VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 202.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
YUKON BRINGING 142
PASSENGERS TO SEWMID
AND POINTS ENROUTE
SEATTLE, Aug., 29, </P>—'The SS
Yukon, of the A. S. S- Co., sailed
from Seattle at 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon for Alaska, with 142
passengers on board, all first class.
Fifty-five passengers will disem
bark at Seward, as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. John Giarde, Rash
el Hunt, Mrs. Dean Hunt, Virginia
Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Claire Men
denhall. Miss H. Mellum, Miss A.
Cater, Miss M. Thomas, Miss F.
Schneider.
Miss Edith Kaemmer, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Gill and daughter; L. E.
Fleckenstein, Dr. S. R. Kalinski,
Cliff Ramschissel, C- W. Hunny
cutt. Miss E. W. Greenly, Sarah
Small, Mrs. Anna Edgar, Clara
Peterson.
Verneta Herron, Sylvia Erdman,
Mrs. J. Richards, Miss Ruth Allen,
Louise S. Sears, Dorothy Hill, Miss
Opal Sheets, Mrs. C. E. Rich, Mrs.
K. Ott, Selma Make, Wm. E. Dick
ering, Chas. Hatton, Daniel Fries,
Mrs. Fries, Hope Hatton.
Miss Edith Neese, Ann Neese,
Olive French, Mrs. E. McCallister,
Miss J H. Willey, H. H. Waller,
Betty Trowbridge,'Mrs. Carl Trow
brUige and baby; R. B. Oliver, Jim
Bergman. Mrs. R. E. Bergman, J.
Bergman, V. Buffington, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Wilkerson, Mrs. W. J.
Murry.
OKLAHOMA FLIER WINS
CLEVELAND AID RAGE
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug., 29, —
Sixty pilots, representing every
section of the country, swooped
down onto the Municipal Airport
late Saturday completing the 2,500
mile Cord Cup race which started
a week ago at Washington, D. C.,
and Los Angeles.
The race, which carries a purse
of S10.000 and two automobiles,
was the main event on the open
ing program of the 1932 National
Air races.
Roy Hunt, of Norman, Oklaho
ma, was declared winner of the
Cord Cup race.
SUGGEST BIG LOAN
to ipyuT ■ debt:
LONDON, Aug., 29, —The flota
tion of a $5,000,000,000 internation- i
al loan to wipe out war debts and
reparations is being proposed by
Montague Norman, president of the
Bank of England, during his mys-!
terious visit to the United States.
The loan, according to newspa-;
per stories, will carry four per cent ■
interest and would be floated in the j
world money market with New York I
participating to raise funds to I
meet the United States objections
to cancellation of v/ar debts.
WATERFRONT THREAT
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug., 29, j
The San Francisco waterfront was
threatened by a disastrous fire on j
Sunday when one of the small craft |
exploded and set fire to several j
other craft. Fireboats finally got l
the flames under control.
SPEED UP HEARING
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug., 29, —A
speedy ouster hearing of Mayor
Walker, when it resumes this week,
seemed apparent after a council
argued over a summeration. Gov
ernor Franklin Roosevelt will hold
a session tonight. The list of the
mayor’s witnesses has been almost
exhausted.
WILL OPERATE ALL WINTER
More stability for the Territory
in both summer and winter is voic
ed in the announcement that one
of the Willow Creek mines—the
Gold Cord mine—plans to operate
throughout the coming winter. The
cabins and mining property are
at present being prepared for the
coming of deep snows and low tem
• peratures.
NO WORD YET
OSLO, Norway, Aug., 29, —Noth
ing has been heard from the two
Norway-bound aviators, Clyde Lee
and John Bochken, who left Har
bor Grace last Thursday. The only
hope for the safety of the aviators
is that they may have been forced
down to sea and while they were
afloat to have been picked up by
a vessel not equipped with radio.
NUMBED MODE SMS
Mir JOIN STRIKERS
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug., 29, —
The farm strike continues through
out the several farm states in this
area with other states almost on
the verge of joining.
The State of South Dakota far
mers have issued an announcement
that they intend to join the move
ment on Labor Day, provided far
mers in North Dakota, Minnesota
and Montana join the strike.
A meeting of governors of the
various states affected is being ar
ranged at the present time to dis
cuss problems arising including
the picketing movement.
THIN'S ALIBI STORY
ATTACKED, PROSECUTION1
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.—Al
bert Tinnin’s alibi story was at
tacked point by point by Prosecut
or I. M. Kolden, in cross-examin
ation here today as he sought to
smash the defense built up for the
ex-convict and Frank J. Egan, for
mer San Francisco public defender,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Jesse Scott-Hughes. Defence At
torneys Vincent O’Hallinan, and
Nathan Coglan have presented nu
merous witnesses the past two days
in an attempt to stop allegations
that Tinnin slugged Mrs. Hughes
and then crushed her to death.
PANAMA CANAL LOCKS
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Aug., 29, —
Work will begin January 1 on an
overhaul of the Pacific side locks
of the Fanama Canal, including the
locks at both Miraflores and Pedro
Miguel, according to Canal offi
cials.
About five months time and
$835,000 will be required to give
the locks a thorough examination
and overhauling.
STOCK MARKET SAID
RE ACTING QUITE WELL
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —The rise I
continued with Dow and Jones in
dustrials up to 1.18, rails off 0.11,
utilities up 1.35, bonds up 6.22.
Wheat was strong closing at
53%; at Chicago 51%.
The Youngstown district steel
mills are expected to start opera
tions at 14 per cent increased cap
acity against the 10 per cent be
ginning of last week.
Car loading increased to 6,211
cars for the week of August 20,
over the previous week.
Stocks are acting in an excellent
manner and higher prices are look
ed for.
[LING. SIRI
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Arrange
ments practically have been made
for Max Schmeling and Young
Stribling to meet in Miami, Fla.,
during the last week in February,
Joe Jacobs announced, adding that
both sides have agreed to the
match. So apparently there is no
hope of averting the consequences,
and in the course of time a very
gripping encounter is bound to en
sue
NEW YORK LEGIONNB
JEER SECRET® OF Wlfl
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —Hisses
and jeers greeted F. T. cmwfypp
assistant secretary of war, when he
appeared before the New York
State convention of the American
Legion, to charge that Commun
ists had forged discharge papers
for many members of the Wash
ington bonus army.
Following Davison’s speech the
Legion voted 498 to 138 in favor of
immediate payment of the bonus.
Davison, a candidate for the Re
publican gubernatorial nomination,
defended the President’s use of
troops to expell the bonus army and
then declared he had proof that
many of the discharge papers pre
sented by bonus army members,
had been produced by Communist
diploma mills.
FORMAL OPENING AIR
RAGES LAST SATURDAY
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug., 29, —
I. W. Greven, president of the Na
tional Air races, and Senator Hiram
Bingham, of Connecticut, formal
ly opened America’s aviation clas
sic Saturday.
The stands contained only a few
hundred people as the American
flag was unfurled to the strains of
the Star Spangled banner and a
bomb salute was fired.
Senator Bingham, president of
the National Aeronautic Associa
tion, reviewed the growth of the
races now in their 12th year. The
contests will continue thru to La
bor Day.
STRIKE IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Aug., 29, —A general
strike loomed at the Lancashire
cotton weaving mills as 200,000
workers planned to walkout be
cause of a wage dispute. This will
be the second strike within the
month, the first having been set
tled only several daj^s ago.
BRASS BAND TURNED
OUT TD GREET WALKER
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —Hailed
by a brass band, Mayor James Wal
ker returned to New York Saturday
to prepare for the final stages of
his defense against removal charg
es.
The opinion was expressed in po
litical circles here that the hearing
being held before Governor Roose
velt at Albany, will end this week.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK STOCKS
Allied Chem. 85%, Amer. Smltg.
21V8, Amer. Tel. & Tel. 116%, A
Tobac. 82%, Balto. & O. 16%, Beth.
Steel 22%, Cal. Pkg. 12%, Can. Pac.
17%, J. I. Case 61%, Con. Gas, N. Y.,
63%, Gen. Elec. 20%, Gen. Food
31%, Gen. Mots. 16%, Loews 36, Pac.
Gas Elec. 32%, Pac. Tel. & Tel. 87%,
Penn. RR. 18%, Pullman 26, Radio
9%, So. Pac. 23%, Stand. Oil, Calif.,
29%, Un. Oil 14%, Un. Pac. 31%,
U. S. Steel 48%, U. S- Steel, prfd.
90%, W. U. 43%, Woolworths 39%,
U. Fruits 29, White Mot. 14.
SAN FRANCICO STOCKS
Cat. Trac. 11%. Haw. Com. 23,
Sug. 33 (bid); Hon. Oil 13, (bid);
Trans. Amer. 6%.
San Francisco closing quotations,
Saturday, Aug., 19, —Amer. Can Co.
583, Amer. Tel. & Tel. 1167, Bald.
Loco. 113, Cons. Gas 632, El. Pow.
& Lgt. Co. 126, Gen. Elec. 202, Gen.
Mo. 161, Int. Tel. & Tel. 126, Kel.
6, Mack Truck 224, Monty-Ward 131,
Nat. Pow. & Lgt. 184, No. Amer.
40, Pa. G. & E 324, Pub. Ser., N. J.
53, Ra. Corp. 94, Stand. Gas & E.
24, Stan. Oil, N. J. 35, Trans-Amer.
66, Un. Aircraft 194, Un. Corp. 12,
U. S. Steel 483, Vana. 192, Warner
Piet. 37, West. E. & M. 385. (Note:
In most every case the last figure
in the above quotations is a frac
tion of eigths.
BRITISH AVIATOR READY
ATTEMPT RETURN FLIGHT
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —Captain
James Mollison, British aviator who
recently completed a successful
East to West crossing of the Atlan
tic Ocean, left New York Sunday
for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland,
to prepare for a crossing back to
prepare for the return flight to
England. Captain Mollison failed
to reach Harbor Grace Sunday be
ing forced down on account of fog
at a flying field about 18 miles
away.
Captain Mollison planned to go
on to Harbor Grace as soon as the
fog lifted and await there for fav
orable weather conditions for his
big hop back home.
WEALTHY CHICAGOAN
LEFT HUGE ESTATE
CHICAGO, Aug., 29, —Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller-McCormick, bequeathed
five-twevlths of her estate to Edwin
Kreen, social and business asso
ciate, but Kreen recently waived
the claim in favor of his partner,
Edward Date, and calling for $2,
000 a month for life.
Her estate was estimated recent
ly at $40,000,000 but no estimate of
the present value is obtainable.
The rest of the estate will be di
vided among three children; four
twelvths to Mrs. Elisha Hubbard;
two-twelvths to Mrs. Max Oser, and
one-twelvth to F. McCormick.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at her Lakeshore
Drive horpe.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT
WAS A BUSY MAN
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 29.—Chap
ters in the life of Russell Sher
wood, missing accountant, general
ly unknown, were opened to the
public at Saturday’s session of the
Mayor Walker ouster hearing.
Frank J. McIntyre, who has
known Sherwood since 1917, said
the accountant handled tax and
income matters for many persons,
including the Dolly Sisters and
Beatrice Lillie of the stage, and
Johnny Dundee and Mike McTigue
of the prize ring, and several brok
ers and real estate firms.
WEATHER BLOCKS PLANES
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug., 29, —
Snow, rain and fog combined Sat
urday to delay trans-continental
airmail planes as much as six hours
over the route from Salt Lake City
to Omaha. Snow flurries were re
ported by United Air Lines pilots
in Western Wyoming, fog between
Laramie, Wyo., and Western Ne
braska, and rain from North Platte,
Nebraska, to the East.
BASEBALL SCORES
Saturday’s Games
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6-5, New York 1-0.
Brooklyn 8, St. Louis 3.
Pittsburgh 7, Boston 4.
Cincinnati 2, Phillies 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5, Cleveland 4.
Boston 13, Chicago 10.
Washington 6, Detroit 2.
Phillies 9, St. Louis 2.
PACIFIC COAST
Hollywood 4, San Francisco 5.
Oakland 3, Seattle 5.
Sunday’s games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 2-11, Chicago 5-5.
Cleveland 10-3, Boston 1-4.
Detroit 15, Washington 7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 5, New York 4.
Phillies 2-2, Cincinnati 1-3.
Brooklyn 1-6, St. Louis 4-4.
PACIFIC COAST
Los Angeles 124, Missions 1-3.
Hollywood 8-1, San Francisco 0-2.
Portland 5-2, Sacramento 0-8.
Seattle games, rain.
RUMORS RIDICULOUS
MUNICH, Germany, Aug., 29, —
Adolph Hitler, German Fascist
iead«r, was at his country house in
the Bavarian Alps Saturday dis
cussing the political situation with
his aides. Officials at the Fascist
brown house ridiculed rumors that
Hitler was sick or had suffered a
nervous collapse. Similar false ru
mors were circulated earlier last
| week, it was said.
STRIKERS WORKING TO
HAVE OTHERS QUIT JOBS
GILLIPSIE, 111., Aug., 29, —An
interstate policy committee of In
diana and Illinois union of coal
miners, is to be formed this week
to direct a new $5 basic wage scale,
coal mine leaders say.
Announcement of the conference
was made at strike headquarters
as it drafted, in secret, plans for a
second invasion of Franklin coun
ty by more compact units than the
unweildy caravan units beaten
back last week by deputy sheriffs.
The strikers hope to induce min
ers in Southern Illinois to stop
work.
CHILDREN DISAPPEARED
YORK, Pa., Aug., 29, —Three
young children and one man, to
gether with five chickens, disap
peared from a poultry farm here
while the children’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry A. Chirstian, were
marketing in this city.
Fear that the missing persons
had met foul play was expressed
by the parents who discovered the
disappearance and found their
home ransacked.
A general description of the man,
a trusted employe, and the chil
dren, was flashed over the police
teletype immediately.
ROOSEVELT HOLDS LEI
OVER HERB, STRAW VOTE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 29, —
Late returns from the nation
wide presidential poll of the San
Francisco Examiner in coopera
tion with other Hearst newspapers,
passed the 100,000 mark.
President Herbert Hoover had
40,000 votes and Governor Frank
lin D. Roosevelt had 65,110, a maj
ority for the Democratic candidate
of 24,142. The percentage division
gives Hoover 39 per cent and Roos
evelt 61 per cent.
MANY VOTERS REGISTER
CALIFORNIA ELECTION
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 29, —
With the largest registration of
voters in its history, California
goes to the polls Tuesday for a
State primary election of national
as well as local interests.
Prediction is made for the heav
iest vote ever cast at a State pri
mary with a registered vote of 2,
665,830 of which 1.497,432 are Re
publican and 1,027,657 Democrats.
Ely LOSSES STOCK
IMBKET BOSE TO HIEHS
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—A new!
wave of buying swept over the
I stock market in the late trading,
bringing a recovery from the morn
j ing session. During the earlier
hours of the session prominent is
sues had lost $1.00 to $4.00 per
share, but the buying movement
not only cancelled these losses, but
swept many of the leaders up
ward $1.00 to $3.00 per share above
the previous day’s final prices.
The last hour was the most active
in the day. J
HOOVER THINKS NATION
PASSED MAJOR CRISIS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Presi
dent Hoover told the American
business chieftains he is convinced
the nation has overcome the major
financial crisis, and added they
assume a new incentive and re
sponsibilities to restore labor and
agriculture to higher levels. Speak
ing to an audience composing one
of the most exclusive gatherings of
national banking and business
leaders in history Hoover proposed
specifically that credit be extend
ed to all points, and that arrange
ments be made between employer
and employee for shorter hours
and more even distribution of work.
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —Max
Schmeling, trans-Atlantic com
muting boxer, completed his sixth
round-trip from Germany to New
York, confident that he will beat
Mickey Walker three weeks hence,
and regain the heavyweight title
from Jack Sharkey, next June.
INCREASED ORDERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 29, —
A telegram was made public at the
White House informing President
Hoover that a New York depart
ment store has increased its orders
by 25 per cent over its current bud
get as a result of its confidence in
a business upturn.
DILUTED MOONSHINE
III WITERPIPES, HOMES
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug., 29, —
Housewives in a local community
Sunday turned on the water in
their homes—both hot and cold—
and found they were receiving di
luted moonshine. It was described
as being sufficiently potent to cause
anyone indulging in the liquid,
much joy and contentment.
Complaints were made to the po
lice department by a few drys and
the subsequent investigation dis
closed that a group of bootleggers
who had been operating a still in
side of a water tower, which sup
plied water to the homes, had
dumped the stock on hand into the
water tanks. The scoundrels have
not yet been captured.
COMMODITY STOCKS
INTEREST SPEWTORS
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —Commod
ities again took the lead away from
securities in another wave of buy
ing.
Public utility stocks held up well
at closing, Saturday, with many
gains of $1 to $3 per share, but
other classifications of stock lost
most of. their earlier gains when
profit-taking appeared.
Cotton had one of its most vig
orous upturns of the year advanc
ing $2.50 per bale or more. Wheat
was up about two cents per bushel.
NO SUN, NO GAME
NEW YORK, Aug., 29, —It was
revealed here that the reason for
a double-header game between the
New York Giants and the Chicago
Cubs Tuesday was because the sun
will be eclipsed on Wednesday and
the teams will riot be able to play
in the darkness, or semi-darkness,
whem the moon is scheduled to blot
out the sun.
A CLOSE RACE
DALLAS, Tex., Aug., 29, — The
latest returns from the runoff
election for the governorship of
Texas, held Saturday, shows that
Governor Sterling is leading with
“Ma” Ferguson a close second. It
is reported that the two candidates
are running so close that the final
outcome may not be revealed until
the final returns are tabulated.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Balderston, on
vacation in the Moose Pass region
for the last two weeks, are expect
ed to return in a few days.