^VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 109.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933
PRICE TEN CENTS
LINDBERGH RELATES
FIRST COMPLETE STORK j
, KIDNAPPING OF SON!
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mav 10.— |
The first complete story, given un- '
der oaths, of the kidnapping of
the first Lindbergh baby and his
subsequent murder, was recited in
District of Columbia Supreme!
♦Court, by Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh. the father.
His testimony to substantiate the
fact the child had been kidnapped. I
that money had been paid to ne-,
gotiate his return and that his j
body was found later, was required
by the government in prosecution j
of Gaston B. Means and Norman1
T. Whitaker.
The pair are on trial on charges i
/'f conspiring to defraud Mrs. Eve
lyn Walsh McLean, Washington so-1
ciety matron, of S35.000 on the
pretense they intended to return
the Lindbergh child to his parents.
Mrs. McLean was duped out of
S104.C00 in her efforts to ransom
the baby, for which Means has j
been sentenced to 15 years im-;
prisonment
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THREE MILLION DOLLARS !
IN DELINQUENT TAKES
SOUGHT OT AGENT
LEXINGTON, Ky„ May 10—Suit
fagainst Col. E. R. Bradley, owner
of Idlehour Farm and winner of
this year’s Kentucky deroy, for
more than $3,000,000, claimed due,
as delinquent taxes, was filed.
M. J. Brennan, revenue agent
for the State, seeks to collect taxes ■
on stocks and bonds said to have
^fceen owned by Colonel Bradley on
July 1, of each year during the last ■
10 years. The petition states the
stocks and bonds mentioned wTere
wholly omitted from assessment
for taxation for State and County 1
purposes, and that taxes on them i
are delinquent. j i
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NEW YORK May 10,—Confidence
in American finance growing out j
of President Roosevelt’s assurance!
his inflationary powers will be j
4 used sparingly, caused a boom in I
the American dollar on the world
exchanges.
The pound rose in reflation to
the dollar at the opening in Lon
don, the initial quotation being
$3.94 as against yesterday’s close
at $3.99. The dollar continued to!
advance throughout the day, the j
pound falling to $3.90 1-2 at noon. [
• SICK NEW CHS
HOLLYWOOD, May 10,—Marline j
Dietrich is making preparations to
depart with her daughter Maria,
1 this week, for a vacation in Ger
many after she and Josef von
Sternberg, director, had signed new
contracts at Paramount, with
whom they had previous contracts.
Under the new contracts von
Sternberg will direct Miss Dietrich
in two pictures after she returns
in the late summer.
STOPPED WHITE MAX
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.—For
little or no reason at all, it will be
recorded in the record books that
LeRoy Haynes, 195 pound negro,
) stopped Meyer “K O” Christner.
* 210 pounds, in the seventh round
of their fight in Seals Stadium.
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AN OLDTIMER
PALMNICKEN, East Prussia, May
Y 10, (/P)-Imbedded in a piece of am
ber found on the shores of the
Baltic, center of the amber indus
try, was a flea- whose age scientists
placed at 5,000,000 years.
ALASKAN CALLED
SEATTLE ,May 10,—C. P. Cole,
who settled in Southeast Alaska in
1896, died here Tuesday. The fun
eral will be held here Friday. Sur
viving him are two sons, Cash Cole
of Juneau and Tom Cole of Seattle
and a daughter Mrs. R. L. Healy
of Anyox, B. C. *
GREW OF SCHOONER
CARMA FORAGING FOR
MAZATLAN SINALOA. Mex., May
10.—Members of the crew of the
schooner Carma. formerly owned
by Capt. Walter Wanderweil, world
adventurer, were foraging for food
here and finding the pickings of
beans and rice rather slim.
They were stranded when Capt.
John Branson, master of the ship'
chartered from Mrs. Aloha Wan-1
derwell, widow of the adventurer, {
returned to the United States os
tensibly to raise funds. Several of
the men were attempting co make
their way to the American border,
while the remainder shared the
meager food of the natives.
MILLION INSANE
PHILADELPHIA, May 10. —Due
to parental discord over text, book
knowledge, Doctor Kenneth, Uni
versity Phychiatrist, predicted a
million school children now nor
mal. will be at least mildly insane!
at some period of their liv^s.
PUfldUAY DECLARES
WAR ON ROLIVIAj
ASCUNCION, Paraguay, May 10, j
—Paraguay declared war against [
Bolivia. The two countries have1
been engaged in undeclared war |
since September.
President Ayala, using the au- j
thority recently voted him by Con- j
gress, signed the declaration at 11
o’clock. Following the President’s!
action crowds rushed through the
j streets singing and cheering.
ANOTHER STORM
I DAYTON, O., May 10—A 70-mile
j an hour wind, accompanied by a
j rain, hail and lightning storm,
I swept across Southwestern Ohio
j and caused damage estimated at
I $1,000,000; 10 persons were injured
j here.
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STOWS INJURED IN
NRZI-JEWSHI CUSH
VIENNA. May 10,—Forty stu
dents were seriously injured and
many slightly hurt in a violent
clash between Nazis and Jewish
socialist undergraduates at the
| Anatomical institute.
Using their fists and canes, the
; Nazis attempted to oust Jewish
! students from the building. Many
1 of them resisted the attack, but 25
| jumped to the street from first
floor windows, incurring fractures
and concusions.
THE THIRD TIME
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 10,
—Ruth Elder, famous aviatrix,
planned to.marry Arnold A. Gilles
pie, Hollywood movie studio art di
rector, at Yuma, Ariz. The infor
mation came in a telegram from
i Indio, Calif. It was sent by Gil
lespie to James Grainger, operator
of an airport here, where Miss Eld
er is an aviation instructor.
CAT “IN BAD”
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 10, —
cat, owned by Otto Schroeder,
caught a young butcher bird that
was just learning to fly. Now the
cat is having the toughest time of
his life. Every time it starts into
j the yard the old butcher birds
! zoom down and extract a little fur.
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WITH RESERVATIONS
ROME, May 10,—The Italian
government it was learned, will
soon issue an official communique
accepting the American tariff
truce proposal with reservations.
DAY OF FAST:
IS EXPECTED TO OIE
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POONA. India, May 1C,—The civ
il disobedience campaign pacifist!
weapon with which Mahatma M.
K. Gandhi challenged the might I
of the British Empire was formally j
suspended for six weeks as Gandhi
started the second day of his three
week fast of purification.
The Mahatma weakened rapidly.
Doctors were summoned at 6 p. m.,
when he unexpectedly was attack
ed by nausea. Gandhi showed
improvement later in the night!
and his nausea was disappearing.
He was resting comfortably on the
open terrace of the private house
where he is staying.
Acting on Gandhi's request the
campaign was suspended today by
President Aney of the Indian Nat- 1
ionalist Congress. It had been in
force since Gandhi returned from
the Indian Round-Table confer
ence in London in December 1931
It made large inroads in British
trade, crippled in some measure
the efficiency of British rule and
filled Indian jails with the Mahat
ma’s followers.
Gandhi awoke at 4 a. m. after
his first night as a free man since
January 1932. He slept on the open;
air terrace of the marble palace
of Lady Vithaldas Thackersay j
where he was taken by followers
after his release from Yeravad jail.
THE THIRD DAY
Gandhi began the third day of i
a three-weeks fast under the care j
of his physician who fears for his
life. Gandhi admitted suffering
severe hunger pains.
I SLIGHT RESISTANCE
; ENCOUNTERED AFTER
AERIAL BOMBARDMENT
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PEIPING, May 10,—Preceded by
an aerial barrage, Japanese and
Manchukuo troops moved swiftly | 1
southward toward Peiping, encoun- \
tering slight resistance with ex- j ]
ception of brief skirmishes along <
the Peiping-Mukden Railway.
Large forces of Japanese and 1
Manchukuo soldiers also pressed |
along the Mandarin highway, tak
ing up strategic positions as Chin
ese defenders executed the so-call- i
ed Lwan river triangle. An ex- t
pected major attack on Nan Tien ‘
Man has been withheld until the 1
eastern operations develop. 1
LAST MINUTE
NEWS FLASHES BEFORE
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GOING TO PRESS
One of the worst cyclones in
years struck Tennessee at 2 o’clock
and wiped out five communities,
with casualties running to more
than 150 and many more injured.
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In New York a parade to express
resentment against the Hitler par
ty in Germany was held by Jews
headed by Eddie Cantor.
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A protest meeting against the
Hitler book-burning drive was held
in Pittsburg by educational leaders.
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A bomb exploded today in the
Pittsburgh home of Charles Mar
tin,. political leader. Racketeers
are blamed. No one 'was injured.
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The stock market took another
new lease of life today with wheat,
cotton and the auto market par
ticularly favorable.
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Startling facts revealed as to
actions of prominent bankers, by
the Senatorial investigators. One
comptroller with the J. W. Harri
man Bank of ’New York said defal
cations were common.
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The farm relief bill is still in
hands of the President.
In a great white hare drive on
the estate of Earl Cawdor, near
Naira, Scotland, 1,000 hares were
killed and ..distributed to unem
ployed.
GREAT REVENUE
NEW YORK, May 10—Some
amazing figures compiled on the
first month’s sale of legal beer in
the country showed that Uncle
Sam will get between $250,000,000
and $300,000,000 in revenue.
WANT TO KNOW
PARIS, May 10,—An ambiguous
communique issued by the French
government led to the belief in!
well-informed circles, that inquir- j
ies are underway to Washington i
regarding the procedure to be fol
lowed on the war debt payment,
due from France June 15.
MORE GO TO WORK
LONDON, May 10—Eighty thous
and more persons were at work in
Great Britain in April than in
March. The total unemployed was
2.697.000 in April.
A NEW POST
CLEVELAND, O.. May 10.—'Thos.
Wakey, new president of the Bos
ton Red Socks, was elected a mem
ber and director of the American
League at a special meeting of club
owners here.
MOVES TO END STRIKE
ASTORIA, May 10, —Declaring
their return to the Columbia river
fishing is vital to the welfare of
the community, Mayor Tendbrook
Df Astoria moved to end the strike
jf 4,000 Oregon and aWshington
gill netters and several hundred
tannery workers idle since the sea
son opened on the Columbia May
L, inviting fishermen to a mass
neeting tonight .
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10 —
Thousands of employees are going
to work with a lighter step and
brighter outlook as a number of
manufacturers, engaged by busi
ness upturns, announced wage in
creases from five to 20 percent, in
keeping with President Roosevelt’s
appeal to employeers to boost wag
es.
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HATES TO PAY
PARIS, May 10,—New negotia
tions were launched by the French
government with regard to her
post-waar debt to the United Stat
es. This drive was linked to the
World Trade conference and the
proposed tariff truce.
WILL BE REFUSED
NEW YORK, May 10,—Breweries
in New York State known to be
backed by racketeers or gangsters,
“big shots” wll be refused State
licenses by the Alcoholic Control
Board, Chairman Mulrooney an
nounced. It was another wallop
at the speakeasy “wildcat” brew
eries which now seek to “go legal”
and make 3 2 beer.
PAINTING HALTED
NEW YORK, May 10,—Diego
Rivera, Mexican mural painter, was
called from his scaffold in the R.
C. A. Building in Rockefeller cen
ter and informed that the great
fresco on which he was painting
scenes of Communist activity, was
no longer acceptable to the Rocke
feller family.
TWO DAY STRIKE
MADRID, Spain, May 10,—Eight
persons wTere killed and scores
seriously wounded in bomb explo
sions and street clashes which
marked the first day of a schedul
ed two-day “country-wide revolu
tionary general strike.”
CURE FOR TRAMPS
PARIS, May 10,— Beggers and
tramps in France are being put to
work in penal colonies. Several
murders in ,gyps ycoldnies per
suaded Parliament to authorize the
police to round ‘ up vagabonds.
Only invalids and persons 70 years
old are exempt from the work or
der.
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DIES TO SAVE HATCHING EGGS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 10,—
“Biddy,” a setting hen belonging
to A. McWilliams, lost her life be
cause she was a good mother.
! When Mr. McWilliams’ chicken
house burned down, “Biddy” re
fused to leave her nest. She was
1 burned to death.
I BANK BILL PASSED
I WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10,—
The administration banking bill
including the provision requiring
, private bankers to abandon either
business in deposits or in securi
ties, was approved by the Senate I
Banking sub-committee. It will af- :
.1 feet such houses as J. P. Morgan &
i Co.
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j WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10 —
With France and Great Britain
trying to force the administra
tion’s hand, the war debt problem
threatened to overshadow the Lon- j
don economic conference, although j
I President Roosevelt has tried to j
make debts a secondary issue.
The British and French are in- j
sisting upon commitments In ad- j
vance of the London conference.
Frances want assurance of a rnora- !
torium on the June 15 payment j
before consenting to meeting the
overdue December installment of:
$19,000,000.
While Britain may pay the June j
15 installment in silver the Mac-1
Donald government wants assur
ances that debts will be considered j
separately “but concurrently” with'
the economic conference.
CATCHER RECOVERING
CHICAGO, May 10,—Bill DickeyJ
the New York Yankee’s ace catch-!
er, was recovering from what atj
first appeared to be appendicitis,
but finally was diagnosed as an
attack of acute indigestion.
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LOSSES IN STOCK
SMALL IN GENERAL
NEW YORK, May 10—The stock |
market ran itself up into fuller;
selling pressure accentuated by a !
new rally in the dollar against for- |
eign currency. Losses in stocks j
were generally small, however, and
evolved no further contraction
from the activity of recent sessions.
A number of leading issues met
support, particularly Consolidated
Gas, General Motors, American
Telephone, DuPont, Westinghouse
and Atchison. Cotton slumped 75
cents a bale at the opening.
NEW YORK IS SHORT
NEW YORK, May 10—The City
of New York needs $60,000,000 more
each year for the bottomless muni
cipal pocket and Controller Chas.
W. Berry plans to raise $50,000,000
of it by boosting strap-hangers
fares in all subways to 10 cents
Under Mr. Berry’s proposal the
basic 5 cent fare would not be
changed but a 5 cent tax going to
the city treasurer would be added
at every turntile.
RICH GOLD FIND
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, May 10
—A gold prospector has been noti
fied by the Mines Department that
an assay of a sample he submitted
indicated 170 ounces of gold and
46 of silver to the ton, or approxi
mately $350 worth of metal. The
source of the sample was not dis
closed.
DUCE HONORS PREDECESSORS
ROME, May 10,—Mussolini has
ordered statues of all Rome’s em
perors placed along Empire street,
the new broad avenue leading from
his office to the Colosseum. The
street already boasts a huge statue
of Julius Caesar and four others
were unveiled on April 21, the city’s
2,686th birthday.
SHOWS REDS NO MERCY
BANGKOK, May 10,—The Siam
ese government has placed drastic
penalties on Communist agitators,
mostly Chinese. Any person con
victed of propaganda will be sen
tenced to 15 years imprisonment
but if he pleads guilty he can get
off with 10 years. Hitherto Com
munists were merely deported.
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SENT TO PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10,—
The atfministration sponsored
$500,000,000 Wagner unemploment
relief bill was giver fir.ai House
approval Tuesday and sent to the
White House for President Roose
velt’s signature.
There was no record vote. The
chamber accepted a compromise
conference report on the measure
which adjusted slight differences
between House and Senate drafts.
In brief, the bill would prove a
direct grant of $500,000,000 of Fed
eral funds to States, municipalities
and other local government sub
divisions for unemployment relief
work. The money would not be in
the form of loans, as previously
advances, but made direct as a
Federal contribution.
Of the total $250,000,000 must be
matched by State relief appropria
tion; the remainder is to be dis
tributed without obligation on the
part of the local governments. The
funds may be used either for direct
relief or for “made work."
COASTAL CHINESE CITY
TIENTSIN, May 10, —Japanese
troops apparently victorious in
several major engagements, were
reported to be rushing on toward
Lwanchow, the principal city be
tween Tientsin and the north
coast.
Fears that Tienstin, less than 10C
miles west of the battle front,
would be attacked by the invaders,
increased as Japanese aviators
bombed Changli, Funing, Lulung,
and Lwanchow. Heavy fighting
occurred between Chinese cavalry
men and the Japanese at Anshan
also, according to Chinese dis
patches.
. WOULD LIMIT
SALARIES OF OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 10,—
Senator Costigan, Democrat of
Colorado, introduced in the Senate
a resolution instructing various of
ficial agencies to ascertain and re
port to Congress the salaries paid
to officials in American industry.
The resolution followed closely
upon the Senate approval of a bill
to limit to $17,500 salaries paid to
officials of corporations which bor
row from the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corp.
WRANGELL ISLAND
GETS NEW NAAAE
LENINGRAD, USSR. May 10, —
Wrangel Island, the dot of land
north of Kamchatka whose owner
ship was the cause of conflicting
Russian, American Birtish and
Japanese claims a decade ago, has
been renamed Davidov Island by
the Soviet Arctic Institute in hon
or of Vladimir Davidov, a Russian
explorer, who died two years ago.
The Soviet maintains a colony on
the Island.
TRUCE TRANSMITTED
LONDON, May 10,—Great Brit
ain’s acceptance of the American
tariff truce proposed was transmit
ted to Washington with word that
all nations attending the World
Economic conference will be asked
by the League of Nations to join
the armistice to make it effective
at once.
"TRAIN WISE”
GERBER, Calif., May 10, —Chief,
an unclaimed dog of advanced age,
is fed by chefs on the various din
ing cars that stop at Gerber. Chief
Is "train wise”, and never meets
a train that doesn’t have a diner.