VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 133.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
• MITTERN FORCED
DOWN SECONS TIME
FIFTH LEE OF FLIGHT
K MOSCOW. June 8, —Jimmie
Mattern was forced to land yester
day at Prokopievsk less than 600
miles beyond Omsk. Siberia where
he had taken off in the morning
on another leg of his race around
the world.
The brief message telling of his
misfortune did not disclose wheth
er he was injured or if the plane
was damaged.
An airplane carrying a mechan
"* ic is reported enroute from Novo
sibirsk to aid the daring young
Texan.
An unconfirmed report was to
the effect the forced anding was
not serious and that Mattern ex
pected to get underway again in
a few hours.
r SCHMELING IS flKE
TO OUT FMITE
NEW YORK, June 8. — There
have been two surprising switches
in this Baer-Schmeling fight busi
ness which Jack Dempsey is stag
ing tonight. Both of them are very
pleasing to Dempsey.
One is that there seems to be
such an even division of opinion
amongst the experts that the Baer
sympathizers are growing in num
bers. The other is a cinch to go
over the top with a gate of prob
ably $250,000 which in these times
is a lot of “dough”.
ONE DAY’S REST
As odds on the fight shifted two
to one to five and the words spread
that the encounter has “caught
on” Max Schmeling, lone obstacle
in Max Baer's route to a title fight,
finished his five-weeks training
;rind yesterday with four rounds
f boxing in the afternoon.
NEW YORK, June 8.—Herr Max
Schmeling, former heavyweight
champion of the world, and Appolo
Max Baer of California, are ready
for their fight tonight in Yankee
Stadium, scheduled to go fifteen
rounds.
The affair is important in that
the winner will probably get the
1934 match for the world’s heavy
weight title with the winner of the
Sharkey-Carnera tangle of July 29.
HOLDING FIRM
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8,—
The irksome problem of war debts
pushed itself vigorously to the
front with surrounding indications
that President Roosevelt is hold
ing firmly to his position of ex
pecting payments.
DEBT MORATORIUM
BERLIN, June 8. —Dr. Hjalmar
Sehacht, president of the Reich
stag. announced to foreign cor
respondents that today he will de
clare a complete moratorium, ef
fective Frday morning, on all
forms of foreign payments.
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SS ALEUTIAN TONNAGE
Approximately 315 tons of gen-1
eral cargo will be discharged from
the SS Aleutian; 42 tons are for
Seward, the balance for rail points.
One car of empty cans go to An- (
^hcrage; one car of mining mach
inery and one of lumber as well
as two automobiles go forward to
Fairbanks.
HOME RULE IN ALASKA
By a vote of three to two the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce last week voted not to endorse Delegate Di
mond’s blanket measure for control of the fisheries of ]
Alaska by the Alaska Legislature.
Appearing before the Chamber was H. L. Faulkner,!
who presented arguments in opposition to turning the |
fisheries over to Alaska, basing his contention upon the!
fact that, with the transfer would come added burdens of;
administering the industry which are now borne by the
Federal government.
There are arguments on both sides of the fisheries
question, but, as Mr. Faulkner pointed out, the matter
of unconditional home rule does not answer either of
them.
One familiar with the entire subject may readily
agree with Mr. Faulkner respecting the question of costs.
And there remains the question of how these costs will be
assessed in the absence of sources of revenue capable j
of allowing the Territory to at this time asssume greater i
financial burdens.
At present as pointed out by Delegate Dimond in his!
| speech before the House on May 30, the fisheries now
! pay 81 per cent of the taxes of Alaska.
Referring to this, Mr. Faulkner cited the fact that i
Alaska receives the revenue while federal government |
pays the expense of administration.
But one of the most important features of Mr. Di-:
mond’s presentation of the Home Rule matter was the
i fact that in no instance did he supply Congress with an
| outline of manner of administration or what course the
i Territory would pursue in administrating this resource;
its capacity for absorbing administration and defray
ing the expense thereof. Rather he stressed the plight
of the native fishermen in their distress, occasioned by
I their having been crowded out of their ancient fishing
' grounds and the usurpation of these grounds by traps..
Rising to ask a question Representative Rankin
said—“if this power is turned over to the Territory of
Alaska, I want to know what assurance we would have
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SUPPORT Til! LOT
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3.—
The battle for a general manu
facturers’ sales fax to finance the
$3,300,000,000 public works indus
tries control bill, received a tre- j
mendous impetus when Senate Re- j
publicans, in conference, decided j
to throw their support to such a
levy.
Meanwhile the Senate started i
consideration of the far-reaching
measure, with indications of a ti
tanic struggle over many of its j
controversial provisions.
FLYING TO FAIR
ROME, June 8. —General Italo
Balboa, with his picked fleet of 24
airships will roar off on its trans
Atlantic mass formation flight to
the Chicago Century of Progress
exhibition on Saturday or soon
thereafter, it seemed certain to
day. Should weather conditions
prevent the hop Saturday, it will
be made immediately when they
have cleared wreather.
BURIAL SERVICES
PALO. ALTO, Calif., June 8. —
Funeral services were held here
for Mrs. Allene Thorpe Lamson
wTio was found dead under myster
iosu circumstances May 30. Her
young husand. David, accused by
Sheriff William Emig of her al
leged murder, brooded in his cell.
He was denied a last glimpse of the
wife he married after a campus
romance at Stanford University.
LARGEST IN WORLD
BOULDER CITY, Nev., June 8,
—The new government cable way
which spans Black canyon at the
Boulder Dam site is said by the
Bureau of reclamation officials to
be the largest of its kind in the
world and capable of transporting
180 tons to the load both horizon
tally and vertically.
STOCK !HT
Air Red 80 3-4, Am Pw Lt 12 3-4.
Am Can 92 7-8, Am Sug Ref 65 3-4.
Am Tel Tel 120 1-2, Anaconda Cop
17, Aviat 12 3-4, Bald Loco 10 3-4,
Beth Steel 29 1-8. Borg Warner 15
1-2. Bruns Balke 9 7-8. Case 75,
Cater Trax 193-8, Chrysler Mot 24
3-8. Cu Am Sug 10. Curtis Wright
3 3-8, Dome Mine 30, DuPone 95
2.1- East Kodak 83 1-2 Elec Pw Lt
10 7-8, Firestone 22 3-4, Free Port
Tex 37 7-8, Gen Elec 22 3-4, Gen
Mot 26 1-4, Goodyear 37 3-8, Her
cules 39 1-8. Hershey 56 1-2, Int
Nick Can 15 5-8, Int Tel Tel 19 3-8,
Johns Manv 39 3-4, Kennecott 20i
5-8, Lig Myers 91, Mack Trux 36,
Montg Ward 23, Nash Mot 21 1-2,
Nat Bis 52 3-4, Nat Distil 73, N Y
Cen 35, Nor Am Aviat 7 1-4, Nor
Am 29 7-8, Otis Elev 19 1-4, Pac
Gas Elec 28, Phillipe Pet 13 1-1,
Postal Tel 35 3-4, Pullman 44 1-8.
Radio Corp 9, So. Pac 25, Std Oil
Ex Pfd 101 3-8, Std Oil Calif 32 1-2,
Std Oil N J 36, Tex Gulf Sul 28 3-4,
Timken Roll 25 3-4. Unit Carbide
38 7-8. United Aircr 33, Unit Bis
23 5-8, Unit Carbon 25, United Corp
11 1-4, U S Indus Alco 49, U S Steel
53 3-3, U S Tob 80, Vanadium 25
1-2, West Union 62 1-2, Westingh
Elec Mfg 46 3-8. Weston Elec Insts
9 1-2. Woolworth 40.
NEW YORK CURB
Gen Aviat 8 5-8. Transcont Air
6 1-8.
POLAND MAY RESIGN
WARSAW, June 8. —That Poland
may resign from the League of
Nations was intimated in official
circles, in commenting on France’s
decision to initial Premier Musso
lini’s four-power pact.
EXTRA $25,000 PURSE
CHICAGO, June 8. — The Haw
thorne Gold Cup, one of the oldest
and richest stakes in the middle
west, will again carry an added
purse of $25,000 this year, it was
announced by the Hawthorne
Management.
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HUNDREDS MORE RETURN
TO WORK AT HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD, June 8, —'Ipe |
Warner Brothers and First Nation-!
al Motion Picture studios hum- j
med with activity today after a:
shut-down of several month.
Hundreds returned to work as
60 features, the largest production!
budget in eight years, were an- j
nounced as the goal for the com
ing year. The United Artists stu-j
dio, a few days ago announced its j
most ambitious schedule in years, j
AMERICAN BEER IS A
DISGRACE. SAYS GERMAN
MONTREAL, June 8. —Paul Blum,
Berlin agent for several German
brewers, believes that the beer now
being sold in the United States is
a sad disgrace to the ancient in-j
dustry.
Asked if German brewers intend
to enter the United States market
while the law limiting the strength
of beer at 3 2 remains in force,
Blum declared that one look or,
one taste had convinced them that
in the matter of making beer the(
Americans will stand alone.
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SHIP LANDING AND
CATAPULTING SUCCESS;
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 8.
—The German Lufthana flying
boat Monsun arrived at Natal af
ter an eight-hour and 25 minute
flight from the SS. West Phalia,
stationed in mid-ocean, where
successful landing and catapulting
test were part of preparation for
an all-air mail service from Ger
many to South America via the
West Coast of Africa and the mid
ocean steamship station.
SAN JOSE. Calif., June 8, —A 10
inch niece of iron pipe removed
from a bon-fire David Lamson was
tending in his back-yard, bears
stains of the blood of Lamson’s
mysteriously dead wife, authorities
claimed.
Lamson, a minor official of
Stanford University, is accused
of murdering his wife, Mrs. Lam
son, secretary of the Stanford Y.
W. C. A., and mother of a 28
months old daughter, found
dead in her bathtub May 30, her
skull having been crushed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 3, Phillies 1.
Chicago 7, Pittsburg 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Phillies 13, Washington 13; call
ed in the 9th account of rain.
Detroit 3, Cleveland 1.
Chicago 4. St. Louis 1. !
PACIFIC COAST
Oakland 3, San Francisco 2.
Missions 7, Portland 1
Hollywood 3. Seattle 2; IS in.
ENTIRE COUNTRY AGAIN
SCORCHED BY HEAT
’ SAN FRANCISCO. June 8, —Al
most the entire country sweltered
again under a scorching midsum
mer sun as temperatures soared to
new highs in the Middle West.
The Chicago area was hardest hit.
Weather forecasts predicted cooling
showers late today.
At 10 o’clock the mercury had
climbed to 86 and was still rising
to what was expected to be 95 de
I grees, an all-time record for June.
MOLLISONS CRASHED
AFTER TAKEOFF FROM !
LONDON FOR AMERICK
LONDON, June 8, —Capt. J. A.
Mollison and his wife, Amy John
son, crashed in their airplane as
they attempted to take-off today,
on a trans-Atlantic flight to New,
York.
The accident occurred at the
Croydon Airport just after their
plane started to rise from the field
at 5:50 a. m., which is 11:50 p. m.
Eastern Standard time, and wasi
apparently due to one of the wheels
coming off the undercarriage as
the MollLsons sped down the field
for the takeoff.
Aghast at the misfortunes at
tending them since the beginning
of their adventure which has been
planned for weeks, neither of the
Mollisons had a word to say.
Engineers estimated the plane
can be repaired in about a week.
Wings crumbled and the lower left
wing was broken; both propellors
were curled up, the landing gear
torn away and the nose dented.
From New York the famous Eng
lish fliers expected to fly to Bag
dad. then to London.
BULLISH SENTIMENT
HD, FURTHER CHINS
NEW YORK, June 8, —The stock
market rallied after yesterday’s re
action. Bullish sentiment was re
vived by further gains in the im
portant business indices of steel
and power production and brought
early gains running to more than
82 a share.
Trading continued at a tremen
' dous pace. Opening blocks were as
high as 15,000 shares and the tick
■ er fell behind immediately.
The dollar weakened furhter
against foreign currencies. Cotton
lost 25 cents a bale more at the
opening.
WOODIN RESIGNING
NEW YORK. June 8, —The New
York Evening World, in a copy
righted dispatch from Washing
ton, published yesterday, asserts
that it learns upon high authority
that Secretary of the Treasury
William H. Woodin, will resign
without delay.
SOLE CONCESSION
MT. ANGEL, Ore., June 8. — Mt
Angel, home of a Catholic college,
prepared to run a municipal beer
parlor. Citizens voted 152 to 28 to
enter the beer business authorizing
city officials to open and operate
a bar and to exclude private com
petition and thus create a new
source of income which will be
used to reduce taxes.
WILL NOT PAY
LONDON, June 8, —The London
Daily Express quoted Finance Min
ister Bennett of France, as stating
France will not pay her war debt
installment to the United States on
June 15.
Approximately 300 cases of sal
mon were packed Wednesday by
the Seward Fisheries, the first day
of this season’s operations. Large
catches of salmon were being brot
to the plant today, it was said.
MOOSE PASS EXCURSION
The Alaska Railroad announces
that automobiles will be carried
to Moose Pass and return to Sew
ard for $10 on June 25 when the
annual excursion from this city
and from Anchorage will be held.
Passenger fares will be one fare
for the roundtrip. Additional in
formation will be published soon.