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The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-06

B. F. Ficken was recently sworn in as deputy U. S. marshal at Sitka, succeeding Frank Price.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
WHOLESAL|NG \
DIP SHOWN

Wholesale commodity prices de-
clined 1-10th Of per cent for the
week ending May 5, the Bureau
Of Labor Statistics reported. The
index stood at 1874, compared
with 1875 for the week ended
April %.
The decline was attributed to
weakening prices for textile pro
ducts and fuel lighting materials
and small drop in the hide and
leather products group.
The largest decline was IL per
cent in the textile group. Clothing
prices moved downward 81 per
cent silk and rayon Z per cent and
cotton goods / per cent. There was
a minor decline in woolen and
worsted goods and other textile
products.
A seasonal decline Of nearly 2
per cent took place in anthracite
and a decline Of 31S per cent for
electricity and O.8 Of / per cent in
petroleum products. The metals
and metal products group moved
upward to 1877 per cent Of the
1925 average, attaining q new
high for recent months. There
was also an advance Of 12h per
cent in crude rubber prices.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
GRAINS F|RMER
IN LATE TRADE

CHICAGO. May IL I.N.s.).
Wheat prices developed a firmer
tone after early pressure when the
weather map disclosed no relief
Of consequence in the drought
stricken grain belts, and losses Of
about cent were converted into
small gains.
Corn ruled firm in a narrow
range. Oats were under pressure
and prices yielded swiftly for a
time, but rallying tendencies de-
veloped in sympathy with wheat.
Near midsession wheat was un-
changed to 1sc up. corn hc down
to bc UP, oats h@Ac off. and
rye We off.
Liverpool wheat closed A@1
pence lower. Winnipeg was un.
changed to Nc up at mid4SeSsion.
The weather map showed traces
Of rain in many parts Of the grain
belt. particularly in the West and
Northwest, but it was mostly in
the form Of showers. Dust storms
again prevailed in parts Of the
Southwest and Northwest.
Although scattered showers fell
in parts Of the Canadian north.
west. the Dominion government
indicated that the wheat crop in
the three provinces win be in
grave danger unless sufficient rain
IS received during the next nine
days.
Estimated caraotse Wheat 0a.
corn 81, ana oAaS -
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
DOLLAR SALES
UPFORA. &P.

The Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company estimates sales for
four weeks ended April 2s, 1884,
at $685. $50, compared with
$61, ,056,064 for the correspond
ing period Of 1888, an increase
Of 2.3 per cent.
Tonnage sales for the four
weeks are estimated at 364,467
tons compared with 405,661 in
the 1888 period, a decrease Of
10.1 per cent.
Average weekly sales for the
four weeks in 1884 are estimated
at $15,615,995 compared with
15,264,016 in the like period Of
1888. Average weekly tonnage
sales were 91,11T tons compared
with 101,415 in the similar 1888
period.
Estimated sales for nine weeks
ended April 2S, 1884, were $143,-
756,389 against $136,035, sos for
the like period in 1888, an in
crease Of Sc per cent. Estimated
tonnage sales were 842,292 tons
against 900,86 tons a year ago,
q decrease Of 6.S per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
BOSTON, MAINE
PLACES ORDERS

Orders for new equipment total
ing approximately $2,500,OOO, of
which approximately $780, 900 will
be spent in New England, have
been placed by Boston & Maine
Railroad.
The purchases include 81
suburban passenger coaches, ten
air-c conditioned de luxe coaches,
five Pacific type passenger loco
motives, five mountain type
freight and passenger locomotives,
two Diesel electric locomotive
units, two Diesel electric switch
ing engines.
The orders are distributed
among the Pullman Bradley Com
pany, Worcester, Mass; Lima
Locomotive Works; Baldwin Loco
motive Works; Ingersoll Rand
Company; st. Louis Car Com
pany; General Electric Company,
Bethlehem Steel Company; West
inghouse Electric & Manufacture
ing Company; Mcintosh & Sey-
mour Company, Auburn, N. Y;
and American Locomotive Com
pany.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
N. Y. Curb Quotations

NEW YORK, May IL QN.S).
The curb market sagged to new
low ground on the decline today,
as renewed pressure resulted in
further general losses. for most
sections Of the list.
Specialties were hardest hit,
with Aluminium off 3A points at
65H, General Tire and Rubber off
2 at 70, Babcock and Wilcox off
~ at 36a, Celanese 1st preferred
off / at 80, and Pittsburgh Plate
Glass down V at 46.
Bunker Hill was outstandingly
weak in the metals, cracking 8
points to 40.
Gulf led the decline in the oils.
Utilities finally yielded, along
with the rest of the market, after
holding up in fairly acceptable
fashion through most of the day.
Atlas Corporation slipped off as
to 1917, among the investment
trusts, while Alcohol shares met
support not much under previous
closings.
The Cities Service issues met
extensive pressure, with the COM
mon off 70 at 21a, and the de:
bentures down "a at 48A..
American Power and Light IS
sagged a point to 58A in an ur1-
settled bond division.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
v'';Hs :is.':ssS s;;;s''' N. Y. Bond Quotations

NEW YORK, May IL (IN.S).
A further sharp break in rail OBJ
legations unsettled the bond mar.
ket in today's dealings. with gen.
orally lower levels the rule along
the line. Pressure on the carrier
group was accentuated by the un-
favorable weekly loadingS report,
with losses running in excess Of 3
points. Among the hard.presSed
favorites were the Allegheny IS Of
80, which dropped 11s points to
38h; st. Paul IS A off az at 43h,
Baltimore and Ohio 4h off at
SO, Northwestern 43zs off w at
40A, and Rock Island general Is
off 1b at 67h.
Domestic corporation loans
were vulnerable only in spots.
International Telephone IS lost
q point at 601s, Western Union
IS Of 80 sagged to 80, and
Postal Telegraph IS declined V
to 4s1z.
U. S. Governments experienced
q slight relapse following their
extended advance to new high
ground. Treasury 33sS Of 20 de-
clined 4-32 to 104, Treasury 31zs
Of '46 dipped 3-32 to 102.19. and
Treasury 3AS was down 3-32 at
1O3.21.
ForeignS were quiet and some
what improved. German 51as ad-
vanced u point to 45h, and
Austrian Is Of ST was up " at
75h.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
LOlUe1' Prices Rule
In Chemical Trade

While higher prices were named
for a few articles in the markets
for heavy and fine chemicals last
week, reductions predomfnated
among the price changes, the cur
rent Oil. Paint and Drug Reporter
reports. Industrial buying slack.
ened. Shipments Of i1lsecticidal
and fungicidal chemicals for agri-
cultural use were heavy.
Fertilizer materials were the
weakest group, reductions being
made in prices Of potash salts,
Sulphate Of ammonia, and many
organic materials. Prices of paint
materials were variously changed:
but the reviSionS were of minor
importance. Coaltar solvents were
active, with the exception Of ben
zene. Glycerin and silver nitrate
were at higher price levels. the
pharm ceutical groups being
strong.
The Reporters composite index
number for prices Of. heavy and
fine chemicals dropped again,
from 1878 to 1868
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
TRADE ACTIVITY
MOUNTS WITH
TEMPERATURE

NJ International News Service
The business tide appears to
nave risen with the temperature,
@ there was q sudden squirt in
retail distribution this week,
while wholesale buying broad.
med, and the rate Of industrial
operations reached new high
round for the year in several
divisions. says Dun & Brad
treetS weekly trade review.
The sudden revival Of activity,
following the languishing pace Of
April. has brought fresh evidence
hat the weather has been the
major retardative factor to
progress during the last few
weeks.
In striking contrast to the
mai gains recorded for the
even-day period preceding, re-
SortS from most parts Of the
country this week revealed in
reases Of IL to 20 per cent in
'etau sales, as compared with
he corresponding figures Of 1888,
n spite Of the rising trend at
hat time, when merchandise was
Seing accumulated in advance Of
asing prices.
The poorest showing was made
" those districts in the Middle
Vest and Northwest, where the
leat wave has brought the men,
zee Of drought conditions, not
outstanding scattered rains. AS
I result. spending has been cur
iailed.
The accelerated rate at which
merchandise now is passing into
consumers hands has removed the
ears Of a few weeks ago that IN.
Ventory losses would have suf-
cred, as stocks Of the lowest sell.
ng items already have been low
sred to such an extent that dis
oosal Of the balance will not be
ufficuIt.
The rather substantial rally in
commodity prices doubtless has
0een brought about by the wider
1emand which low quotations
stimulated, although more free
1om in planning ahead caused
ion1e Of the buying, as users of
erge quantities Of materials now
Are convinced that the future con.
srol Of production and markets
will be placed in the hands of in
aividual industries which will per.
nit more sensitive alignment of
variations in distribution as these
lrise.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
RAILS. To STUDY
GOVERNMENT
RATEPLEA
BY JAMES G. FLANAGAN


Railroads Of the country have
been asked by the Government to
continue for another year the re-
duced freight charges on relief
shipments, when it was learned
that the matter would be consid-
cred by the Eastern rail heads next
week.
AS the only important item on
the docket for discussion at the
meeting of the Eastern presidents
conference next Thursday, the
railroad chiefs will decide whether
to comply with the request Of the
Federal Relief Administrator to
extend the reduced tariffs for a
full year after expiration of the
present agreement on May 81.
COAL RATE RAISED
Eastern railroads have already
restored the full rate on coal ship
mentS now that distribution Of
this commodity for relief purposes
has been taken over by the various
state agencies and such coal move
ments are no longer under Federal
bills Of lading.
In the case Of the other relief
shipments, however, the expecta-
ton is that the carriers will con-
tinue the reduced tariffs, which
involve reductions of from Is to
40 per cent from the regular
rates. Western and Southern
roads have even continued t h e
reduced rates on coal.
General Cut Unlikely
The question Of q general cut
in passenger fares in Eastern ter.
ritory apparently is virtually a
dead issue and will not be consid-
cred by the Eastern rail presi-
dents next week. While the spe-
cial fare committee headed by F.
E. Williamson, head Of the New
York Central, has been seeking
conferences with Western a nd
Southern road officials with a
view Of achieving a countrywide
agreement on fare reductions, diff.
ferenceS among individual carriers
have prevented an accord.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Business Neu,s
Spotlight

DUN d BradStrcet, Inc., re-
ports large gains In retail trade
with the rise I'm temperature
. Lumber orders for the
week ended May S rose above
production Inland Steel
Co. Is adding two open hearth
furnaces raising ingOt prOduc-
ton from So per cent to In ex-
cess of 20 per cent Of capacity
Essex Company declared
the regular Semi.annual divi-
dend Of 50, payable June / to
stock Of record May II :.
Stocks Of lead In the United
States ON April I were 29S,210
short tons. against 1859 tons
ON March I and 2SS, ,SO7 On
April J. 1888
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Dividends Are Held
Taxable When Paid

Secretary Of the Treasury Nor
genthau was informed by the joint
House and Senate Committee on
Internal Revenue Taxation that
it was the intention OF Congress
to make dividends taxable when
actually paid rather than when
declared.
The Treasury had conferred with
the groups Of Senators and Repre-.
sentatives, representing the House
Ways and Means and the Senate
Finance Committees, in an effort
to clear administrative interpre-
tationS Of the dividend tax as car
ried in the new revenue law.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Exports to Soviet
MuLtiDLu I9 Times

Exports to Soviet Russia in
March were valued at $874,712
compared with $64,591 in March
Of last year, the Commerce De-
partment reports.
The monthly total increased
from $10S,O14,677 for all countries.
Shipments to Germany were
$15,392, 800 compared with ST.
057,848 for March, 1888, and
France, $12,90s,564, compared
with $7.955.275.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Tire Retailers
Boost Prices
BY International News Service

By International News Service
Further markups in tire
prices have been announced as
retailers prepare to go under
their new code next week.
The B. F. Goodrich Company
announces increases, effective a.
once, ranging from 5 to is per
cent on all third and fourth
line tires. Seiberling Rubber
Company announced it would
follow the Goodrich cut, while
Goodyear and FireStone were
expected to fall in line.
Dayton Rub ber Company
marked up it's third-line tires 10
per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Building Jump
USeaSOnal
Bv Internatioual Nevya servieo

BY International News Service
Rising 14.7 per cent OVer
March, building permit values
during April showed . much
more than seasonal increase,
which for this period is usually
6.5 per cent.
Comparison with March .
year ago, likewise displayed
great improvement, the increase
amounting to 32.5 per cent.
The monetary value for 215
cities aS reported to Dun b
Bradgtreek, tOtaled $40, ,262. $50,
cOm pared with $26,OSO.OOS
March ana S22.A01,417 . year
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
CITY ICE DIVIDEND

Directors of City Ice and Fuel
Company have declared regular
dividends Of $1.621a per share on
the company's preferred stock.
payable June I, 1884, to stock
holders Of record May 10, 1884,
and so cents per share on the COM
mon stock, payable June 80. 1884,
to stockholders Of record June 16,.
1884 ,
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

d) (O) Paid I'm 1854 ) On
regular rate: latest
(h) stock Special (n) 81 in stock (w W
with warTantA (xw) without warrantA C"I rxdv4dSnd.
ntgidenI 1atS p dollars d utrs6ths.. CSEoteD EEI1a
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
COTTON FORWARDrNGs

New York Cotton Exchange
weekly statistics showed forward
in3S this week totaled 230, 900
bales, against 303,000 last year,
bringing the total to date to H.
435, 900 bales, against 10,924,000
in the corresponding period Of last
season. Exports were $4,000 bales,
making the total for the season to
date 6,573, 900 bales, against 6,722,.
600 for the same period last year.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
COTTON CLIMBS
At CLOSING

NEW YORK, May 12 G.N.sJ.
saort-covertng over the week
end brought cotton futures up
from their lows at the close to-
day and enabled the list to fin
tsn within a point or so Of the
previous close. Selling quieted
down on the upside, with only
scattered offerings coming from
the South and spot firms.
There was some routine price.
fixing for the domestic and con-
tinental trade.
Final quotations were un-
changed to 3 points lower, with
July unchanged at 1923; Octo'
Der, off 2, at 11.43; December.
off /. at 11.53: January, off 3.
at 11:6O. and March. off 3, at
11s7O.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

Houston Oh 5hs '4OI 81 SONI 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

tory Of gangs in this era of lawlessness It is the
old story of the ruthless group Of unholies crum-
bling into decadence at the moment of greatest
power.
The Puppies shot their way to underworld
eminence. And finally, flashing guns in the hands
of their rivals made their overthrow complete.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

years ''muscled" their way through the under
world until they were known as Detrot's No.
and No. Public Enemies, had been put on a
spot and wiped out.
The news electrified Detroit. Axler and
Fletcher were almost the only active surviving
readers of the once-powerful Purple Gang.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

Not long ago,
Herbert Asbury,
noted writer and
a nth GRITTY on
American gang
dom, had said:
"The Puppies of
Detroit are a
notorious outfit
of killers who
have been i'm
v0lved in many
of the most Sc
riouS crimes com.
tnitted in This
country in the
last half dozen
years."
The story Of
the rise and fall
of the Puppies is
signific a n t
because it is so
typically the his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

Crumpled together on
the back seat of the car
were the b odies Of two
slender, slickly-dressed
young men. They were
dead, their heads and
bodies literally riddled
with bullets. Each was
clasping the others hand =!
They had died making this
last gesture Of friendship.
Lincoln sprinted to a
telephone. State, county
and city police were quick
to arrive. Detroit homicide
squad detectives caused
even more excitement. One
said: ''They're Able Axler
and Eddie Fletcher!"
The detective was right.
Abe Axler and Eddie Flet-
cher, natives Of New York
City, who had migrated to
MiHhivan and in q few
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

FLASHING guns in spot murders fat bank
counts illegally repenished by professional killings,
6ootegging, dope peddling, rackets Wild night club
orgies and hgh-LNe with pretty girls and finally,
gums.
That briefly is the story of the rise and fail of the
notorious Purple Gang of Detroit This little band has
been charged with playing part in many Of the
tons most sensational crimes. For many years they
feignsd supreme. But today they. have been wiped
mob IS typicahy the history of bg-time American
gang in our decade. The two last surviving Purple
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

Gay parties with women mace tnem
careless. And this carelessness took
toll in that it made them vulnerable
to police attacks, pushed on by an
aroused public opinion. Those
.sssasAsss Puppies who have not retired, OF
been killed, have gone to prison
And one even went to an insane
asylum, driven there, presun+
ably, by brooding over his
misdeeds
But to turn back to Axler
and Fletcher; their lives and
executions were sensational chap
tiers in Detroit criminal records. Police
as we'll as rivals had been searching for
them. They had jumped bonds on charges
of being Public Enemies, q new statute which
has been powerful crime deterrent in Michigan.
1t was learned that they had returned to the
city only the day before their deaths, to join their
wives in the joint apartment they maintained in
fashionable residential district. The night OF
the shooting the four were dining when Axler
was called to the telephone. He talked briefly,
apparently with someone he knew and trusted:
Then he turned to Fletcher:
"Cotne on, Eddie" he said. ''We've got to 20
OUT
pair donned hats and coats and hurried out into
the night. That was the last their wives heard OF
them until police called with news OF the
slayings.
IN RECONSTRUCTING the case, detectives said
I they believed Axier and Fletcher kept an APP
pointment with friend, turned traitor. Probably
they were held prisoners for few hours, then
forced into the death car and driven on their last
ride. The reason: detectives don't know, but they
believe the pair, driven from their lucrative
liquor and beer business by Repeal sought to
take up dope selling, and found the field oc-
cupied. ,
Axler and Fletcher arrived in Detroit In 1925,
mere youngsters then (they died aged S2), ana
joined group Of local youths to form the Purple
Gang, given that name BY newspaper reporter
who sought to give the gang color" Detroit
police say there were Is original members Of the
Purple Gang-an unlucky 13-although when
they became notorious, almost every Detroit
hoodlum arrested anywhere was miscalled
a Purple.
The little bands first bid for respect among
their treacherous fellows was burst Of gun-fire
in Detroit's first gangland massacre, which was
made more horrible to the citizenry by the fact
that it marked the first time machine-gunner
had taken human life In that city This massacre
placed the Puppies GA ganedOm'S throne and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24
Copyright. 1884. King Pastures Syndicate, Inc.

TWO automobile headlights, blin
through the cold, damp mist, worrie
cia1 Policeman Fred Lincoln. The ca
parked along secluded Quarton Road,
Bloomfield Hills, swanky North-D etroit
tSsu6 STONE D %Hi m aade m.b SR 5S guard g
che auto millionaires, which are ~. Eassa
so abundant in. that section.
And a parked car at A. M. s
might mean trouble. NJ
Probably just peters," Lin %
coin treasured himself as he
CROPPED his way through the fog to en-
Che car. He flashed his torch and
threw open the door. "Hi, there" he '
shouted, but his next words froze on
his lips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

AAA0S00NASS
did most to unseat them. But
about that presently
Early in 1927 Detroit's
gamblers rAcketeers and
bootleggers were victims Ns.ss II M
of a wave of kidnapings b IM sM
1t has been said this was sM
the first time that kid @
naping on q produc- -
ton basis had raised q
its ugly head in this "a lz
country. And the 49, 80 ~ Il
Puppies were ' Sa
credited with most S 80 S S
Of the abductions. 49, l ~
In March of that N $3.50
year; three Chicago
mobsters, Frank Wright, s
Reuben Cohen and Joseph
Bloom, had hurried to Detroit
to help free gambler friend
who was held for high ransom.
Late one night q telephone call
advised them they might obtain in
formation in Groom 3O8, MilahoreS
Apartments" This was the number
Of an apartment rented
Fletcher Solly Levine; He Was Sp
The three Chicago in q Massacre, Then He
oans did not delay. They traordnary Photo Was
threw nrecautions to the Squealing Later He Disar
winds stalked red boldly SInS up poo On. e,ou
stealthily, door at the other end of the hall
swung open. small group Of men tip-toed out.
In their center was grim-faced fellow, carrying
o sub-machne gun-the first one to be used in
Detroit. Without warning he opened fire, moved
down the three callers in quick order All were
killed.
A woman living in the building heard the
shooting and rushed to the door. But she did not
see the killers. They escaped, never to be cap
tured. Axler and Fletcher, who rented Room 3OS,
were arrested but they established albis and
were released. Other Puppies were questioned
but none was held.
I ATER the police announced that the man
- welding the machine gun was none other than
the notorious Fred "Ki11er" Burke, vicious mid
Western bad-man, who now Is serving life in
Michigan prison for Staying policeman: Burke,
il was said, in those days frequently worked with
the Puppies. Chicago police say Puppies stood be-
side him when he shot down seven Chicago
gangsters in the horrible Valentine Day Mas
sacre in that city.
It wasn't long after this affront to decency
Wna4 the Puppies were n the news again. They
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-24

AS SHE FACES THE FUTURE
The Gangsters' Wives and Sweethearts Must AL.
ways Suffer. {AbOve) The Sorrowful Face and
Tragic Eyes of Mrs. Irving Milbers. Her Hus-
band, Purple Gangster, Of Detroit, Was Sent to
Prison for Life for Murder. She Was Left Alone
and Helpless With Her Two Small Children.
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TOPPED A STEEIcAND GRANITE
An
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pies NextF Burke, in
' He udered Now Prian ID
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