plans call for an inspection of Chilkoot Barracks by General Malone. Dur- ing his years in the United States Army, General Malone has been awarded both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of ihis outstanding services to his | country. It is believed that Major Lock wood will continue from Juneau to Fairbanks by way of Valdez and the Richardson Highway while in the Territory. Plans for entertainment of the high ranking army officials and their wives while they are in Ju- neau are being made by the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce. SPRING PEAK IN BUSINESS REACHED NOW WASHINGTON, June “moderate” recession spring peak of busines is reported today by the Depart- ment of Commerce. It is usual, the report continued, at this time of the year, e f: A m the activity | PROGRAM GIVEN T N 9 Commerce Group: Hears Speakers, Attends to™ Business Details The annual Fourth of July cele= bration in Juneau was given ani official start today when flxe: Chamber of Commerce Approv: its Executive Board's donation eof 3500 to the Alford John Bradford| Post of the American Legion. yThe Post again will sponsor the cele- | bration. Other important business details considered by the Chamber at its meeting at Bailey’s Cafe today, include the following: ] No tourist booth will be..cons} | structed by the Chamber this sum< mer, but the organization will spons sor an information headquarters in the Gastineau Hotel. ... Mis§ Caroline Todd, who held a simil#r pozition last year, will . direct tl booth., § Other Donations Given Several donations, other than the Fourth of July grant, included $100, {to the Juneau City Band and $45 {to the Boy Scout Council. United States Fish Commissioner | Frank T. Bell will be requesfed by |the Chamber to order a survey of |the possibilities for the shrimp packing industry in the Juneau vie- inity. Commissioner Bell previous- {ly had replied to the Chamber's request with statistics based on a 1929 report. -Also, the Chamber jokeyed the shipment of local ber-| ries to a States packing concern for laboratory tests relative to fur- thering that industry here. Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond. will be telegraphed a reguest for: the present status of assess- ment reguirements on mining J U |. Y FflURTH ! Depressmn? These Men. CHAMBER AID, George G. Cr-wl’ordl 5250,000 Cornelius F. Kelley $171,666 executives who have thus far ings in excess of $50,000 to commission, chines, Inc., $365,358; Charles 3 Departments Are Workm y claims. That measure is reported | as now being considered by Con- gre. Se tations The Chamber Executive Board handling local and foreign solici- | tation of merchants for funds and pur es various agencies. | The businass item was the| crnouncement that a telegram | had been received from Delegate | ating that, in the fu- , only Alaska spruce would be;| 4 when lumber requirements | w.c filled for the Matanuska Val- | This news was hEl\L victory for the Chamber | in ii: fight for Alaska lumber in Alazka's colonization development. Welcome Men Named The Chamber also heard Presie dent R .E. Robertson tell of plans made for the welcome of the com- ing Goodwill Tour by the Seat[':' |Chamber of Commerce. The pres- ident appointed the following spec- ial committee of welcome: B. M. Behrends, H. L. Faukner, John Jones, J. C. Thomas, W. S. George, Dr. G. F. Freeburger, W. A. Holzheim W. 8. Pullen, T. A, Morgan, W. B Kirk, R. J. Mc- Kanna, Charles Naghel, F. A. its | the problem a .umunuec on Pue Two) suvefis§u&s, SPECIALTIES IN STOCK DEALINGS _ Profit Takmg Hits Other Groups — Today's Close Irregular SR | NEW YORK, June 6.—Buying attention today centered around| er mining issues and special- ties. Elsewhere. profit taking account- cd for moderate racesses but there a few especially weak ots, Today's close was somewhat ir-| egular. | put their Charles M./ Schwab Eight captains of industry’ who received $150,000 salary, or more, last year topped the list of 172 reported 1934 earn- ‘the federal security Included in the" bracket of the top eight, who drew a total of $1,740,333 in salaries and bonus last year, were Thomas J. Watson, New York, president International Business Ma- York, chmrman Bethlehem Steel eorporation, 8250 3250.0“) |934.. SALARIES 000; George G. Tin Plate Co., ¢ York, /presiden M.’ Schwab, New On Aviation Development in Alaska Says Governor Tro SEATTLE, June 6.—The Post Office, War and Navy depart- ments are werking on plans for development of aviation in Alaska, said Gov. John W. Troy, who arrived here yesterday enroute t¢ his Juneau home from an official visit to Washington. “Officials of these three departments,” said Gov. Troy, found well informed about AL need of establishing airports, ail “y laska and keenly aware of the r bases, beacons and other aids. “I think we are going to get a highway (Internaticnal) but I do not know just when. intercsted in Alaska, also the chief; HIGH COMMAND GERMAN ARMY, IN LAST FIGHT Gen. von Lmsmgen World| War Veteran, Dies ' in Hanover HANOVER, Germany, June 6.— Gen. Alexander von Linsingen, aged 85 years, Commander of the Ger- man Southern Army during the World War and of the Berlin gar- risons when the Imperialist regime as the result of bronchitis. It was General Alexander Linsingen who wished to bombard Berlin from the air in the morning of the fateful November 9, 1918, to revent the concentration of revo- lutionaries in the metropolis at the outbreak of the German revolution. His orders to the army fliers to heavy bombing planes into shape for a raid over Berlin were cancelled by the Ministry of War, Chagrined over this counter- manding of his orders as chief in command of the Mark Branden- burg, in which capacity he was re- sponsible for the disposition of the troops that had been left in Ber- von Linsingen forbade his to use their arms. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK. June 6 Closing | uctation of Alaska Juneau mine ~'ack today is 16%, American Canj 126, American Power and Light 3 Anaconda 15's, Bethlehem ., Butte Ccpper and Z sale; General Motors 307% h“.- national Harvester 4+, Kennecoit| {18%, United States Steel &1 ‘Pound $4.95, Bremner bid 63, u\mu |66; Nabesna bid 55, asked 60; Black Pine Silver bid 35, asked 36 and his to maintain Von Linsingen were no longer able their authority and when, later in' the ! | “ovolution and helped overthrow the the day, his soldiers joined | Imperial regime, von Linsingen ren- | dered his resignation. It was ac- | cepted November 17, 1919. He lived in retirement thereafter, rarely appearing in public With the advent of Hitler's national so- (Continued on Page Sevem) was overthrown in 1918 is dead here | von | officers | I found President Roosevelt much Cabinet members and bureau | At 10:30 oclock this morning ;Gov Troy talked with Acting Gov- [emm E. W. Griffin and his secre- tary H. G. Watson concerning of- ficial matters and conversed with members of his family over the ra- o telephone from Seattle. J. J. | Connors, U. §. Colleetor of Customs |also greeted him over the tele- | phone. Gov. Troy plans to leave Seattle |ifor Juneau on the steamer Alaska sailing next Tuesday. PIGKET LINES NOW PARALYZE " BIG INDUSTRY SEATTLE, Junc 6—Picket lines paralyzed the timber industry in the Pacific Northwest today while delegates from the Timber Workers Unions held the second session to perfect plans for carrying on the months’ old strike. No one is able to predict when the strike will end. SOVIET UNION - BUYING COTTON | lin and the neighboring garrisons,| troops | {Heavy Purchases from U. During past Two Months Reported NEW YORK, June 6.—The So- viet Union during the past two months made the heaviest purchas- es of American cotton since 1929. Purchases totalled approximately $5,500,000. Prior to 1929 American cotton purchased by Russia aver-|__ aged around $38,000,000 annually, Thomas J. Watson $365,358 Jones & Laughlin Stecl Rufus L. Patterson, New York, president American Machine & Foundry Co., $197,000; Eugene Grace, New York, president, Bethlechem Steel corporation, $180,000; E. R. Crawford, president, McKeesport [ 1ater Eugene Grace $180,000 $152,559 Crawford, president, now resigned, corporation, $250,000; $178,750; Cornelius Kelley, New Anaconda Copper Co., $171,666, and Joseph Wilshire, New York, president, Stand- ard I?nndi, Ina, 3;62.»)59.' BYNG.OF VIMY _ DIES SUDDENLY THIS MORNING | British World War Leader, | Peace Time Reorganizer, Passes Away at Home THORPE - EL - England, June of Vimy, war leader and peace time organizer of London’s metro- politan police, died suddenly at 2 o'clock this morning at his home, Thorpe Hall. His death left Lord Allenby as the only surviving outstanding leader of the British troops in the World War. Viscount Byng was 72 years of age. He had spent the last few years in”search of health in Can- ada and the United States. On| his return from America he suf- fered a severe heart attack on the ship. Heart failure followed an operation, War Made Byng The World War, which shattered 50 many army careers among soldiers of all nations, made that f Lord Byng. He emerged from the conflict a scpular hero, among his most bril- iant exploits being the leadership of the Canadians in the success- (ul storming of Vimy ridge April 6-9, 1817. When hostilities commenced he was a major general commanding in Egypt with a service record SOKEN, Essex, 6.—Viscount Byng| dating back to the Sudan expedi-| tion of 1884 and including citations and promotions for bravery in the; Boer War of 1899. Speeded to the scene of action in Europe he was elevated successively from command of a cavalry division to a cavalry corps, an army corps at the Dar- lanelles, the Canadian e in ance and finally to the third ritish army E Premotion He earned promotion to rank o Lieutenant General, then to ful ieneral, and when he in 1919 he recelved the Parliament, a g sterling and elevation to the peer age as Bzron Byng of Vimy and Thorpe-le-Soken No Rest retired thanks of But there this ma of action in August, 192 with some reluctan post of Governor ada. His almost constant occupa- tion at first was to iravel up and down the Dominion unveiling mem- Two years (Continued on Page Seven) | 1 | | | | nt of 30,000 pounds | was to be no rest for| Basned $1 369,583 in 1934 SNATCHPLANNED - IN LEAVENWORTH PRISON, REPORT Reputed kin_gleader Said to Have Worked for Weyerhaeuser DESCRIPTION TALLIES WITH MONEY PASSER \nother Ransom Bill Dis- covered in Spokanc Post Office BRCCXLYN, L. I, June 6.—A Vashingten dispatch to the Brook- yn Eagle sald Department of Jus- ice agents ave dragging the coun- ry for an ex-convict as ringleader n the Weyerhacuser kidnaping, The ex-convict was formerly em- ploved by the Weyerhaeuser Log- any in the west. Agents aid it was learned the man plans ind the abduction and talked free- ly about it while in Leavenworth nitentiary. Description of the nan tallled with that of a man vho spent a ransom bill Sunday for a train ticket to Salt Lake City from an Eastern Oregon town. ANOTHER INVESTIGATION TACOMA, Wash,, June 6.—Sourc- s close to the Weyerhaeuser case seing queried by Federal agents. being quaried by Federal agents. Pictures of men wanted for ques- ‘ioning in the case are being dis- tributed. MORE BILLS FOUND TACOMA, Wash, June 6—The discovery. of a $20 ransom bill in ‘ne Spokane Post Office shared | nanknnt news ‘reports today with George Weyerhaeuser's active par- | ticipation in the search and re- moval of a man from a Seattle ho- tel by two reputed Federal men. The government memr were silent on all three reports. George was recognized down- town for the first time/sincé his release. He waited outside the building housing officers until a party of agents came out and whisked him into the country. The auto party is reported around Issa- quah seeking the gang’s lair. The ransom bill was received at the money order window Tuesday and authorities are trying to trace the sender of the money order. — e MILLIONAIRE CUBAN TAKEN: BY KIDNAPERS Three Servants Are Also Abducted—Son, Daugh- ter Are Witnesses HAVANA, Cuba, June 6.—Antonio San Miguel, aged Cuban million~ aire, and three servants were Kid- |naped today by eight Mango ped= dling abductors. The 78-year-old former Senator and newspaper publisher, was seized” while being driven to his luxurious” country home with his bodyguard Modesto Inglesias, his chauffeur Censtantino Pierto and valet Simon Artina Miguel's son and daughtef ‘la— nessed Lhe kidnlpill&. PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL OPENS City A-flutter with Flags, Bunting—Thousands Paying Homage PORTLAND, June 6—A-flutter rith flags, bunting and roses and hen more roses, Portland today aunched the annual three-day fes- ival in which thousands pay hom- > to the rose. Irens Hegeberg, high school seauty, was elected queen. Millions of roses greeted the on- cokers today and more will be lisplayed at the rose show tonight.