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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 108.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PAUL FAME AND
PARIS, May 9—Early reports on
the French election state that the
runoff election Sunday was very
quiet because of mourning over the
death of President Doumer. Early
reports showed heavy opposition to
the Premier Tardieu party and also
showed some Socialist gains.
Sunday's election in France was
for the purpose of selecting Parlia- '
mentary members who did not get
a clear majority in the election j
May 1.
Premier Tardieu announced that
he would resign Tuesday night with
the request that his successor
be chosen immediately afterward.
The announcement was made after
a cabinet meeting.
He said that his resignation
would be presented as soon as the
Parliament had elected a new
President and that it would be ac- i
companied by a request that the I
present government not be asked
to continue in office until the new
Chamber of Deputies, just elected;
in tuis Sunday and last Sunday’s 1
elections, convenes in June.
Edouard Herriot is the most like- !
ly choice to succeed Premier Tar- !
dieu whose defeat in the elections I
is the cause of his resignation.
Paul Painleve and Albert Lebrun
are presented as the most likely
candidates to succeed President
Doumer.
SHANGHAI, May 9.—The agree
ment calling for a cessation of
trouble between Japan and China
in Shanghai was agreed upon by
officials of both countries provided,
among other things, that hostil
ities cease at once. The Chinese
will retain their present positions.
The Japanese will withdraw to j
the International Settlement and
extra settlement roads as before
fighting started January 28, except
that some troops may be tempor
arily stationed in adjacent local
ities.
A joint commission of 12 of two
representatives each from Japan.
China. United States, France Great
Britain and Italy will certify with- j
drawal of troops and collaborate in
the transfer of administrations
from Japanese troops to Chinese
police.
BUSY WEEKEND
TIA JUANA, Mexico, May 9.—
Barkeepers here had a busy Sat- i
urday and Sunday as today they
began to protest the imposing of a i
heavy tax on liquor traffic by going j
on a strike. Rich Americans in this
city were quick to take advantage ^
of this last opportunity to secure i
“joy fluid” in anticipation of the i
coming scarcity.
SEARCHING CRUISE
NORFOLK, May 9. — Two weeks
of cruises in search of Charles A.
Lindbergh, Jr., were completed by
the yacht Marcon and the yacht
was scheduled to leave the subma
rine base later in the day for its
•seventh trip.
PARDONS APPEAR CERTAIN
HONOLULU, May 9- — Eardons
for the four American “honor
slayers” appeared certain Saturday.
Formal petition for this executive
action wos filed with Governor!
Judd by Clarence Darrow, acting!
for them. He had previously con
ferred with Governor Judd. Busi
ness men, roused by a threatened
$27,000,000 Navy boycott, urged the |
Governor to grant the pardons.
likes his liquor I
LONDON, May 9. —At a dinner!
given in his honor by the Lord :
Mayor, Ambassador Andrew Mel- i
Ion drank whisky with mineral wa- i
ter, establishing his attitude to- <
wards drinking during his term as i <
Ambassador. i
TARDIEU ROUTED
PARIS, May 9.—Early returns in
Sunday’s election indicated that
Premier Andre Tardieu’s govern
ment and a majority of the right
wing center which has controlled
the French Chamber of Deputies
for the past four years were routed
in the runoff election of new
Chamber members. Edouard Her
liot. leader of radical Socialists, ap
peared to be the most dominant
figure as his group rolled up a total
of 151 seats. Other left wing groups
also made substantial gains.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION
VOTE AGAINSTWET PLUNK
SEATTLE, May 9. (^ — Official
leaders of the Republican State or
ganization here said that Senator
Jones was ready to declare him
self in fovar of a prohibition ref
erendum if that plank had not
been defeated by the party’s State
convention last Saturday.
The only public statement, how
ever, came from Mark Reed, Con
servative leader, who, in an unex
pected and futile appeal for the
wet plank Saturday, told delegates
that Senator Jones would urge for
a re^ubmission of the 18th Amend
ment if the “party wanted it.”
The convention voted on a plat
form urging strict enforcement of
all laws and endorsing Herbert
Hoover. They, however, elected 19
delegates without binding them in
any way.
COMMITTED SUICIDE
CHICAGO, May 9. — Donald
Ryan, member of the school board,
committed suicide Sunday by fir
ing a bullet through his brain.
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BEER PARADE SATURDAY
NEW YORK, May 9.—Mayor Jas.
Walker’s beer parade will be held
here next Saturday and it is esti
mated 100,000 will be in the line
of march.
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QUICKLY SUBDUED
LIMA, Peru, May 9.—A revolt in I
the Peruvian navy was quickly sub
dued Sunday when the sailors de
cided they wanted a change of ad
ministration. Many were arrested.
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INSUFFICIENT TEST
LOS ANGELES, May 9. — Three
weeks of marriage is insufficient
trial of matrimony to obtain a di
vorce, ruled Superior Court Judge
Moore in refusing to grant Arlene
St. John her freedom. She charg
ed cruelty.
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THREATEN u. S. CONSULATE
BARCELONA, Spain, May 9.—A
group of Communists here Sunday
threatened to attack the United
States Consulate as a protest
against the hanging of five negroes
in Alabama recently, a heavy po
lice guard has been placed around
the Consulate.
BIG SUGAR BEET CROP
BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 9._
The 1932 sugar beet crop will be one
of the largest ever harvested in this
area. It is estimated the crop will
be valued at $1,000,000. All local
labor is employed in the industry
which field offers work to hun
dreds during the summer months.'
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LEAVES for pacific
LAKEHURST, N. J., May 9.—The
huge dirigible Akron, which was
recently damaged but which has
now been repaired, wras to leave
here Sunday for the Pacific Coast
where the airship will take part in
Pacific fleet maneuvers.
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additional burden
WASHINGTON, May 9. (A») —
America’s income tax payers have
oeen called upon to shoulder ap
Dther $100,000,000 additional of the
desperate effort to make a balance
n the new revenue bill. The high
[921 income tax schedule with a
ninimum rate of 4 per cent on in
lomes under $4,000 and a max
mum of 55 per cent on incomes of
)ver $1,000,000 was adopted by the
;ommittee in virtually concluding
ts work.
rail nun to
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PARIS. May 9. — All of France
mourned the passing of President
Paul Doumer Saturday and Sunday
while the body of the President lay
in state at the Elysee Palace. With
the people in a sombre mood, a
wave of Nationalism swept over the
nation. A national funeral will be
given Doumer Thursday. This is
the highest honor the French Re
public can bestow on her dead.
The French secret police has be
gun an international manhunt in
an attempt to find a link between
the assassination of the French
President and Communist activi
ties. It is the belief of the French
police that whether Gorgulov was
crazy or sane that he was the tool
of a more calculating head.
The police raided the home of
Gorgulov in Monte Carlo and found
in his rooms enough deadly poi
sons to wipe out the entire popu
lation of Monaco. The purpose of
these deadly gases has not been
explained but the find is believed
to have an important bearing in
connection with the activities of
the “calculating head.”
Madame Gorgulov was found in
Gorgulov’s Monte Carlo apartment
but she was unable to shed any
light as to the purpose of the poi
sons. She denied knowledge of
them.
Moscow newspapers published the
news of President Doumer's assas
sination without comment.
FULL ILL ILK
OUT OF PRISON A
FREE MAN TODAY
SANTE FE, N. M., May 9.—Free
dom for Albert B. Fall, former Sec
retary of the Interior during the
Harding administration who was
sentenced to one year in prison
and a fine of $100,000 on the charge
of accepting a bribe in the oil lease
scandals, was held up here await
ing the arrival of release papers I
from Washington
Fall’s prison term was up Sunday
but a delay was occasioned by his
failure to pay the $100,000 fine.
Special papers waiving the pay
ment of the fine were drawn up in
Washington in the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court but they
could not possibly arrive here be
fore Monday and Warden Ed Swope
of the New Mexico penitentiary
was unable to release Fall unless
he had the authority to do so
granted him in these papers
Members of the Fall family have
gathered at the New Mexico State
penitentiary to escort the aged
former government official back to
his home.
SUDDEN DEATH
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 9.—A
lightning bolt out of a clear sky
killed a golfer and two caddies,
and severely shocked two other
golfers.
BASEBALL SCORES
(Saturday’s Games)
NATIONAL
Boston 8, Cincinnati 9.
Brooklyn 0, Chicago 3.
New York at St. Louis, rain.
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 3.
AMERICAN
Chicago 2, Washington 7.
St. Louis 4, Boston 0.
Detroit 1, New York 4.
Cleveland 10, Philadelphia 7.
NATIONAL
Boston 5, Cincinnati 6.
Brooklyn 5, Chicago 12.
New York 4-5, St. Louis 1-6.
AMERICAN
Chicago 5, Washington 6 .
Philadelphia 5, Cleveland 8.
St. Louis 5, Boston 7.
PACIFIC COAST
Hollywood 1-2, San Francisco 0-3.
Los Angeles 4-10, Missions 2-5.
Portland 5-6, Seattle 6-5.
II HUNDRED MEN
SEARCH MOUNTAINS.
THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
LOS ANGELES, May 9.—Three-i
year-old Cecilia Mitchell, who was
lost while picking flowers with old- j
er girls in the deep brush of the j
Tahachapi mountains near Quail i
Springs Inn, has not been found j
yet and she has been missing since !
Tuesday, May 3.
The hunt for the lost child was
begun with over 200 men searching
throughout the country where the
child was lost immediately after
her parents noticed the child was
missing.
The theory was advanced at first
that the child might have fallen
victim to an injury on a steep slope
of the mountains or had been at
tacked by the rattlesnakes which
infest that area. However, failure
to find the child or any trace of
her has brought forth the theory
that the child may have been kid
napped by someone who perhaps"
had a grudge against her mother, j
The little girl’s mother is camp ’
cook at the Quail Springs Inn.
TIL DATE FOR FOUR
HAWAII!) IS SFI
FOR SEPTEMBER 2
HONOLULU, May 9.—Mrs. Thalia 1
Massie, who was reported to be suf- i
fering from a nervous breakdown;
at her Pearl Harbor home, could i
not be found Saturday when police
attempted to serve a subpoena on
her to appear at the trial of the
four Hawaiians who are accused of
attacking her. The trial date was
set for September 2.
Her disappearance left some
doubt as to whether she intends to i
testify against the Hawaiians or.
just let the entire 'case drop with- !
out going through another ordeal j
on the witness stand.
Added to the strange develop-j
ments was the disappearance of'
Prosecutor John C. Kelley from his
usual haunts. He could not bej
found at his office and the mem
bers of his household either were
unable to tell v/here he was or re
fused to divulge his whereabouts.
A1 Jones and E- J. Lord, who were
convicted with Lieutenant Massie
and Mrs. Granville Fortescue for1
the slaying of Joe Kahahawai, left
Honolulu Saturday, bound for San
Francisco.
MANY LHM IMBIBERS
SWAMP TIA JUANA, MEX.
TIA JUANA, Mexico, May 9—
This city was literally swamped by
imbibers of the “liquid that cheers”
Sunday for that day was probably
their last for some time to imbibe
legally in Mexico in good old-fash
ioned drinks.
Liquor dealers throughout that
city today went on a strike to pro
test the latest tax placed on them
by the Mexican government. The
liquor dealers declare that the tax
es are of a “ruinous nature.”
DIVORCED BEMUSE OF !
FMENDJIFE'S F1E:
RENO, Nev., May 9.—Ann Hard
ing and Harry Bannister, cinema
stars, were divorced here Saturday
The divorce probably was one of
the most cordial and friendly af
fairs on records, both having agreed
to part friendly so as not to ham
per with the other’s career.
Ann Harding said that during
the while that she and Bannister
were married that Bannister’s fame
decreased to almost obscurity while
bers arose to new heights. It was
for this reason that they agreed to
part. After the divorce was over
Bannister escorted his former wife
to a waiting plane and just before
she took off for California, he kiss
2d her goodbye.
INDQ-CHINA HURRICANE
HANOI, French Indo-China, May
9. (JP)—Over 500 lives were lost in
a terrific hurricane which swept
over the China Sea and across the
southern end of Annan State Wed
nesday, it has been revealed here.
Several European persons were
said to have lost their lives in the
hurricane besides the natives of
that region. The hurricane was
follov/ed by floods which took ad
ditional toll of life.
IMMEDIATE ISSUE IS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
President Hoover carried to the
peoplje of the United States his
fight for support in an effort to
compel Congress to take quick ac
tion in settling the tax and other
financial problems and balancing ;
the budget. j
In a sharp worded statement he j
declared again that the immediate
issue before the country is the bal
ancing of the budget through im
mediate passage of revenue meas
ures and reduction of government
expenditures.
President Hoover said: “This is
an issue of the people against delay
and destructive legislation which
impair the credit of the United
States.” He flayed the action of
lobbyists.
ISLANDS DISAPPEARED
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, May S.—
The two islands which recently
appeared off the Brazilian coast,
have suddenly vanished.
* * * *
HOOVER IN CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 9.—
President Hoover spent Saturday'
evening in conference with offi
cials discussing various plans for
balancing the budget.
* * * *
BEGINS WESTWARD TRIP
LAKEHURST, N. J., May 9_The
dirigible Akron began her trip to
the Pacific Coast Sunday and is
expected to arrive there either |
Tuesday or early Wednesday.
* * * *
THIRTY-SIX KILLED
PARIS, May 9.—Heavy rains and
high waters washed away the
foundations of two apartment
houses which collapsed, killing 36
dwellers and injuring scores of
others including firemen.
* * * *
YOUNG GIRL KILLED
LOS ANGELES, May 9.—Marjorie
Rey, aged 15, was killed when, in
rounding a curve, the auto in which
she was riding was side-swiped by
a passing truck. Other occupants
of the car were injured.
INSPECTION TRIP
MANILA, P. I., May 9.—Governor
General Theodore Roosevelt left
here Sunday on his first official
tour of the islands. He will visit
the area of Holo which was recent
ly struck by a devastating hurri
cane.
* * * *
BE BURIED TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
| Major General Enoch Crowder,
America’s leading soldier diplomat
who died here Saturday after an
extended illness resulting from
I pneumonia, will be buried today in
i Arlington cemetery. He will be
buried with full military honors.
Crowder was the first American
Ambassador to Cuba.
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PLANS SOLO HOP OVER OCEAN
PARIS, May 9.—EIvy Halap, the
only Estonian woman who holds an
airplane pilot’s license, is enroute
to New York to purchase a plane
in which she intends to attempt
a trans-Atlantic flight over the
Lindbergh route to .Paris.
* * * *
GRAF RETURNING
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
May 9.—The Graf Zeppelin Satur
day was returning here from Per
nambuco, Brazil, after its fourth
roundtrip to that city this season.
The Graf was bringing a number
of passengers on the return trip. 1
LT. MASSIE ID WIFE
LEtllE SEVEN MONTHS
OF TROUBLE BEHIND
ABOARD SS MALOLO, At Sea,
May 9. (/P)—With Hawaii and seven
months of trouble behind them,
Lieut. Thamos H. Massie and his
wife Thalia, and her mother, Mrs.
Granville Forteseue, and Clarence
Darrow were at sea today enroute
to San Francisco.
Their departure Sunday was ac
companied by a last flurry when
two Honolulu policemen tried to
serve a subpoena on Mrs. Massie
demanding her appearance at a
retrial of the four remaining men
who are charged with attacking
her and saying that Joseph Kaha
hawai was the fifth of the group.
The abduction and subsequent
killing of the latter resulted in the
trial of Lieutenant Massie and de
fendants and the convicting of the
four on a manslaughter charge.
Mrs. Massie and Mrs. Forteseue
were put aboard the Malolo by a
submarine through the ship’s cargo
port and when policemen tried to
serve summons, Captain Ward. K.
Wortman, commander of the sub
marine base, interfered with the
policemen to the extent of an alter
cation but finally all shook hands
and Mrs. Massie was not served the
summons.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
In his second evening conference,
President Hoover again Sunday
night pressed upon the Republican
members of the Senate Appropria
tions Committee the need for speed
in deciding on a taxation and econ
omy program.
A similar meeting was held Sat
urday night. Only the Republican
members of the committee attend
ed the meetings but the spokesman
said the President wants it known
that the economy drive is non-par
tisan and he explained that Hoo
ver first wants a clear understand
ing with the Republican leaders.
CAPT. DOLLAR IMPROVED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—Cap
tain Robert Dollar, 88-year-old
shipping magnate, was reported
slightly improved in his serious
illness at his San Rafael home.
A restful night gave him fresh
strength, his physician said. He is
suffering a bad cold but has not
developed pneumonia, the doctor
said.
NO DEVELOPMENTS
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 9—Sun
day was a quiet day in the quest
for the kidnapped Lindbergh baby.
No new developments were report
ed. The yacht Marcon is held in
port on account of bad weather
but will leave on its eighth cruise
in search of the child as soon as
the present storm abates. Colonel
Lindbergh was to leave Hopewell
Sunday.
'BURGOO KING” INS
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 9.—Com
ing as a climax to the great
Churchill Downs derby which was
run here Saturday, a horse which
hardly had been picked to make a
showing at all, “Burgoo King” ran
a splendid race to come in first
place over “Tick On,” the favorite.
Burgoo King made a good start
and at any time in the race he was
not farther than third behind. In
the last stretch, however, Burgoo
King outdid himself and left the
others in his wake. Economic came
in second and made a good attempt
to catch Burgoo King.
Tick On was the favorite to win
when the 20 thoroughbreds lined
up before the tape but he made a
poor start and was placed out of
the running right from the begin
ning.
The winning horse earned for his
owners more than $50,000.