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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
Suicide Dies
To Song
IOf Memory

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25.-There
seemed to be nothing unusual in
Clyde. w. Coppas' request of a
friend today to play Remember
Me When I'm Gone" The friend,
Robert Van De Mark, played the
music on guitar. Before the
piece was finished, Coppas dropped
to the floor dead. Police reported
the man, in i'll health, had swal-
lowed poison.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
PRISONERS SET
SEVERAL FIRES
IN AN UP RISING.
THIS AFTERNOON
State Troopers Called Out
to Quell Disorder in
New Eastern State
Penitentiary

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa, Aug.
25.-AbOut 200 c0nvicts riot
ed this afternoon at the new
Eastern State Penitentiary at
Graterf0rd.
, During the riot the con-
victs started several fires and
one m al structure within
the walls was destroyed.
State Troopers were sum-
m0ned and they arrived wear
ing helmets and armed with
sh0tguns and riot sticks.
Peace soon followed with a
few injuries on both sides.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
BYRNS is IN
RACE, HOUSE
SPEAKERSH|P
Democratic Floor Leader
Enters Battle with 3
AnnouncedOthers

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. = Re
preventative Joseph w. Byrns, OF
Tennessee, Democratic Floor lead
err has stepped into the race for
the House Speakership creating a
four cornered battle for that most
powerful post.
Others in the race are Sam Ray
burn of Texas, William B. Bank
head, of Alabama, John Rankin of
Mississippi.
Northern Representatives men,
toned as possible contenders in
clude John j. O'ConnOr and James
Mead of New York, and John Nc
Cormack of Massachusetts,.
With the Democrats virtually as
sured of control of the next House,
the selection of a Speaker and
Party Leader will be made at a
caucus before Congress convenes
on January 3.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
He's Back in Army
Now and Happy Again

CINCINNATI, Aug. 25.-Twenty-
three years, concluded Recruiting
Sergeant Arthur Levins. is long
enough to be in any army. So he
quit The first day he strutted
around in multi, telling everyone
how swell it felt. The next day he
loitered around veterans post,
thinking more than talking. The
next day ne enlisted for another
three years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
PLAYGROUND AT FRANKLIN
AND SECOND STREETS is
BEING PREPARED FOR USE

George Getchel and a crew of
men are at work cleaning up the
vacant lot at the corner of Frank
lin and Second Street owned by
the Alaska Electric Light and Pow
err Company.
1t is planned to lease the prop
erty to the City and use it for a
playground, to be under the super
vision of the American Legion. AS
soon as the toughest of the work
is completed, the street grader will
be put on the lot to level and
smooth it off.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
UNION LEADER
DARES ENEMIES
dubbed, Spirited Out Of
Town But Returns
and Gets Gun

McGUFFEY. Ohio. Aug. 25.-
Clubbed and then spirited out of
town by nonunion sympathizers,
Akey O'Dell returned to this strike
ridden village few hours later. He
armed himself with a pistol and
dared any persons to come and
take me" from his front porch.
O'Dell is leader of the Agricul-
ture Workers Union. He has a
large cash on his face.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
Mexican
Divorces
Censl.red
Federal Aid to Eliminating
Evils Requested by
American Bar

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. Is. =
The committee on Ethics and
Grievances of the American Bar
Association has made public its
report. The report censured rack
eteering aspects of certain Mex
lean divorces and asked Federal
aid in eliminating the evils.
The committee also publicly CEN
sured District Attorney Robert G.
Watill, of Crown Point, Indiana,
for having posed in now widely
known "Dillinger picture"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
ANCHORAGE P. 0.
EMPLOYEE STOLE
MAIL ARTICLES
Pleads Guilty to Indict.
ment Sentenced to
Mcneil Penitentiary

SEATTLE, Aug. 25.-Arthur H
Marsh, former Anchorage post Of
flee employee, was sentenced yes
terday to 81 months at Mcneil
Island after pleading guilty to
three counts of grand jury in
dictment charging mail robbery.
Marsh admitted he took various
articles from the mail received in
the post office, including two red
fox furs and diamond ring dur
ing the spring of last year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
OLD-TIME RESIDENTS
LEAVE FOR SOUTH ON
HALEAKALA THURSDAY

After visiting with old friends
here for the last week, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Studeb.acker left Juneau
on the Haleakala to return to their
home in San Diego, California.
Both are well known in Juneau
and Mr.. Studebacker was formerly
in partnership with William Bosch,
as co-owner of the Old Stand Lii
quU House, famous Front Street
land mark of the prohibition
days.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
FOREIGN TRADE
BEING STUDIED

VALPARAISO, Chile, Aug. u.s.
The Chamber of Commerce here
has named a committee to collab-
crate in preparing a study of in
ternational trade for presentation
at the coming international COM
mercial conference in Buenos Aires.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
HARNESSES RAYS

HUDDERSFIELD, England, Aug
25.-Invisible heat for all types OF
buildings was claimed by j. H
Taylor. an engineer. who says he
has harnessed infra-red rays for
this purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
Everett Is Threatened
by Serious Brush Fire

EVERETT, Wash, Aug. %. = A
serious brush fire was halted here
last night after threatening $50
homes and blocking traffic for two
hours on the Pacific Highway,
north of the city. The damage
done is said to be negligible.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
VANCOUVER BUSINESS MAN
is PRINCESS LOUISE FARE

w. c. Shelley, prominent busi-
ness man Of Vancouver, B. c., and
former Minister of Finance OF
British Columbia, is a passenger
on the Princess Louise for Skag-
way, enroute to Atlin, B. C.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
WOOD BLAzES
DIMINISHING

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 25.-The
forest fire situation is better to-
day with abating of winds.
Foresters are still worried about
Avery, Idaho, and fires at one or
two other points.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
TRUCK, TRACTOR ARRIVE
FOR HOLLAND ALASKA co.

A 5-ton REQ speed truck, dual
wheels and a Caterpillar tractor,
arrived on a recent boat for the
Holland Alaska Mining Company
opening the property near Herbert
River.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
Queen WiHelnlina
Reported to Be
Seriously III

ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Nor
way, Aug. 25.-The condition
icf Queen Wilhelmina of The
Netherlands, who has been Ill
here for five days, has not i'm
proved. Today she is slightly
verse. She Is on tour OF
Norway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
Widens Divorce Law

NANKING.-Mental cruelty now
constitutes ground for divorce in
China, having been recognized by
a recent ruling of the judicial
yuan.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
HENRY RODEN LEAVES
ON BUSINESS TRIP

Henry Roden. well known Ju-
neau attorney, left on the Halea-
kala for a short business trip to
Petersburg.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
U. s. and CUBA
| IN AGREEMENT
ON TRADE PACT
Treaty Pro aim ed by
Roosevelt Holes Are
Knocked in Tariff Walls

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt last night pro-
claimed a new Cuban-American
trade treaty designed to stimulate
the shrunken commerce between
the two countries by knocking
holes in the tariff walls, both re-
ciprocal.
The agreemen specifically
knocks down the high American
tariffs to permit easier entry of
Cuban sugar, rum, tobacco and
winter vegetables.
On Cuba's part, slashes are made
in duties to facilitate the sale
there of American lard, wheat,
flour and other agricultural prod
ucts, in addition to automobiles
and score of other manufactured
articles.
The pact is the first of twenty
five which the State Department
already has under negotiation or
plans to initiate in an effort to
d
revive the American foreign trade.
OTHER NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTON Aug. 25.-NoU
that the Government has struck
bargain with Cuba in opening a
new tariff era, it is expected ne
/ gctiations with certain Lasin-Ara-
erican coffee countries will be
pressed.
Officials said American farmers
and manufacturers stand to bene-
fit by the new treaty with Cuba.
Among those cool to the treaty
are producers of sugar products on
the mainland and in territories.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25
STOCK PRICES
take ADVANCE,
LATE SESSION

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Stocks
were mostly indifferent at the
short session today. Resistance
was shown to scattered profit TAX
ing. Some fairly substantial adj
vances were made in the last half
hour.
Today's close was steady to firm.
CLOSING PRICES TODAY
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 20, American Can
1007s, American Power and Light
So, Anaconda 1875, Armour B
63ss, Bendix Aviation 1917, Beth
lehem Steel 3l%, Calumet and
Hecla 81, Curtis Wright 3, Cen
eral Motors 21&s, ! International
Harvester %, Kennecott 20as, United
States Steel 357s, Warner Pictures
Az, Pound $5065s.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-25

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
TRAVELS 5000
 MILES TO BEAT
 FORMER MASTER

SANTA MONICA, Cal. Sept. 10.- When Jimmy Thomson of Long Beach won the midsummer Santa Monica open golf tournament shere he defeated among others, Willie Hunter, the man he caddied for in the British amateur champion hip back in 1921.
 The story was revealed by the fathers of the two players, Jimmy Thomson, ST, and Harry Hunter. two famous pros from the British Isles, who galleried during the tournament.
 The elder Thomson was profes- sional at Hoylake the year the amateur championship was held there. A shortage of caddies devel- oped, so he took his Swear old son out of school to pack clubs for a young amateur from Deal.
 Jimmy, Jr., knew the Hoylake course forward and backward. He knew it so well that he brought Willie Hunter home a victor in the tournament.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
BOXING IN
 CALIFORNIA
 GIVEN BOOST
Navy Man Proves to Be Splendid Arbiter, Just
 What Is Needed
By PAUL ZIMMERMAN

LOS ANGELES, Sept. l0.-When the Navy Department at Washing ton sent Lieut. Com. Jess Ken worthy to Sunnyside, Caly second in command of the dirigible Macon it unknowingly did boxing in call fornia a great service.
 The State Athletic Commis5lon admittedly was in l bad way for good referees-which Kenworthy happens to be.
 Kenworthy on a previous tour of duty off the coast built up an enviable. reputation as ring ar bitter.
 Came an epidemic of bad deci- sions in Southern California. The commissioners scratched their heads about what to do when someone announced Kenworthy had returned. That was the answer.
 Kenworthy To The Rescue
 So Kenworthy was selected to work the third bout between MaXle Rosenbloom and Lee Ramage. IL was a tough spot, for much argu- ment had prevailed over the merits of demerits of Slapsie Maxies use of the open glove The previous decisions had been disputed.
 Harry Martin, chairman of the commission, asked Kenworthy to talk to the two boxers before the fight. There was quite crowd on hand for the discussion, including the gladiators' managerial and sec onding troupes and newspaper men, but Kenworthy was equal to the occasion Said he in quiet voice:
 Boys, this your fight, not mine. I want to keep out of it as much as possible. I score on blows struck the intensity and accuracy of them; on blows missed by the op- ponent's clever defense; aggressive ness and good sportsmanship.
 Inccnspicuous In Ring
 And about the open gloves. Both of you know blow struck With a closed fist is more damaging than one hit with the glove open. Well stick strictly by the book in SCOT ing the fight That's all"
 No further questions were asked and most fans and critics agreed Ramage deserved his victory.
 Kenworthy stayed out of the fight. He tapped the boxers light ly on the shoulders and they broke, He was scarcely notice able until time for the decision to be rendered.
 The naval officer was welter- weight boxer at Lafayette College before going to Annapolis, where he was a middleweight boxer and played end on the football teams of 1915 and 1916.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
THE LAWN MOWER MAY GET ASSIST
 FOR PILLS FEATS

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Bll Ter ", whose Giants are skimming along toward another National League pennant, likes the way Phil Weintraub swings his bat.
 Terry would like to have Phil in the Giants outfield every day for hitting purposes. But Bill doesn't like the way Phil tackles ground balls in the outfield.
 Terry has spent his mornings working with him, his evenings wondering about him. Then he made a decision. He had the groundskeeper roll the outfield and clip the grass in the Polo Grounds center field especially close so that balls hit to Weintraub will roll smoothly.
 Of course, some of the more facetious Gotham scribes suggested it might be safer to grow a deep crop of ball-stopping alfalfa in- stead of giving the lawn a bush league haircut.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
ELIGIBLE FOR
 GOLD MEDALS

ROME, sept. 10-Scientists, ex- plorers, mountain-climbers and ath- letes who risk their lives in the public interest are now eligible for gold medals, thanks to Mussolini.
 Looking over an 80-year-old law governing the award of medals for valor he discovered that no provis- ion had ever been made for heroes of these followings. Forthwith he amended the regulation
 In published explanation he called scientists superior men who in many cases sacrificed their lives for the high ideal of human prog ress"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Commut- ing Ia Jules Verne is inaugurated with the floating Of the first Of two gigantic seaplane ramps at the foot of Wall Street in lower Man haitian.
 Planes carrying 10 passengers each make ddily tripa morning and afternoon, speeding commuters be- tween their fashionable homes at oyster Bay, Glen Cove and Port Washington on the shore of Long Island sound and their offices in the financial center.
 Landing in the East River, the planes are lowed on to the ramp which has it's outer edge sunk be- low the water line. Passengers quickly disembark into the wait ing room, and their offices are only few minutes away.
 45-FCOt Turntable
 The plane, anchored on a 45-foot turntable, which is large enough to accommodate the largest of the saaplanes in this country, is circled about and taxied back into the water within few minutes. Near by is parking space that will an- chor 30 planes. and at east Thirty First Street, where the second ramp will be floated, is parking space for 20 more.
 Each of the ramps, constructed of steel, weigh 165 tons, measures 85 by 45 feet and cost $35 GOO. Be- sides the turntables, they are equipped with waiting rooms, fuel ing stations and an awning prom enades for sightseers. Funds for the ramps were appropriated by the temporary Emergency Relief Administration and furnished jobs for more than 300 iron workers.
 The idea is a paI, or Mayor La Guardia's program to promote ayi- ation in the metropolitan dis trict. Later it is planned to oper- ate an aerial ferry service between the ramps and Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn.
 A number of Long Island shore residents have applied for commu- tation tickets, which cost S350 8 season, $50 a month or $4 for a single trip, Twenty per cent oi the gross receipts go to the city treasury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

The state highway department in North Carolina recently pur- chased two private toll bridges in its campaign to make every bridge in the state a free public thor oughfare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

An egg deteriorates in storage because it is "digesting itself through a chemical called trypsin that acts on the egg white.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

An angler from Wink, Tex, pull ed 150-pound catfish out of the Pecos River-and had several wit nesseS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

Marriage licenses issued in Rich mond, Va, the first six months of 1884 showed a 20 per cent gain over the same period last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

Lake Junaluska, N. C., summer assembly ground of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, was named for an Indian chief, Juna- luska, who once ruled that section.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

Mining Location notioes q, Em- p:re office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01
Here's Bargain Event for Every
Member Of Your Family!

AYRES Downstairs Stores November Sale
wellpIanned annual ent timed to just at the
season when most of customers will really appreciate
the unusual savings offer 1t at the beginning
of COLD WEATHER! 1t comes just before Thanksgiv
ing festivities begin. 1t when most folks be-
ginning to think about CHRISTMAS This SALE is
designed to meet ALL these needs - with Ayres'
QUALITY merchandise, in full assOrtments, and in good
fashion.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
RUSH Of BUYING
BOOMS STOCKS

NEW YORK, Jan. 80 G.N.S).
The heaviest ouying rush since
last summers boom today sent
the stock market up ST to So
a share to new highs on the
move and the best prices since
last July. Cotton, grain, curb
and bond prices also advanced.
Rails were the pacemakers, fol.
lowed by the farm stocks,' steelS,
utilities and automobile shares.
General Motors sold at the
highest price in three years.
Bonds displayed buoyant
tone, particularly the speculative
issues, where substantial gains
were scored. Government bonds
we're steady. The dollar was
slightly higher after yesterdays
weakness, commanding a premium
Of more than 2 cents abroad
over the 6O-cent domestic level.
BulliSh sentiment was stimu-
lated by further gains in business,
evidenced in higher steel and
automobile production and
further improvement in railroad
traffic, and the fact the Presidents
would sign the monetary bill
later in the day. 8
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
BONDS RACKET:
y PROBE NEARS

Action toward bringing about a
Congressional investigation into
alleged collusion between local
bondsmen, policemen and lawyers
was taken today when Senator
Royal S. Copeland CD of New
York, invited Henry I. Quinn,
chairman of the special District
bar committee appointed to hear
complaints into this matter, to
lay the allegations before him.
The invitation of the New York
Senator, who is chairman of the
special Senate committee to in
vestigate racketeering, came after
John H. Burnett, a member of
the local bar, called on the
Senator and asked the latter's
attitude toward such an investi-
cation.
Senator Copeland said if Mr.
Quinn, in his official capacity as
head of the special bar COM
mittee, would present the charges
thus far made, he would bring
the matter before the Senate
committee if he thought the
allegation warranted.
It is alleged that certain police
men, lawyers and bondSmen here
nave been practicing fe~ splitting
which is a violation of law.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
COURT CANCELS
THEFT CHARGE

Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police
Court today dropped charges
against a negro woman about to
become a mother and ordered her
to be given go days hospital care.
Arlene Smith, colored, 81, ap-
peared in court to answer charges
that she had taken A pairs Of
mems hose from a downtown de-
partment store. She pleaded
guilty and told the court her hus-
band had been out of work for six
months and that she stole to buy
food.
Realizing her condition, Judge
Schuldt ordered the woman to be
taken to Gallinger Hospital until
after the baby arrives. The theft
charges were dropped.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
BIC NAVY BILL
GETS D. K. IN
SENATE
Committee Acts Unanimously;
House Ready to Pass
VinSon Measure
BY Interna tiOnaI News Service


The Administrations new naval
construction bill. authorizing the
building of the Navy up to treaty
limits, with full naval aviation
support, was approved unani-
mously today by the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee.
The measure would authorize
a $50 million dollar program for
constructing new ships, plus an
additional IA millions for naval
air units. It would result in q
treaty Navy by 1912.
House Ready to Act
With preparedness sentiment
sweeping Congress as war clouds
gather in the Far East, the House
today prepared to pass the 500
million dollar Vinson bill for a
treaty Navy"
Democratic leaders asserted
there was comparatively little op-
position to enactment Of the meas.
ure, which emerged from the
House Naval Affairs Committee
by unanimous vote.
Opposition Crumpled
Approval of President Roose.
velt to the plan to build the Navy
to the full strength allowed by
the Washington and London trea-
ties-and keep it there-appar-
emily crumpled the opposition Of
the once strong little Navy bloc"
Having given up hope OF halt
ing the measure in the House,
peace groups were organizing .
national campaign in the hope Of
killing it in the Senate.
The measure was enlarged
when the naval affairs committee
decided to propose an amends
ment authorizing a treaty
strength" aviation force in the
Navy. The program calls for
1,184 planes at a cost of 95 mil
lion dollars.
With passage of the measure
naval expansion program cost
ing more than 700 million dol.
lars will be under way.
30 Submarines Sought
The bill would authorize speci.
fically the construction of one air.
craft carrier, about so deStroyers,
and about 80 submarines. In addi-
ton, it would give legislative ap-
proval to the Presidents Execu-
tive order directing construction
of four cruisers, two aircraft car.
riers and 26 destroyers and sub.
marines from public works funds
The measure also would authors
ize replacement of all obsolete YES.
sells. The Navy Department had
various lists of vessels, which
would become obsolete in differ.
ent years under different plans
for determining obsolescence.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
REPEAL DELAYS
WHISKY CASE

It's most embarrassing to court
officials, this case of three col
ored men, arrested yesterday by a
traffic policeman who found 81
half-gallon jars of corn whisky
in their car.
The three men, James Fenwick,
jr., "a, of the 200 block Second
st. N. E.; Alan Ross, 81, Of the
600 block @ st. N. W.; and Sam
Myers, 20, of the 400 block Frank
lin st. N. W., were charged by
police with possessing whisky on
which no Government tax had
been paid.
But when the case was called
before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in
Police Court today, the Govern
ment asked a continuance until
February 8, so that exact status
of the case may be determined,
in view of the fact the dry law
has been repealed.
The liquor was found when a
traffic policeman stopped the
car for lack of a tail light and
saw the jars in the rear of the
vehicle.
Ross and Myers were released
! on $1,000 bond each.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30

Since President RooSeVelt'S IN
auguration, his fellow citizens
have almost forgotten that their
leader in the New Deal is a
cripple.
The White House family plays
it down. His handicap is never
used as a bid for sympathy. AS
far as possible the subject is
ignored.
Pictures of the President in his
wheelchair are never shown. Nor
does he use his ailment to save
himself the ordeal of standing to
receive guests at receptions lex
cept that the number of guests,
at his physicians orders, is lin
ited.
And yet Roosevelt, the victim
of infantile paralysis, is a Grip
Pile. Ever since the spring Of
1921 he has been forced to wear
braces, to depend on the arm Of
a friend for aid in walking, and
to spend long hours confined to
a chair.
Stricken in His Prime
The dread malady struck him
at the height of his physical
powers. He was 38 years old, tall
above average, in magnificent
health. He had accompanied his
friend, Van Lear Black, Balti-
more publisher, on a yachting
trip to Campobello Island, the
Roosevelt summer home. On the
way the yacht ran into foul