President’s Order
f Relating to Newly
Mined Gold, Boon
LAST YEAR S GOLD OUTPUT OF
ALASKA COMPUTED AT |
$10,200,000
To those engaged in the Alaska
gold industry and to all others de- -
pendent upon that industry, the
“New Deal” has a concrete mean- |
ing, according to Delegate A.
Dimond.
By a stroke of his pen President
Roosevelt increased the value of
their product approximately one
third when he signed the execu
tive order permitting the export
^ of newly-mined gold and assuring
for it the prevailing world price,
which is now more than $30 per
ounce. Formerly the American
% gold miner received a fixed price
of $20.67.
It is not easy, or even possible,
to calculate what the order will
mean to Alaska. That is because
of the greatly accelerated develop
ment of gold properties which is
« bound to follow removal of the ex
port ban, an acceleration which
will send zooming production in
ounces as well as dollars.
Last year’s production was
worth roughly $10,200,000. Had the
present situation prevailed then,
the value would have been $13,600,
000.
Lode mines operating through
out the winter will derive constant
benefit from the order from now
on, but with the end of current
mining season near, placer miners
will be able to sell only part of
their 1933 production at the high
er price.
For the benefit of those who
may possibly not see it otherwise,
that part of the President’s order
relating to newly mined gold is
printed here:
“By virtue of the authority vest
ed in me by Section 5 B of the Act
of Oct. 6. 1917, as amended by
Section 2 of the Act of March 9,
1933, entitled An Act to Provide
Relief in the Existing National
Emergency in Banking and for
Other Purposes,’ I. Franklin D.
V Roosevelt. President of the United
States of America, do declare that
a period of national emergency ex
ists. and by virtue of said author
ity vested in me, do hereby issue
the following executive order:
“The Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized to receive on
consignment for sale, subject to
such rules and regulations and up
on such conditions as he shall
prescribe, gold recovered from nat
ural deposits in the United States
or any place subject to the juris
diction thereof; Sales may be
made; “(a( To persons licensed to
acquire gold for use in the arts,
industries or professions, or
“(b) By export or foreign pur
chasers.
“Such sales shall be be made at
a price which the Secretary shall
determine to be equal to the best
price obtainable in the free gold
markets of the world after taking
into consideration any incidental
expenses such as shipping costs
and insurance.
“Such sales shall be made thru
the Federal Reserve Banks or any
such other agents as the Secretary
may from time to time designate
and shall be subject to such
charges as the Secretary may
from time to time in his judge
ment determine.
“Every person depositing gold
\ for sale as provided herein shall
be deemed to have agreed to ac
cept as conclusive without any
right of recourse or review the
determination of the Secretary
or his duly authorized agent as
to the amount due such person as
a result of any sale.
“Consignment shall be sold as
nearly as may be in the order of
WILLING TO RESIGN
HAVANA, Sept. 20, —President
Ramon Grau San Martin an
nounced that his resignation had
been placed in the hands of the
political factions supporting his
government and that he would
abide their decision.
PLAYED JAZZ
WHILE HURRICANE
RAGED ON OCEAN
NEW YORK, Sept. 21, —A young
Philadelphia girl who played jazz
tunes while frightened women
prayed during a hurricane at sea,
was among 104 passengers on the
Ward liner Morro Castle, which ar
rived here from Cuba.
The ship passed through a 110
: mile hurricane which seemed, pas
1 sengers said, to be pounding the
vessel to pieces. More than a score
nursed injuries and bruises inflict
ed during the storm.
The liner’s main lounge present
ed a strange scene as described by
passengers, after the storm struck,
last Friday. Some women knelt in
prayer. Others wept in terror.
Ropes were strung around the
lounge and cushions spread upon
the floor.
Miss Gwendolyn Taylor, 22, of
Philadelphia, sat at the piano, fas
tened to the floor, and thumped
out ‘’Happy Days Are Here Again”
and ‘‘The Man On the Flying Trap
ese” in lively tempo, trying to
drown out the howl of the wind.
Edward Paltman, of Newark, N.
J., lurched over to the piano to
join in the music. The ship careen
ed and he was thrown 30 feet
i across the lounge. He suffered a
I bruised eye.
‘‘I played and sang only cheerful
things,” Miss Taylor said. ‘‘I think
some of the women wanted to hear
hymns but I thought they needed
i jazz. Some of them joined in the
singing and some of them contin
ued to pray.”
Tammany’s Choice
lVon In Primary
NEW YORK. Sept. 21. —Mayor
John P. O’Brien, number one can
didate for Hammany Hall, won a
i walk-a-way nomination for mayor
in Tuesday’s primary defeating L.
Black and Jerome Ambro approx
imately three to one.
[ Frank Prial won the nomination
! for city comptroller defeating the
I Tammany choice, John Harman.
O’Brien goes into the November
; 7 election against a fusion ticket
! headed by F. H. LaGuardia, Repub
| lican, who was nominated Tues
| day.
Stabbed to Death
i
At His Home
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 21, —
William T. Dodson, 41, head of a
parachute making firm, died here
shortly after he had been stabbed
while walking about his home.
He was found mortally wounded
by his 22-year old wife Tanya, as
she returned from a visit at her
mother’s. She said her husband
struck a man Saturday night af
ter the latter and two companions
had insulted her at a West Holly
wood night club. The trio had vow
ed vengeance, she said.
their receipt.
“The Secretary of the Treas
ury, in his discretion and subject
to such regulations as he may
prescribe, is hereby authorized to
issue licenses permitting the ex
port of articles fabricated from
gold sold pursuant to this execu
tive order.
“This executive order may be
; modified or revoked at any time.”
Biological Survey
Allotment Various
Alaskan Towns
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept, 21,— ,
The Biological Survey allotments
from the Public Works fund for|
Alaska announces the following: !
Anchorage $1,200; Ketchikan
float and storehouse $2,000; Ko
diak dock and storehouse $2,000; j
Unalaska clock, float and store
house $3,000; Wrangell dock and
float $2,000.
Headquarters buildings. Alaska
Game Commission at Cordova,
$3,000; Dillingham $3,000; Fort
Yukon $2,000; McGrath $2,500;
Holy Cross $3,000; Kodiak $4,000;
Kotzebue $3,500.
The bureau also authorized the
construction of seven patrol boats
to enforce game laws, the largest
to be 110 feet long and costing
$110,000 for navigating the rough
waters around the Aleutian Isles
and Southwestern Alaska.
JUNEAU SHOCKED
JUNEAU, Sept. 20. —An earth
quake of 80 seconds duration on
Tuesday afternoon swung pictures
askew and was plainly felt by ped
estrians. The tremors were felt at
Skagway. No damage was reported.
Northland Company
Argues For Loan
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21 ,—
The Northland Transportation Co.
argued before Assistant Secretar
ies Mitchell and Dickerson, of the
Commerce Department, for a loan
of $325,000 previously granted but
later rescinded for the construc
tion of a vessel for Alaska trade.
The Alaska Steamship Company
objected to the loan asserting it
rendered adequate ship service
that no additional ships were
needed. The case was taken under
advisement.
MANY AGREEMENTS
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21. —A
total number of 168,000 NRA agree
ments affecting nearly 900.000 em
ployees have been received to date,
according to George Creel. NRA
administrator for the district.
Europe Depends On
U. S. for Prosperity
LONDON, Eng., Sept. 20, —Eur
ope depends upon the United
States and the Roosevelt admin
istration for her own prosperity,
it was frankly stated in a London
newspaper.
The newspaper said that the ef
fects of American influences in
Europe were largely evident. In
England it was stated that sever
al thousand unemployed had
been given jobs and many other
j indices indicated better business
i conditions.
! The rosiness of the future of
i England will depend much upon
the Roosevelt monetary policy, it
was said.
Christian Girls
and Jews Are Out
! BERLIN, Sept. 21, —Beginning
: today, Christian girls in Germany
! must refrain from appearing pub
licly in company of jews.
This announecment was made
in a seething anti-jewish speech
before a monster mass meeting
here by Walter Schulz Wechsun
gen, of the Nazi propaganda min
istry, who declared “I have issued
orders that in the future when a
German girl is see-n on the streets
with a jew, that girl is going to
get a thorough spanking.”
LINDY IN RUSSIA
LENINGRAD, USSR, Sept. 20, —
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh and Mrs.
Lindbergh are expected to fly
here today from Sweden to confer
with Soviet air officials concern
ing the northern aviation route.
New Mexico and
Idaho Voted Wet,
Tuesday’s Election
Repealists counted Idaho and
New Mexico states number 30 and
31 mounting the anti-prohibition
column on the basis of substantial
leads in Tuesday’s balloting.
New Mexico voted wet on better
than five to two. and Idaho, at
least two to one.
The New Mexico vote was one of
the lightest in the history of the
state.
ENRAGED DEER
HID BEHIND TREE
TRAP HUNTER
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Se*>t. 21,
—Bull-dogging an enraged buck
deer to prevent it from goring him
to death, was reported here by G.
Terrelle, secretary of the Klamath
Sportsmen’s Association.
Hunting near Medicine Lake Ter
relle’s companions put two bullets
in a mule-tail. The deer hid be
hind a tree and Terrelle, tracking,
came within a few feet. Then it
lunged, stabbing the hunter in the
hip and knocking his gun from
his hand.s Terrelle seized the
1 wounded animal by the head, fitted
: his body between its horns and
held on until help came.
NOTED LADY PASSES
BOMBAY, India, Sept. 21, —Dr.
Annie Besant, 86, internationally
known theosophical leader, died
here from old age.
Parrot Talking
Contest at Chicago
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 20,—A Cen
tury of Progress Exposition has of
ficially staged every other kind of
an exhibition so today is going to
sponsor a contest to find the cham
pion talking parrot in the nation.
The contest will be to see which
parrot can say the most words in
, five minutes. If at the end of that
time any bird is still talking the
limit will be extended.
More than 25 parrots have been
| entered. It is said that some of
: them belong to sailors. Nolle of the
judges will be women. However,
any kind of words will be counted
| in the total.
Levinsky Has Eye
On Camera's Title
j -
CHICAGO, Sept. 20, —King Le
! vinsky, Chicago West Side battler
! today has his eye on Primo Cam
era’s world heavyweight crown,
j following his defeat of Sharkey,
i former champion.
Matchmaker Nate Lewis, of the
| Chicago Stadium, much impress
ed with Levinsky’s marvelous
j showing against Sharkey, said he
| would open negotiations with the
j Camera management at once.
I BASEBALL SCORES
Tuesday’s Scores—Nationals
St. Louis 12, New York 3
Boston 3, Cincinnati 0
Brooklyn 12, Chicago 3
Phillies 1-3, Pittsburgh 2-2
Americans—N. Y. 10-10, Chi. 1-i
Philadelphia 4, Washington 0
Boston 4, Cleveland 3
WIDER USE OF
SILVER IS DUE;
PITTMAN READER
METAL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE
AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21 —
| The rehabilitation of silver con
1 tinues to receive the serious con
sideration of experts working out
the nation’s monetary policy.
Since abandonment of the gold
i standard and fluctuations in the
volume of goods that the Ameri
can dollar would buy, President
Roosevelt’s advisers have studied
constantly the problems of main
' taining a steady purchasing pow
er, and it is learned that in their
solution silver probably would
play an important part.
Agitation for the wider use of
silver as money to boost tlie buy
ing power of silver as money to
boost to buying power of silver
nations in the Orient and in Cen
tral and South America and to
improve the lot of silver produc
ers has become so insistent it
was believed the administration,
would not overlook silver in its
long-range monetary plan when
it is evolved.
Senator Thomas. Democrat,
Oklahoma, one of the original ad
vocates of a bimentallic silver-and
gold money standard, said the
question of bimentallism will be
one of the first to be brought up
in the coming session of congress
He indicated Senator Pittman,
Democrat, Nevada, who obtained
an international silver agreement
at the London economic confer
ence, would lead the silver fight..'
Cuban Rebels
Trailed to Hills
HAVANA, Sept. 20, —A motley
crew of soldiers, students and
; workmen traced the rebel Juan
Bias Hernandez to the rugged
Camagey hills while scenes here
are set for another political skir
j mish.
i Bias is reported near Las Cue
vas, Camagey province, with 500
I men, all firm that President Mar
i tin should resign.
On their trail were 600 soldiers
j armed with machine guns. Stu
, dents and laborers, one rumor
I said, together with troopers, had
! surrounded rebels near a smalL
| town.
I Pro-Football
Season Underway
I 6REEN BAY, Wis., Sept. 20, —
The Green Bay and Boston teams
of the National professional foot
ball league opened the season by
| playing a 7-7 tie before 7,500 per
j sons.
i The Packers scored in the third
j period after a series of passes took
the ball to the five-yard line.
Grove added the extra point with
a place kick. Boston scored in the
final period on a pass that was
good for 33 yards. Frankian made
the touchdown and Muisk added
the extra point with a place kick.
Long Honeymoon
for Blonde Jean
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 20,—
A six-weeks honeymoon in Mexico
City was in prospect today for
Jean Harlow, 22, beautiful plati
num blonde film star, and Harold
G. Rosson, 38, one of Hollywood’s
“ace” cameramen.
Mrs. Rosson- said she hoped to
accompany her husband next
week to Mexico City, where he will
supervise the camera work on
“Viva Villa,” a picture starring
Wallace Beery.