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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19

It's good enough to give any Cardinal fan the jitters even to think about it but there were a few moments early last year when the question of trading of shelving Pepper Martin was actually dis cussed in the St. Louis front office
 Sam Breadon can tell the story now with smile, because he, Branch Hickey and Gabby Street willingly admit now they were all smart enough to realize Martin was THE up and coming star of the outfield
 Martin was considered finished product of the chain store system when he came up a year ago to win a regular berth for the first time. I recall some astonishment myself at the way this youngster roamed the training ground at Bradentcn, Florida, last February. His dash even then made him con- spieuous and the boys all felt that he was ready to go.
 But it's difficult to dissemble any important part of the machinery of a veteran ball club. The Cards had won the pennant, three previous times with Taylor Douthit doing most of the centerfield patrolling. Douthit was seldom flashy but con- sidered fast, reliable and good leadoff man. The older players were for him
 Street hesitated to make the switch, for apparent reason. He couldn't keep both Douthit and Martin, he was told by Breadon. So they discussed the situation, pro and con, and then traded Douthlt to Cincinnati
 "A month later Martin had come along so strong that the rest of the players all told Street it was great move, that Pepper had the real stuff" said Breadon.
 That seems to make it unanl- nous, pending the 1882 returns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
Z UNDEFE
 HOOP TEAMS TO BATTLE TONIGHT
Hoonah Native Brother hood Will Meet Juneau
 Fire Department

Two undefeated basketball teams will oppose each other this evening on the floor of the Juneau High School gymnasium. They are the Hoonah Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Juneau Fire Department quintettes.
 The Hoonah athletes last night defeated the Bureau of Public Roads players by the comfortable score of 30 to 19. Previously this week, the visitors defeated the Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
Admission
ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT The Cash Bazaar Department Store will extend it's regular cus- toners, and those desiring credit account with us, dating of April 10th, for all merchandise purchased from this store during the balance of the month of February.
 THE CASH BAZAAR adv. DEPARTMENT STORE
 
 Old papers for sale at The Empire,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
BURKE, SARAZEN
 ARE ELIMINATED
 IN GOLF TOURNEY

TAMPA, Florida, Feb 19.-Billy Burke, National Open Golf Cham pion, and Gene Sarazen, were eliminated today in the first round of the match play for the $4,000 Gasparella Open Tournament. Burke lost l up to Ray Mangrum of Los Angeles. Sarazen lost 1 up, nineteen holcs, to Eddie Schultz, of Troy, New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
CANTONWINE TAKES
 TWO FALLS TO WIN
 OVER SEATTLE MAN

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 19.- Howard Cantonwine, Of Iowa, took two out of three falls to defeat Axel Anderson, of Seattle, in the main event of a wrestling match here last night.
 Cantonwine weighed 222 pounds and Anderson weighed 23o pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19

Average: Did not bowl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
MITCHELL GETS
 CLOSE DECISION
 IN CALDER BOUT

TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 19-Harry Ketchell, Tacoma featherweight won close decision over Joe Cal der, Seattle Filipino, in six round main event on boxing program here last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19

Old papers for sale at The Empire,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
ITHACA OARSMEN TO
 COMPETE IN 2 RACES

ITHACA, Feb. 19--Jim Wrays Cornell varsity crew will compete in only two races previous to the Poughkeepsie classic, June 20. Cornell's season will start with the Carnegie Cup regatta on Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, May 21 The second race will be rowed at Cambridge, Mass, May 28, against Harvard and Syracuse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-19
Tunney Enjoyed Game

Gene Tunney's life story, now running in a magazine, reveals him as boy who loved to fight when he was growing up-in the streets and in the clubhousess and ''smok- ers'' of Greenwich Village IS to 20 years ago.
 His most cherished boyhood gift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

Washington, D. c. - Senator Alben w. Barkley, of Kentucky. member of the Interstate Com merce Committee, recently made the following statement concerning the lack of agreement, among the Hoover leaders in interpreting Governor Roosevelt's western speeches:
 "The lack of leadership, which is the principle indictment against the Hoover Administration is proven today out of the mouths of the presidents supporters. The Hoover high command is so plainly confused that it's members cannot agree even on criticism of the speeches with which Governor Roosevelt is winning the support of increasing thousands daily. What, for instance, is the intel ligent voter to make of the con- trasting utterance sof Senator Hat field and Secretary Doak, Secretary Mills and Senator Watson on Governor Roosevelt's railroad speech?
 Senator Hatfield, who in addi- tion to being one of the Hoover advisers, is chairman of the Re- publican Senatorial Campaign Committee, assures the country that Governor Roosevelt in his Salt Lake railroad speech released lone of the beautiful butterflies of his facny.' Speaking of the same address, Senator Hatfield said: This is not presidential stuff. It is the kind of economic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

expenditure of $2o0ooo by Investigators has that wells the disappear Justice Joseph Force Crater shown the left Above
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28
Hoover Men Disagree
 On Roosevelt Speech
Two Advisors Claim Railroad Address Is G. 0. P.
 policy-Sen Hatfield Calls It "Rainbow Chasing

nonsense that one would expect from a visionary or a peddler or
 "Contrast that with the utter ances of three other advisers.
 "'It will not be necessary for me to answer the Roosevelt rail- road speech said Secretary Mills, as it was good republican doctrine and was taken from President Hoover's message to congress De- cember last
 "'Governor Roosevelt in his speech on the railways has prac- tically adopted the recommended tion of the president said Senator Watson.
 . "'He (President Hoover) has recommended to congress the very plans which MT Roosevelt now adopts as his own," said Secretary Doak.
 "Is it not pertinent to inquire which of these spokesmen repre- sents the real feeling of the Hoover Administration? ..
 Ut is, of course, only natural for those who are hit to cry but their lamentations ought at least to be pitched in the same key: Governor Roosevelt's analysis of the railroad situation was master. ly as evidenced by the fact that both railroad executives and spokesmen for the railroad unions praised it'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28
$5,OOO REWARD

The city of New York offers $5,OOO reward to any person or persons furnishing this depart ment with information resulting In locating Joseph Force Crater, justice of the supreme court, state of New York.
 DESCRIPTION: Age fl years; height, 6 feet; weight, 1855 pounds; mixed gray hair, originally dark brown, thin at top, parted in middle, "slicked" down; complexion, medium dark, considerably tanned; brown Oyes, false teeth upper and lower jaw, good physical and mental condition at time of disappearance. Tip of right in- dex finger somewhat mutilated, due to having been recently crushed,
 EDWARD P. MULROONEY,.
 Police Commissioner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

floating in the water off New Eng land.
 Over long distance telephone from Montreal came a report to New York police that seemed hot.
 A very calm voice said:
 T can't tell you my name be- cause I don't care to get mixed up in 1t, but Judge Crater is now in Room 761 at this hotel. I am in the hotel now"
 By the time the caller hung up. New York police had Montreal de- tectives on the phone. A squad of the latter rushed to the hotel, loudly rapped on the door of Room 761, forced the occupants to open it-and greatly embarrassed a young couple on their honeymoon.
 The joke cost the practical joker $10 in telephone tolls. He, too, never was found.
 Reports that Justice Crater had been Kidnapped for ransom Or mur- dered for the $5,100 he is sup posed to have had with him at the time of his disappearance persist ed, but they, too, still lack con- firmation. From time to time bodies thought to be his have been found at various places in the United States, but none could be so identified.
 Justice Crater's dinner compan- ions on the night he vanished could offer nothing to clear the mystery. They were William Klein, a Broad way attorney, a show girl named Sally Lou Ritz and Miss Ritz's par ents. They left the restaurant at about the same time he drove away in the taxicab. He seemed in good spirits and there was nothing to arouse their suspicious.
 Another factor in the case, which it seems would make Crater easy to identify, was his unusual physique. Though he was six feet tall and weighed 1855 pounds, his head was so small that he wore a size 6 5-S hat and, despite his bulk, he wore a size IA collar.
 Further details of his description say he wore tortoise-shell glasses for reading, yellow gold Masonic ring, a square-shaped gold wrist watch with leather strap and that he affected colored shirts. He was Al years old.
 Justice Crater was a former law associate of United States Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, and had also taught law at Ford ham. He was appointed to the supreme court bench'o New York by Governor Roosevelt on April g.. 1880, on the recommendation of Senator Wagner and others. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28
BY ROBERT TALLEY NEA Service Writer

xCopyright 1882 NEA Service, Incl In a lifetime which no shadow seems ever to have crossed, Joseph Force Crater had worked his way upward from law clerk to a posi- ton of honor and trust as a justice of the supreme court of New York. 7 He served in that high office just four months and then, in August, 1930,' he did this:
 Returned unexpectedly to New York city from his vacation at Bell grade Lake, Maine, telling Mrs Crater that he had just received a Telephone call relative to political business.
 2 Spent three days in his chambers at the New York county court house and on the last day was seen Bearing up papers and putting other papers in a brief case and in four cardboard boxes, accord Ing to his secretary, Joseph Mara. ts Sent Mara to cash two checks fota1ing s5,100, which Mara did. Y Took the money and the boxes Of papers and the brief case to his apartment on Fifth avenue, and Then said he was "going up in Westchester county for a swim" @ He never went for the swim; at k:3O D. m. he purchased one thea ter ticket at an agency in Times Square; an hour later he dined with friends in restaurant in w.. 18th street; when the meal was fin- hhed he stepped into a taxicab, waved smiling goodby-and rode sway to the Port of Missing Men. Since that day in early August, 1880, New York police have con- ducted the most intensive search in the history of the department-and the most futile. Upwards of $200,- 600 has been spent, will-o-the-wisp clews from many parts of the United States and even foreign lands have been run to earth. every known or conceivable avenue of possibility has been explored. And yet, after two years, the mystery Of Justice Crater today Is as deep Ss the mystery of the grave itself. . Equally baffling is the mystery of the motive. Whatever this mo- tive was. it has never been dis closed. Of course, there were Countless rumors-hints of clan destine romances with Broadway
 
 of political scandals.
 . The latter seemed to be most likely. for Judge Crater disappear 4ti just when wholesale graft charges involving other New York Judges were being investigated. Yet, after long inquiry, the attor- ney generals office could find no connection between the Crater dis Appearance and the judicial probe. The papers that Mara helped Crater take to his apartment were never found.
 2 The driver of the taxicab in which Justice Crater drove away into oblivion never was located, de- spite the best efforts of New York detectives. The single theater ticket he purchased that evening had not been used. Every clew led to a blank wall of mystery.
 IA $5,0O0 reward for information IS to Justice Crater's whereabouts wae offered by the New York board of aldermen. Ten thousand circu- lars bearing his photograph were mailed to sheriffs, police chiefs and American consulates in every land. False clews sent detectives hop hing about the country on wild aoose chases-a barber in North Dakota had shaved him, he had been seen in the Adirondacks, he was a patient in Virginia sani- tarium, his body had been found
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

senator has been unable to pene- trate the fog of mystery that has enveloped his longtime friend.
 Clinging to the hope that her hus- band is still alive, Mrs Crater be- lieves he is either temporarily de- ranged or is being held captive.
 "I know of no reason why he left me or should have abandoned his career" she says. q do not believe he would have done so voluntarily and without constraint if he was of normal mind. Nor do I believe he would remain away, if still alive,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

save by mental infirmity or re- straint."
 Police Captain John Ayres, head of New York's Missing Persons Bureau, says 1t is the strangest case he has ever experienced in his 15 years in that kind of work.
 TOMORROW: The strange dis- appearance of Dr Charles Bran- cati, the ex.barber who became a millionaire. Did he write thosc letters and telegrams that floated back for weeks after he vanished-or were they written by his murdererS?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28
Cast Announced
 for First Play
Little Theater Will Pre-. sent First Mrs Fraser"
 on October 27 and 28

Miss Helen Schoeni, director of the Little Theatre of Waterbury, has announced the cast of the first performance of that organization for 1932-33 season. St John Err vine's First Mrs Fraser" in which Grace George starred so success fully in New York, is the play chosen for the opening perform ances, October 27 and 2S;
 First Mrs Eraser" is a charm ing comedy that will appeal to all, abounding in bright dialogue ana humorous situations. During the long New York run A. B. Matt hews, quite superior in this type of English comedy, played with Miss George.
 Mrs Nora Faucha1d Morgan, a talented musician, will play the leading role of Janet Fraser (the First Mrs Fraser). Mrs Roy Smith, who first appeared with the Little Theatre last season. will play Elsie Fraser (the Second Mrs Fraser). .,
 The complete cast includes the following in addition to the two just mentioned: James Fraser, to be played by Charles Shons;. Philip Logan, by Raymond Titterington; Ninian Fraser, by Lewis Lauria; Murdo Fraser. by Harold Bra man; Alice Fraser, by Anne Wood, and Mabel, by Ruth Mitkowsky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28
"7hey NeDer Came Back k"-No. 2 ~.-..-..-..
New York's Missing Supreme Court Judge
Worldwide TwO-Year Search Only Deepens Mystery Of Crater's Disappearance

series of six subject timely disappearance Robin friend of Prs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28
DON'T DRIVE IN CHINA IF YOU'RE A RUSSIAN

Shanghai. The inequality of justice in China is vividly brought out in the fines levied on different nationaiities involved in trafiic cases.
 Recently a Chinese chauffeur who had violated q trafiic signal. was lined @. shortly after sa sec. ond Chinese driver, operating foreign.owned taxicab, committed the same offense. He was lined t40.
 The last to appear before the court was c Russian. who had committed the same offense as the two Chinese. He was given q me of $50, and was told his car would be eonfiscated if he didn't pay the fine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

is Sally Lou Ritz, fair Broad way dancer, who, with her par- ents, dined with Crater on the night he vanished and was one of the last to see him. At right is Mrs Stella Crater, the missing iuristS' wife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-28

The straits Settlements has . new werkmen's eempensation law
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
1881 ROAD OIL
 SALES INCREASE

{. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. = Largely because of construction O. secondary roads, the sale of road oil during 1881 increased more than one-fourth over the 1a30 road total.
 Figures compiled by the Bu- reau of Mines show that petroleum refining companies scld 7,l70,l02 barrels of road oil in 1881, gain of 285 per cent over the preceding year. The total value, however, because of prevailing low prices, was 63 per cent less.
 Three -fourtfs of the road oil sold in the country in both years came from three refining districts the Indiana Illinois, the Califor- nia and the East Coast regions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
TO CONFER WITH NORRIS

SALT LAKE CITY. utah, Sept. l9.--Gov. Roosevelt confirmed dis patches from McCooks lgebraska. saying he would stop there to con- fer with Senator George w. Norris over campaign plans in that State.
 Senator Norris. Republiran by name, announced he would support Gov Roosevelt. He supported A. fred E. Smith in i020.
 Gov. Roosevelt said, here at g press conference he had been as- isured that Utah would go Demo l,cratic and probably unseat the vet eran Senator, Reed Shoot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
 PIan SaUes
 State Banks
Failed Institutions Come. to Life, Carry on Sue
 cessfully

' CKLAHCIA CITY, Sept. 19.- |Rorn or adverse business condi- Iltions, a moratorium plan has reopsned failed state banks in Oklahoma and saved others from closing their doors
 The plan, inaugurated almost two years ago in the little town of Ringwood, Okla, has met with remarkable success" in IS banks in this state, w. J. Barnett, state bank commissioner, said. Only two institutions. both in small towns, have failed since Barnett became commissioner last May.
 Commissioner Barnett was ap-
 pointed by Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa BID Murray with the understand ling he was to take the banking department 'out of politics" All Employees Ousted | At once Barnett demanded the resignation of every employe then connected with the department, later re-employing a few Of them. [The legal department was ordered to begin Immediate prosecution of all bankers charged with law viola ton and to open banks wherever l possible Under the moratorium plan.
 lf' A failed bank reopening under lffie new plan draws red line un- der each account balance and holds | Atl above that line in a morator- Hum. It begins collection of loans, converting assets into cash for old deposifoes, and begins business
 anew for lew ones Two sets of books are kept.
 Depositors' Agreement Necessary
 The @moratorium" is used when there has been no law violation by
 the bankers; when 100 per cent of
 depositors sign an agreement not |to withdraw funds until after the
 close of the second "crop period; iwhen stockholders pledge enough
 collateral 70 guarantee payment
 of double liability in event the
 bank cannot remain open; and
 when the bank commissioner is |given full charge.
 l No bank recently has been per mRnently- closed in Oklahoma ual-
 less because of criminal negligence
 BArnett' said
 l ,He asserted it required seven I years for n average community to
 recover from bank failure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
MEErs ROOSEVELT. .

s SEATTLE, Sept, 1g Roscoe Drunreller, Democratic National Conmittssnaan from t1ss state of Washiagtons slefS. 1ast weak tor Butte, Montana. where today he lgreets Gov. Roosevelt, in the name of the State, and will continue with himf to seaktls. { p
 Gov. Roosevelt is due here to- morrow Tfe VIII confer with the Democratic state leaders; visit the Western Wsshineton Fair at Puyal- lup and Tacoma. He will speak here tomorrow night and lAsspeech will be broadcast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-Fed- sral regulation of utility holding companies will be recommended by the Feleral Power Commission as absolutely essential in the public interest.
 The report, covering years of investigation. added that full pulp licity of accounts and record of holding companies in the power utility field is desirable for pub
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
srrwaHr CO.'S TO TAKU
 lis - roH WEEKS MOOSE HUNT

n snend a weeks vacation hultine moose in IAku vshes ',' Y ' i, ' VI s5ssSart. ;s u clerk in local head o,,.,.,srs ., ;of tass F'ederar Mining sS,fsrvtsorl ss,i. s lers eunday. He was supe., alss'. \ 'ssl s;s. ~ rester weiss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19

Successful beyond expectations" !" was the opinion expressed of the Eleventh Annual Southeast AL sska Fair by W. s. Pullen, Man ager of the enterprise; successful because of it's numerous and varied exhibits, its many amusement fea- trues and, withal, it's financial re- turns. %s
 sThe displays compared favorably with those at previous expositions. The entertainment programs were the subject of generally favorable comment. Profit is not the chief aim of the management, and the fact that the undertaking more than paid expenses is highly grati- flying
 Great Credit uue Women
 "The commendable results may be attributed in large measure to the sustained, well directed efforts of the Women's Auxiliary Depart ment. Of course, credit is also due in no small degree to the pub lie spirited merchants who went tc the expense and trouble of making commercial exhibits.
 l "The public was generous witr 1 its patronage = attendance Friday and Saturday nights, especially was far more than had been antici- pated"
 Closed Early Sunday The Fair, which opened Wednes day afternoon, closed shortly aftel |2 o'clock Sunday morning. Saturday afternoon was featured by the Kids Frolic" and tn Movie Parade" All children il costume were admitted free ant were treated to ice cream. Boy and girls not in fancy attire wert charged only cents each for ad mission.
 Saturday evening, the amusement program consisted of concerts b. the Juneau Band and the Klawol Indian Band, motion pictures ant dancing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
Regulation of Utility. s.s Holding Companies NoU
 Proposed by Commission

lie coasrof and to be adequate would include in it's scope the service of these organizations and these holding companies, with su- pervisioa of all contracts between holding companies and their op- erating companies.
 This would Include regnlation' of accounts with requirements pro viding specifically for filing H. nanciRl and other reports on pre- scribed forms with full publicity
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
ENROLMENT AT HIGH SCHOOL IS
 STILL INCREASING

The enrolment at she Ju- neau High School reached 199 this morning. according to Superintendent R.. s. Raven. It is expected She total attendance in the High School will be about 220 within a few weeks or about 30 oyer last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19

Sleep and many soap and wa ter baths keep me feeling fresh and fit. ;.
 I place bar of soap in the bath tub, turn on the hot water and let the soap suds rise.
 Next I cool the water to a pleasant warmth and step in fol 10 or IS minutes of the finest relaxation I know.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
CAPT. ACTON IN TOWN

Staff Capt. Joseph Acton of the Salvation Army. is in Juneau for q few days on religious business. Hc arrived from Petersburg Saturday right on the steamship Admiral Evans sn6 will leave for Prince Rupert, B. C. on the Princess Louise tomorrow morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19

Washington. She was met here f for the past week on business and
 by her father who has been here, is house guest of Gov. George
 A. Parks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
MISS CARRA HARLAN WILL
 ENTER WASHINGTON UNIV

Miss Cara Harlan, daughter of
 MT. and Mrs. J, D. Harlan of Fairbanks, is a passenger on the steamer Yukon for Seattle where she will enter the University of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19

The moderately low throughout Alaska Kodak westward the Territory souhvard to Puget The moderately high most of the Pacific the Aeuan Islands southern Berne generally cloudy weather Tmperatu changes been uninportant
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-19
RETURN FROM KETCHIKAN

1. c..,,.A Il 0edesby and daughter, MI Jsne a0416sbys have returned VI ~ -,,sNsan fr0ln'a brsef visit to Ketci1ikan. .ss