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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 53.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 6,1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEWARD Hi
CONDITION IS G000.
PRESIDENT BALDERSTON DE
CLARES NO NECESSITY TO
CLOSE HERE FOLK DAYS
The Bank, of Seward received a
telegram Sunday from the Terri
torial Banking Board at Juneau
advising that Gov. George A. Parks
had proclaimed a Territorial bank
ing holiday, from Monday, March
6 to the 9th inclusive, pending
legislation action, at the option of
banks, the proclamation not being
mandatory.
President H. S. Balderston of the
Bank of Seward wired Gov. Parks
Sunday that he saw no reason for
remaining closed for four days
as there is no local emergency ex
isting. and that it would generally
disrupt the course of business, and
that his institution would remain
open
MUST BE OBEYED
However, President Roosevelt’s
Sunday evening mandatory pro
clamation for a national banking
holiday from Monday to Thursday
inclusive must be obeyed and
leaves no alternative but to close
for the specified time.
President Balderston regrets
that previous announcement could
not have been made, but the pro
clamation was entirely unexpected
here. He further said that Sew
ard is in an excellent financial
condition, especially considering
the situation in the States, and
trusts the patrons of the Bank
will not be too much inconven
ienced by the four days suspension
of business. The Bank will reopen
for business as usual on F'riday
morning.
GOVERNOR’S TELEGRAM
Bank of Seward
Seward. Alaska
The president has issued execu
tive order directing that from
Monday March 6 to and including
Thursday March 9th tnere shall
be observed by all banking insti
tutions and their branches in the
United States including territories!
and insular possessions, a bank
holiday and that during such per-1
iod all banking transactions shall'
be suspended.
George A. Parks, Governor.
LARGE MAJORITY 15
m hided
RIM MBIT HITLER
BERLIN, March 6. —Chancellor
Adolf Hitler’s iron-handed rule
received the approval of a maj
ority of Germany, returns from
yesterday’s Reichstag election in
dicated.
Of the first 14,538,941 votes
counted, the government’s Nazi
national bloc polled 7,383,913, a
majority of 228,885.
Aside from general gams all
over the country, Nazi increases in
the south of Germany, where
heavy losses had been expected,
was the most surprising feature
of the results.
The voting was marked by num
erous clashes throughout the
Reich and a major Communist
street battle at Breslau, but the
three dead and scorns of wounded
were not in excess of previous
election casualty rolls.
Reichstag seats are allotted one
for each 60,000 votes polled.
CHICAGO, March 6, —The Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Chicago
opened the Illinois bank holiday
“for the present” and no gold was
exchanged for currency.
In the temporary absence of
Gov. James B. McDougal of the
bank, Louis Meyer, manager of
the service department, said the
bank would not reopen “until con
ditions warrant.”
ABSOLUTE COMMAND
WASHINGTON, March 6,—Presi
dent Roosevelt last night issued a
j proclamation taking absolute com
| mand by the National government
| over the Nation’s gold supply. The
proclamation took effect at 1 a. m
I Monday, today.
JUNEAU, March 6,—The 11th
session of the Alaska Legislature
convened at noon today for a 60
day session, Secretary Karl Theile
presiding and inducting members
into duties for the most serious
session since 1920 due to shrinking
revenues and mounting expendi
j tures.
Allen Shattuck of Juneau was
named President of the Senate
and Joe McDonald of Fairbanks
Speaker of the House; Mrs. Agnes
Adsit, Secretary of the Senate and
Claud Helgesen, Clerk of the
House.
A bill to protect depositors in Al
askan banks from the effects of
the banking holiday in the States
j was introduced in both Houses and
passage was indicated before
Thursday when the National holi
day ends.
NO COMMUNISTS WILL
OE PERMITTED TO TAKE
SEATS IN REICHSTAG
BERLIN. March 6,—Adolf Hit
ler’s National Socialist won a
smashing victory in Sunday’s elec
tions polling 17.000.000 of 39,000.000
votes cast.
The election gives him 44 per
cent membership in the new
Reichstag and places him in a po
sition to dictate to allied parties
as the Nazis have declared no
Communist deputies will be allow
ed to take seats.
Hitler will command the majori
ty of governing bodies and ob
servers believed Germany is now
well on the way to a Fascist dicta
torship as Hitler has been given
the tools to annihilate previous
parties and measures which he
considers a failure.
SEN. HOWELL SINKING
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6,
—Senator Robert S Howell of Ne
braska, taken ill last week with
pneumonia, fails to show any indi
tion of improvement and hope is
waning for his recovery.
CHINESE CAUGHT IN
MOUNTAIN PASSES AND
KILLED BY JAPANESE
PEIPING, March 6. —Chinese
troops struggling to reach the
Kupeikow and Hsifengkow passes,
were bombarded by Japanese with
‘ losses exceeding 1,000, dispatches
reaching Peiping said.
More than 1,000 troops from two
of Marshal Chang Hsueh Liangs
brigades alone were killed, wound
ed or missing, it was reported.
The Japanese bombardment was
being directed at Chinese troop
concentrations on the Jehol side
| of the two passes which are in the
I Doloaor region.
ROB SLED ACCIDENT
HOOD RIVER, Ore., March 6, —
Two persons were seriously injur
ed whai a bib sled on which they
were r.ding collided with a car at
an intersection at the bottom of
the hil. The others escaped with
minor bruises.
OFFER DENIED
LOS ANGELES, March 6, —Re
ports tijiat either the New York
Giants r the Chicago White Sox
had oAired $85,000 for the Oak
land bal club of the Pacific Coast
League, were denied by officials of
both m^or league clubs in train
ing heard
MODIFIED BUNK
HOLIDAY EXTENDIND
I IMMEDIATE EMBARGO IS PLAC
ED EXPORTS GOLD AND
CURRENCY
WASHINGTON, March 6. —A
modified bank holiday extending
thru Thursday was ordered Sun
day night by President Roosevelt
in a proclamation interpreted by
some financial authorities as a
temporary suspension of the gold
standard.
Under the terms of the procla
mation calling for conservation of
gold and stocks, it also placed an
immediate embargo on all exports
on gold and currency and provided
for issuance of clearing house cer
tificates to keep business function
ing while banks are closed.
SPECIAL PERMISSION
Banks desiring to remain open,
if the Secretary of the Treasury
grants permission, must make ap
plication for such permission and
will be made thru the clearing
house under which it operates.
New accounts will be accepted
on a 100 percent withdrawal basis.
Clearing house certificates will
be based upon bank deposits and
they will furnish scrip money as a
medium of exchange for the per
iod of the bank holiday.
The gold and currency embargo
prohibits “war-time” trading with
the enemy, an act which empow
ers the Secretary of the Treasury
with regulation of such exports.
I THREE-BUY BUNKING
! MORATORIUM DECLARED
THROUGHOUT GUM
HAVANA, Cuba, March. 6, —A
three-day bankin'? moratorium ef
fective today, was declared ycoter
day by President Gerardo Macha
do.
The moratorium was called after
the President had engaged in
lengthy conferences with bankers,
members of the clearing house,
and Finance Secretary Octavio
Averhoff.
The decree was issued at the re
quest of bankers whose institu
tions had been subjected to mod
erate runs Saturday.
New York, Boston and Canadian
banks have many branches here.
The National city bank of New
York is a 5100,000,000 institution
in Cuba with more than 20 branch
es on the island.
FIGHT POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mrch 6, —
Jack Dempsey attended the in
augural of President Roosevelt. He
came from Chicago where nego
tiations for the Schmeling fight
were postponed owing to the ill
| ness of Mayor A. J. Cermak.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6—
President Roosevelt has summoned
Congress into special session on
Thursday to enact emergency
legislation to deal with the Nation
al banking crisis and also issued a
proclamation declaring a National
banking holiday from Monday to
Thursday, inclusive, covering all
banks and financial institutions
in the nation.
The conference held here was
almost war-time in atmosphere.
Announcement of the holiday
and special session followed a hur
ried meeting of President Roose
velt with his Cabinet and leaders
in both Houses.
At the Treasury, across the
| street from the White House, Sec
j retary William H. Woodin discuss
j ed banking measures with leading
New York and Chicago financiers
and officials of the incoming and
outgoing administrations.
jWho’s Who
in the Cabinet
l
SECRETARY AGRICULTURE
Henry Agard Wallace—Editor.
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State Coll., 1910 (hon. M. S. in Ag.
1920); asso. editor Wallace’s Far
mer, 1910-24; editor same since
Oct., 1924. Sec. Corn Belt. Meat
Producers’ assn, since 1921. Mem.
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ma Delta Chi. Author. Agricultur
al Prices, 1920; Corn and Corn
Growing, 1923; Correlation and
Machine Calculation, 1924. Home
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SECRETARY OF LABOR
Frances Perkin s—Sociologist.
Born Boston, Mass., 1882; A. B.
Mount Holyoke Coll., 1902; studied
U. of Pa.; A. B. Mt. Holyoke Coll,
1910. Sec. Philadelphia Research
and Protective Assn., 1907-09; exec,
sec. Consumers’ League, N. Y., 1910
12; lecture in sociology, Adelphi
Coll., 1911, exec. sec. Com. on Safe
ty, N. Y., 1912-17; direc. investiga
tions, N. Y. State Factory Comm.
1912-13; exec. dir. N. Y. Council
of Orgn. for War Service, 1917-19;
commr. N. Y. State Industrial
Commn. 1919-21; dir. Council on
Immigrant Education, 1921-23;
mem. State Industrial Bd., N. Y.,
1923—; Dir. Am. Child Hygiene
Assn., Con. Leag., N. Y., N. Y. Child
Lab. Com., Maternity Center assn,
mem. Nat. Fire Pro. assn. (com.
on safety to life), Nat. Safe. Coun.
! div. of indus. hyg. of Am. Pub.
Health assn., Acad. Pol. Science,
Am. Econ. assn. Author; Life Haz
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28th St., N. Y.
MIAMI, Fla., March 6, —The
condition of Mayor Cermak was
described by his physicians last
night as “not encouraging.”
Hope, however, has not been
abandoned they said. The official
bulletin said Mayor Cermak had
a blood transfusion yesterday af
j ternoon receiving 500 cc of blood
and a small amount of glucose;
| 100 cc.
j A slight reaction developed af
; ter the transfusion manifested by
j a weak pulse and irregular respir
ation.
CONSUL THREATENED
j MANILA, P. I., March 6, —Three
| policemen were assigned to keep a
24-hour guard over the home of
Atsuhi Kiemura, Japanese consul
general after he had received an
annonymous letter written in Chi
nese. Kiemura scouted thoughts
of danger but said he was threat
ened three times during the recent
siege of Shanghai.
TOKIO, March 6, —Akira Ario
shi, Japanese minister to China,
will be ordered home it was re
liably reported Saturday. Obser
vers, noting that Chiang Tso Pin,
Chinese minister to Japan was
likewise leaving for his country,
were not completely reassured by
government statements that both
diplomats were merely being sum
moned to make important reports.
Diplomatic relations between the
countries have not yet been sever
ed, a spokesman said.
The Japanese are in complete
control of all important Jehol
province cities and devoted them
selves yesterday to consolidating
their positions against possible at
tack'- bv rh'nese irregulars.
GIVEN A “BIG HAND”
CHICAGO, March 6, —Three
robbers gave the “little girl,” Tex
as Guinan herself, a “big hand”
when they robbed her of $40,000
in jewelry and a $2,700 fur coat
in front of the Lake Shore Drive
hotel.
GOV. GEO J. MS
PROCLAIMS THREE-OS!
OPTIONAL HOLIDAY
i JUNEAU, March 6,—Gov. George
| A. Parks late Saturday night pro
| claimed a three-day optional
banking holiday due to the “effect
of similar action” just taken by
all States.
The Governor took action after
conferring with members of the
legislature; also in order to give!
that body time to enact legislation,
necessary to protect the Territory!
interests.
The local situation is wholly:
normal and no fears are entertain
ed for any banking institutions’
safety.
The holiday is effective Monday:
a measure is already prepared for
introduction in both Houses of the
Territorial Legislature after it con
venes at noon today.
All members of the Legislature
are present, eight Senators and 16
Representatives.
ATTACK REPELLED
DETROIT, Mich., March 6. —A
thousand strikers attempted to
i storm the Highland Park plant of j
| the Briggs manufacturing com
j pany but were repelled by tear gas
bombs.
I ---
NE WYORK, March 6, —Bankers
and civic leaders met in Wall j
Street, the Nation's greatest fin
ancial center, seeking some solu
tion to New York states banking:
situation.
Governor Herbert H. Lehman
issued a statement which was in
terpreted in financial quarters as
indicating one of two steps would
be taken to relieve the distress!
caused by closing of all the state’s!
banks in a two-day holiday Sat
urday and Sunday. The-se were:
Issuance of script, and the sec
ond, limited withdrawals permit
ted after resumption of banking.
SIX BEYOND THE FOLD
PORTLAND. Ore-, March 6, —
Only six members of the Portland,
baseball club were outside of the i
fold, said Thomas L. Turner, man- j
ager of the club, after checking up!
on the 1933 roster.
FAIRBANKS, March 6,—The
seven Siberian huskie and mala
mute team of Bob Buzby, won the
first heat of the Seventh annual
renewal Signal Corps Trophy dog
clerby Saturday covering the 30
miles in two hours, 26 minutes and
39 seconds. Harold Meyers was
second in two hours and 27 min
utes. The trail and weather con
ditions were perfect.
Buzby won the second heat Sun
day covering the distance in two
hours, 38 minutes and 31 seconds,
elapsed time.
Harry Riley, Nenana Indian,
was second; the total time cf five
hours, 24 minutes and 57 seconds.
LOST ITS STANDING
SALEM, Ore., March 6, —Marion
courtv who has formerly had the!
reputation of being the most len
ient county in the state, has brok
en her record; in fact, reversed it! j
j tv>p rn«ntv Sput more men to the
, penintentiary last month than any
other county in the state; her total
was 11 convictions.
ROOSEVELT TIKES
HOLD OF SHI
COURAGE. DECISION
SENATOR ROBINSON EXPRESS
ED FEELINGS OF ALL IN
ONE SENTENCE
WASHINGTON, March 6Presi
dent Roosevelt Sunday moulded
an emergency program to restore
the Nation’s system of money ex
change and called the new Con
gress into session Thursday at
noon to enact it.
From a busy Sunday conference
in the White House study the
President sent word to the coun
try: “I am preparing an immedi
ate program directed to meet the
present monetary emergency.”
REACTION CHEERFUL
There was no attempt at the
White House to minimize the seri
ousness of the situation but the
reaction of those who sat about
the desk of the President was one
of distinct cheerfulness and con
fidence.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
Democratic leader, expressed the
feelings of all when he said:
“There’s every indication the new
head of the government is taking
hold of the situation with courage*,
and decision.”
SPEC! SESSION OF
CONGRESS TO CONVENE
WASHINGTON, March 6,—Presi
dent Roosevelt summoned the new
Congress to meet next Thursday
in special session to rush through
emergency banking and financial
legislation
Moving with unpreceden ted
speed, the Chief executive issued
the call after conferring with his
Cabinet, Vice-President Garner
and Republican and Democratic
leaders of Congress.
A White House statement said:
“The President announced that he
has issued a call for a special ses
sion of Congress to convene on
Thursday March 9, at 12 o’clock
noon.”
President Roosevelt after issuing
his proclamation said: "Anticipat
ing the meeting of Congress on
Thursday, I am preparing an im
mediate program directing to meet
the present monetary emergency.
It is of course essential that the
first business before the Congress
will be the present banking and
financial situation.”
SSUANGE OF GASH 15
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6,
—Treasury officials concentrated
on drafting regulations to put in
effect the four-day bank closing
proclamation. Secretary of Treas
urer Woodin said:
“We hope to have everything
fixed today”. Senator Robinson
said he understood immediate ac
tion would be brought up the spec
ial session Thursday and “will be
looking toward the use of clearing
house certificates by banks that
are in the moratorium to the ex
tent of their liquity and authori
zation for segregation of new de
posits”
Mr. Woodin said where possible,
pay-rolls will be met with clearing
house certificates or scrip issued by
local banks but where there is no
such exchange nor means are
available, he authorized the issu
ance of cash to meet the emer
gency.
JOINING HUBBY
ATHENS, Greece, March 6, —
Mrs. Samuel Insull was enroute
here from Paris to join her hus
band, former Chicago utilities
manager who recently balked ef
forts to extradite him on charges
of larceny and embezzlement.