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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-06
Governor Troy
On Way from.
CAL, to Seattle

Gov. John w. Troy is aboard
the liner Emma Alexander en-
route from Los Angeles to Sc
attic, according to radio receiv-
cd from him today by The
Empire.
The ship Is scheduled to ar
rive in Seattle Tuesday, Janu-
airy 8.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-06
WOMAN'S BODY
FOUND BY ROAD;
.ATTACkATTEMPT
Believed Slayer Placed
Dead Woman on High
way, After Staying
AS War TInE r1AJoR- GENERAL

DETROIT, .5icn.. Jan. 6.-Believed
slain in an attempted attack and
then thrown from an auto, the
body of Mrs Virginia Gibson, aged
33, wife of an interior decorator,
was found early today on the high
way west of the city.
The body had been run over
possibly two or three times after a
struggle at the side of the road.
Finding of the woman's scarf and
pocketbook led to the theory OF
the attempted attack.
A passing motorist discovered the
body and saw a car ahead pass
over it.
1nves t ig tors said the slayer
probably placed the body on the
highway so that death might be
ascribed to an accident.
The womans wrist watch had
stopped at 1920 O'Clock this morn
ing.
Gordon Gibson said his wife left
their hotel last night to go TO a
theatre while he went to work. The
couple married about five years
ago.
MYSTERY CASE
DETROIT. Mich, Jan. 6.-The
police today sought for the solu-
ton of the death of Charles Berthe
17-year-old high school senior,
whose unclothed body, covered with
a bathrobe, was found face up
ward on a piano bench in his home
with cord bound tightly about
the neck, waist and limbs. The boy
had been alone in the house for
several hours.
The boys mother found the body
when she returned home from
work.
The authorities said the bath
robe was put over the body after
death and led them to believe
the boy was slain. The manner in
which the cords we're tied about
the body precluded the theory of
Intentional destruction.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-06
CONGRESS- WILL
SOON ACT UPON
BIG QUESTION,
SAYS M'DUFF|E.
Twenty-first Am e n dment
Is Intended to Apply
to All Possessions
of United States

WASHINGTON, Jan. g.
The opinion that Congress
will shortly make the Twen-
ty-first Amendment effective
in all insular and Territorial
possessions where the Eigh-
teenth Amendment applies, is
expressed by John McDuffie,
Chairman of the House In
sular Affairs Committee.
81 know Congress intends
to give the insular and terri
torial possessions the same
authority on control of liquor
as it does our States,' said
McDuffie.
The opinion was given in
discussing the bill designed
to repeal Prohibition as con-
tanned in the organic laws of
Puerto Rico. The members of
the committee discussed the
Puerto Rico bill since the
repeal bill is to affect all
Territories and insular pos
sessions but it was decided
that inasmuch as the organic
laws governing each are diff
ferent, separate consideration
would have to be given.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-06

LIQUOR BILL is
PASSED BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON, JAM 6. The
new liquor tax bill, passed by the
House late yesterday. is expected
to bring in almost half billion
dollars from spirits, beer and wine.
She bill goes to the Senate and
it is expected to be passed early
next week.
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Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
RAENEY PREDICTS ! DOUBLE STANDARD

The United States will shortly adopt silver and gold as mon- etary base in the opinion of Henry T. Rainey, speaker of the House of Representatives.
 In a statement in Washington last week, Representative Rain- ey was quoted as saying:
 We are going to have a double standard. We will get it before long. We are going to store silver bars in the treas ury and issue silver certificates, then we will not use silver as a medium of exchange, but in- stead we will use silver certif- icates.'
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
COMMITTEE APPROVES
 DIES SILVER MEASURE

The Dies bill, authorizing ac- ceptance of silver at a premium on the world price in payment f 0 r American agricultural products for expert, was ap- proved early this week by the senate committee on agriculs- ure, according to radio reports.
 The reports failed to indicate any changes in the bill as it pased the house some days ago, although senate silver sup porters were hopeful of having the Wheeler 16 to 1 program incorporated in the committee hearings. As this apparently has not been successful, an eff fSrt will probably be made to include the Wheeler proposal by amendment on the floor.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
H ouse Passes Alaska
 Hcmesite Purchase Bill

Included among the various Alaska measures passed upon by Congress during the past few days was the bill to per init certain persons occupying small tracts of land as home sites, to purchase up to } acres at S2,50 and acre for homesite purposes. The measure passed the house and was sent tc the senate.
 The house also passed the bill authorizing sale of govern ment-owned houses and los at Anchorage to occupants em- ployed by the Alaska railroad.
 The bill amending the Alas ka coal land leasing act of 19- IA by suspending the annual rental and extending the lease of incorporating CT producing coal mines also passed the house and went to the senate.
 All three measures were in- itroduced by Delegate Dimond.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
E. R. A. 10 Succeed (. w. A.

A new unemployment relief organization known as the Emergency Relief Adminigtra- ton or E. R. A. will fake over the federal relief activities of the c, w, A., according to re- ports from Washington.
 Incomplete details of the new organization indicate that i. will provide relief on the basis of actual need and will operate on a greatly reduced scale as compared to the C.W.A. It will be possible for needy persons l.3 obtain a maximum of 26 work weeks of 24 hours each during one year, the report. in dicate.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
No Word On Assessment Act.

No information was received this week relative to the ass essment suspension question, now awaiting action by Cong ress. Passage of some form of exemption act is certain but when and in what form are qustions that are greatly dis turbing those who hold mining ground, az the time for per forming such labor is bec'0m- ing very short.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM
 ENDS NEXT THURSDAY

Local Civil Works Admins tration activities will be brought to a definite end on April 19 in accordance with revised in- 1tructions from the c. W. A. authorities received Tuesday by supervising foreman J. K. Green.
 The suspension will occur 9 week earlier than indicated in earlier instructions, which de,e ignated April 26 as the closing day of the c. w. A. program.
 The change necessita.ed 8 complete alteration of the working schedule for the re- mainder of the period as an- nounced last week. This was designed to give every man on the eligible list enc full week of employment. Az this is now impossible, the Emp'oymen. board has prepared a new schedule dividing tho remain ing work hours as nearly equal ly as possible among all the eligible workers.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
HOUSE APPROVES
 MINING BIL L

Passage by the House of Rep- re5entatives of the Dimond bill gran.ing to the Territory of Alaska the right to make it's own regulations on placer min- ing g reported from Washing. 15n. The measure is now 2Waiting action by the Senate.
 The measure repeals a spec ial act If Congress modifying and amending the federal min- .ng 3aws insofar as they apply 70 Alaska, passed in 1912, and extends to the Territory the general mining laws of the United States insofar as they are applicable to placer mining claims.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Local Stocks

Following a somewhat quiet CT market, local mining stocks are showing only slight price changes on the Vancouver Sock Exchange lately. Pre- mier continues around $1.45; Big Missouri around 35e; Dun we'll, 42-44c; Porter Idaho, 13e and Salmon Gold 29f. None of the lower priced issues have varied more than a cent or 50.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Alaska 2lanc Crash Kills Two

Edgar Fageros, pilot for Vein Airways of Fairbanks, and Michael Takeoff, Flat min- ing man, passenger on the plane piloted by Fageros, were instantly killed in landing at McGrath last week, accord~g to word received at Fairbanks.
 Witnesses of the accident said the plane apparently hit an air pocket 200 or 300 feet above the ground and fell, striking the earth in an almost perfect landing position.
 Both men were badly man. gled. Fageros was a war pilot and received the Distinguished Service Cross.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Alaska Fish Bill
 Up To President

Delegate A. J. Dimond's bill permitting bona fide white residents and Indians along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers to engage in commercial king salmon fishing under reg ulations of the department of commerce passed the House of Representatives late last week and is awaiting the signature of the President, acording to Washington reports.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
GENL. MITCHELL URGES
 AIR MAIL SERVICE
 FOR ALA SIX A

Establishment of an air mail service to Alaska was urged by Brig. Genl. William Mitch ell, former assistant chief of the army air corps, in testi- mony given before the senate postoffice committee recently.
 Mitchell declared that the establishment of such a service is "very important"
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
G5 Alaska Repeal Bill
 lip To PresidcnS

The Alaska prohibition re- peal bill, in amended form, is now awaiting the signature of President Roosevelt, after pass ing both the House and Senate last week, according to Wash ington reports.
 The provision of the original measure giving t. the governor of Alaska power to pardon per sons convicted of viola lions of he prohibition laws. which, after passing both branches of Congress some time ago, was pronounced unconstitutional, was eliminated by resolution in in the Senate, leaving the re- mainder of the bill intact.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
World Wheat Conference On

A world wheat conference, | h e principal objective of which is stabilization of prices and determination of mini mum world price for exported wheat, convened in Rome on Monday.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
President Returns to Capital

President Franklin D. Roo3e- welt returned to Washington Friday from his vacation in Florida and was greeted by a grand turn-ou. of both houses of Congress and the president ial cabinet headed by a brass band at the station. Party pol itics were apparently forgotten in the scramble to greet the chief executive.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Pension Issue Up For
 Court Determination

The question of whether h. dian mothers are entitled to participate in the benefits of the Territorial pension law known as the Mothers Pension Act will soon be brought to is- sue in the District Court at Jun eau as a result of the filing of a petition for an alternative writ of mandamue against governor John w. Troy by Lily Scctt, Juneau Indian woman, through her attorney, William L. Paul.
 Mrs. Scott's petition asks for a court order compelling the governor to pay her a monthly allowance of S70 for the SUD- port of four dependent child ren under the provisions of the act.
 The petition alleges Mrs. Scott made application for such allowances to the governors office last year and was re- fused, although, she contends, that the children are not elegi- ble to, receive aid from the fed eral government.
 An amendment to. the Ter ritorial pension laws passed by the last legislature excludes from their benefits all persons wh'o are eligible to receive fed eral aid, and the Territorial pension boards have since held that all Indians are eligible for federal assistance and are not entitled to Territorial pensions.
 The issue of the case is one of great importance, as it will be virtually a test case of the con- stituti0nality of the Territ orial pension laws and may lead to the tying up of all pension pay ments pending judicial inter- pretation of the laws.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
U. s. Finally Overtakes Ensull

Escorted by large cord3n of Turkish police to prevent poss- ible attempt at escape, Samuel Incull, fugitive Chicago finin- cier, was placed on board a steamer at Istanbcul Thursday and is now enroute to the Unit ed States to answer criminal charges growing cut of the downfall of his once vast utili- ties empire.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Results of Alaska
 Municipal Elections

Results of Alaskan municipal elections held on April 4, brief ly summarized, were as fol- lows:
 Juneau Mayor I. Goldste;n defeated Thomas B. Judson. 888 to 568; councilmen, R. H. BeiStline, w. s. George, Henry Messerschmidt. Vote w $ largest ever cast in municipal election, 1 1,465.
 Ketchikan-- P. J. Gilmore reelected mayor over D. s. Rome; council, J. A. Talbot Lem. Mckay, Henry Erwiclz James Bergun.
 Sitka-- Kogtromitinoff, may or; Frank Ala, w. R. Walton, Andrew Hope, council.
 Skagway- W. J. Mulvihill reelected mayor for eleventh term; council, H. G. Ask, J. M Keller, A. Gutfeldt.
 Seward D. C. Brownell re- elected to fourth term as may or: council. Chas. Gilliland. Thomas Esbo, M. Swetman 7; 1855 votes cast.
 Cordova- Dr. w. H. Chase 1O-times mayor, reelected with cut opposition; Roy Baddion, Carl Edmonds, Wm. Liebe, council.
 Petersburg Edward Lock en reelected mayor; Erik Ness, K. Thompson, John Holten, councilmen.
 Wrangell- G. P. Kirtland, mayor; l.. Nj. Brueger, A. Sor- set, L. M. Campbell, H. Coulter, council.
 Anchorage Oscar Gill, mayor; J. B. Waldeman, C. E. Martin, M. J. Mcdonald, ccun- cil.
 Haines- Henry Brown, Jack David, Judson Brown, E. Hide brand, F. McRae.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Lumher Mill Starts

The Hyder Lumber Company saw mill resumed operations Tuesday. Activities are being directed principally to replen- ishing certain depleted stocks and continued operations are not contemplated, according to proprietor William Gray.
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-04-14
Pioneer Woman Dead

Mrs. Elizabeth Cool, widow of the late Jack Cool, and a pioneer resident of Ketchikan, died last week after long ill- ness.
The Washington times., 1934-09-14
TWO ARE NAMED

Mrs. w. B. Armstrong and Mrs.
c. H. Godbold, of Cabin John,
Nd, have been named members
of q special welfare committee to
arrange for cutting out of gar
ments for the needy of Montgom-
cry county.
The Washington times., 1934-09-14
FIGURES Barred
ON WHOLESALE
TRADE HERE
BY LOUIS e. WHYTE


Agents and brokers Jared best
of all types of wholesalers In the
National Capital during the four
years Of the depression, 1929 to
1888, according to tabulationS re.
leased today by the Bureau of the
Census.
The tabulations show that,
while the sales per establishment
fell off about 40 per cent for all
types of wholesale agencies in the
city during the four-year period.
sales per establishment for agents
and brokers decreased by only
about IL per cent.
While the number of all whole
sale establishments In the city In.
creased from 1929 to 1888 by 1S.9
Fer cent. the number Of agents
and brokers places decreased from
SIS to 81, for a net decline Of 7.3
per cent. Meanwhile, the net
sales for all wholesalers decreased
during the period for 31.4 per
cent, while the net sales for agents
and brokers dropped only from
$16,079, 900 in 1929 to $13,093, 900
In 1888. or about 20 per cent.
Sales Drop Shown
This means that actually the
average sale per establishment of
agents or brokers fell off only
from $292,345 in 1929 to $256, ,72S
in 1888, while the average sales
per establishment for wholesalers
as a whole dropped from $528, ,393
In 1929 to $313,160 in 1888.
Also it is shown that the total
. expenses for agents and brokers
decreased from 81 per cent Of
net sales in 1929 to 3.6 per cent
in 1888, while total expenses for
ali types of wholesale establish.
mentS increased by 1.8 per cent.
AS a result of the four years
of depression, the total wholesale
and retail business in the Ma
tional Capital was reduced by
more than SITE, 100000 in 1888
as compared to the volume in
1929, the tabulations show.
The retail business suffered
most, falling from 336,261, ,991 in
1929 to $241,514,74? last year. The
wholesale business declined from
$261 ,083, 900 in 1929 to $179,077,-
600 in 1888.
However, against the retail bust
ness decline here, five business
clasSifications show an actual in.
crease in dollar volume during the
four years, and eight kinds OF
businesses show decline Of less
than Is per cent-the average
decline for all businesses being
28.2 per cent.
The retail business groups which
show an increase in dollar volume
include filling stations, heating
and plumbing dealers, dry.goodS
and general merchandise stores,
farmers supplies and country gen.
eral stores, and secondhand stores.
While the total retail business
declined by 2S.2 per cent during
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The Washington times., 1934-09-14
Man Hit by Auto,
Ribs Fractured

Thomas Weir, 43, Of the 2oO
block of Eighth st. S. w., was
seriously injured early today when
he was struck by an automobile
while crossing Pennsylvania
Avenue at Seventh st. N. w.
The injured man was removed
to Emergency Hospital by Albert
Mayer, as of Johnston Pa, driver
of the automobile that struck him
He was treated for a possible
fracture of the skull, several trac'
tured ribs and other injuries.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

DeMiIIe Player
Oscar Rudolph, bit player In
Cleopatra" has appeared in the
last Is DeMille pictures.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16
Trapezist Used in
Film Prologue

Just nine weeks after an acct
dent in which she had fractured
her skull, shoulder and spine and
suffered an almost fatal con-
cussion Of the brain, Mickey
King, famous for her work on
the flying trapeze, appeared at
the Eastern Service Studio on
Long Island and made three
daring 45-foot jumps into a net.
Her feats were recorded by the
motion picture cameras and will
be incorporated into q symbolic
prologue for Crime without Pas
sion," which Ben Hecht and
Charles Macarthur are producing
for Paramount release.
Miss King, who is considered
by circus people to be the sue
cessor to Lillian Leitzel, is a mem
Der Of the Flying Wards and has
appeared in circuses all over the
United States. Her speciality Is
the late Miss Leitzel's one-arm
swing.
At the time Of her accident
she was playing at the Shrine
circus in Cincinnati. A flaw in
the trapeze rigging precipitated
her to the stage. She spent nine
weeks in q hospital, four Of them
in q plaster cast. AS soon as she
was released she reported at the
studio, ready for work.
Jumping As feet is nothing"
she said, her grey eyes spark
Zig in her thin but charming
face. "There's no rigging to
break, you see. When an aerial
list jumps for . trapeze bar or
starts any other trick, his mind
Is fixed on what to do in case
he misses.
For that reason few OF us
ever are hurt by . fall when
we're prepared for it. But
when the rigging breaks, that's
different. The mind doesn't
have time to function during q
Is or 2O-foot drop and there
can be no preparation for .
landing. Miss LeitzeI, for in
stance, fell only once during
her brilliant career. She
dropped just six feet when .
rope broke. It killed her."
The Washington times., 1934-07-16
By Mark He||inser
By Feg Murray

ard Snyder. Fifteen years in
vaudeville and now bookings
were so scarce he could barely
earn a living.
"He had a great act, too. At
least it was great some years ago.
He it was, you remember, who
toured the whole country and told
you in screaming headlines that
he was going to saw q woman in
half.
"After playing the act so long,
the novelty wore off and things
grew tougher day by day. The
final blow fell a few days ago.
however, when the girl who had
been getting sawed in half for the
last five years finally quit entirely.
"Dear Mark" postcards Ray
Heatherton. II just heard the
saddeSt story ever told.
Its about the poor guy who
spent $500 to cure himself Of hall.
tosis-only to find out that no
body liked him, anyhow. 20.
zone Of the Broadway movie
houses" reports j. M. Josefsberg,
recently announced that its fea.
ture picture was made for lovers.
See it, the theater advertised,
with someone you lover
II know a Broadwayite who saw
1t four times by himself!".
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

From Astoria
I was born in Astoria and went
to school there in public schools
~ think first wanted to be
an actress when I watched them
all and saw the lovely clothes
they were wearing and the fine
cars they drove. now these
things aren't particularly import
ant to me. the fact that they
were working before the cameras
and under the lights wasn't par
ticularly impressive, or seeing
them on the screen afterwards
in the neighborhood movie house
:. it was just watching them in
their lovely clothes and cars.
I was an ungainly child and
heartbroken about it. for I
thought I never would have a
chance to be on the stage. I
thought beauty was the one and
only open sesame to the theater
ana the screen. even Wnen l
began taking part in amateur
shows around Astoria and audi
ences began to listen a little
when I sang the popular songs
Of the day, I went through the
procedure half-heartedly. I felt
I would never grow up to be
beautiful enough to be an actress.
So when finished school I
took o business course. =. L think
that's the smartest thing I ever
did. Luck was with me. I got
. job as secretary to Caleb
Bragg, q millionaire sportsman
with offices in Wall Street. i.
Mr.. Bragg was a well known
man about town, and world
The Washington times., 1934-07-16
Marion Marsh PLAYS.
Girl of LimberIost'

Monogram has completed cast
ing on THE Girl Of the Timber
lost" and has signed Marion
Marsh to play the title role in
this famous Gene Stratton Porter
story.
The complete cast includes
Ralph Morgan in the male lead.
Louise Dresser as the mother, Ed
die Nugent, Henry Walthal, Helen
Jerome Eddy, Betty Blythe, Bar
bara Bedford, Gigi Parrish, Robert
Ellis and S-year-old Tommy Bupp.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

she told me that she would like
to develop the sun stroke.
"She has an idea that a rum
around is a small roadster, and
that you need a key to open an
arm-lock. She bought a new car
that has free wheeling and she
was startled to learn that it still
needs gas and oil.
"She is convinced that loco
motion Is crazy rhythm, and
that you have to water an in
dustrial plant. She is certain
that q bride path Is used only
by newly-married couples, and
that a sewer is q guy who goes
to court to collect.
"She believes a membership
drive is a new highway, and that
a bank keeps its liquid assets in
bottles. But what really knocked
me cold was her positive claim
that Tennessee is a, Chinese ten
mis- camel"
Il met q guy last week." con-
fideS Horatio Tito, who has the
most desperate inferiority com
pick Of them all.
His complex Is 50 strong that
he even married a midget
Dear Mark" writes Sid Gar
finkle. II just found out what
that glow Is that emanates from
certain Broadway phonies.
Its nothing more than the
four-flush Of success"
Things were pretty tough with
Boobo, The Great" scribbles How.