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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 332.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SHIP SURGEON WAS
m WHEN HUNDREDS
PASSENGERS STRICKEN
GLASGOW. Dec. 28, —Passen
gers and crew of the liner Cam
eronia told how Ship’s Surgeon
Daniel Murphy worked four days
and nights to prevent death
among 400 passengers stricken by
influenza in midocean.
There were 900 passengers on
board when the ship left Nrw York.
Soon after sailing influenza swept
the ship so rapidly that 400 pas
sengers were soon confined to
their cabins.
Many victims were women and
children. The ship’s surgeon draft
ed two stewards as assistants and
began the fight against death.
JIDJ HI OEM
JUNEAU. Dec. 28, —Working vir
tually without clues, police here
• were at a loss to explain the at
tempted killing of Mrs. Jerry
Thompson, 24 years old, of Bing
ham Canyon, Utah, who was
found in a shallow creek with
serious head and body bruises.
Police said she had been beaten
and thrown from an automobile;
• she is reported to be near death.
. DEPARTMENT FORGOT
SWEEP»SEEP CLEAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27, —
The State Department has just
admitted that in these days of
economy it has kept on the pay
roll at $10,000 a year, grey-mus
tached Charles B. Curtis, American
minister to Salvador.
Meanwhile, he has had nothing
to do 11 months cut of the year.
He has not been in Salvador;
neither has he been in Washing
ton. He has been free to come and
go as he chose so long as he kept
away from Salvador.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec- 27, —In
sinuations that a big insurance
plum in connection with the Gol
den Gate bridge was handed to
Tom Finn, former sheriff, were
ridiculed by Mr. Finn and bridge
officials.
The fact Is that the company
which “my firm represents was
one of a syndicate organized for
the purpose of underwriting the
surety bonds,” Finn said.
LEAPED TO DEATH.
BRUISED A KNEE
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 28, —
Scores of passerbys stood horror
stricken while Harvey Krause
climbed to the top railing of the
Capitol drive bridge, hundreds of
feet high, nonchalantly thumbed
his nose at the world in general,
then leaped.
The water was but two feet
deep at this point and when the
crowd looked over the rail they
saw policemen carrying Krause
to shore. He was alive! They rush
ed him to a hospital where phy
sicians said his injuries consisted
• of two bruises on a knee.
27 MORE BODIES
MOWEUQUA, 111., Dec. 28, —
Weary rescue workers found 27
more bodies in the blast-wrecked
tunnels of the cooperative mine,
bringing the total to 39. All were
seared and swollen from the gas
and fire which followed the ex
. plosion.
AGAINST EXTRADITION
ATHENS, Dec. 28, —The Greek
court decided against the extradi
tion of Samuel Insull, former
utilities magnate, to the United
States. Under the courts decision
! Mr. Insull can remain safe in
Greece or might leave the country
for some other territory where no
extradition treaty is in effect.
DURANGO, Colo., Dec. 28, —
; Tremendous rockslides are tossing
an entire mountain into the Ani
mas valley, three miles south of
here; the slides continued una
bated last night.
The thunder of the slides was
heard for miles as the thousands
of tons bf rock, dirt and trees
plunged to the level of the val
ley, threatening to block the
tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande
Western Railroad and the river
which flows beside them.
ROME, Dec. 28. —Declaring that
his only great wish is to be buried
by the side of “My beloved ones in
the cemetary at San Cassino”, Pre
mier Benito Mussolini expressed
some of his philosophical beliefs
in a biography of his late brother,
Arnaldo, published here.
“It would be naive on my part
to request to be left alone after my
death. There cannot be peace a
round the grave of leaders of those
great transformations which are
called revolutions”, Mussolini wrote.
COMPLETING
SEVEN RAILROADS
TOKIO, Dec. 27. —Japan is com
pleting seven different railroad
lines in the new state of Manchu
kuo all connecting with the South- J
ern Manchurian railroad system
which was obtained as a result of
its war with Russia early in the
century.
The new network of lines is
aimed to consolidate Japan’s pow
er in the new state.
BOOK UNIDENTIFIED IN
FOUND; FEUD FOUL FLAK
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, —
Dead from no outwardly apparent;
cause, the body of an unidenti- j
fied man was found on the Pa-'
trocci ranch five miles north of
Half-moon bay.
The circumstances were such
that San Mateo county authorities,
believed the dead man may have j
been murdered with poison and j
the body taken to a lonely spotj
for disposal. It was found about;
50 feet off an isolated stretch of |
the winding coast that skirts the!
ocean shore
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CHAMP FOR SECOND TIME
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28. —Jim
Londos, claimant to the heavy
weight wrestling title for the sec
ond time within eight days van
quished George Zaharias in the
main match at the Olympic.
SHARKEY PULLS II FAST
ONE ON SHILLING
BOSTON. Dec. 28, —Jack Shar
key declared yesterday that he
never would defend his world
heavyweight boxing championship
against Max Schmeling from
whom he won the title.
Sharkey described Schmeling as
a “quitter” because of the Ger
man’s refusal to sign for a June
bout with him.
MOVIE THRILLER WHS
STAGED WHEN COUGAR
WAS KILLED WITH AXE
JUNCTION, Utah, Dec. 27, —He
ber Brinkerhoff of this town
enacted a movie thriller in the
hills near here, but he had no
audience to cheer his courage. He
killed a couger with an axe.
Brinkerhoff said he was driving
his team of horses in Kingston
canyon when a large cougar
bounded into a clump of under
brush. He unharnessed one horse,
mounted and taking his axe, gave
chase.
The cougar soon climbed a ced
ar tree. Brinkerhoff said he rode
under the tree and as the big cat
prepared to leap at him, struck
the animal between the eyes with
the axe.
DOOMED TO EXILE
SANTIAGO. Chile, Dec. 27, —
Hundreds of Americans and other
foriegners are doomed to involun
tary exile in this country, follow
ing the decision of transportation
companies on air, land and sea,
to accept nothing but dollars and
pounds sterling in payment of
fares.
GIRL SID YOUTH
SPEED DOAT RESCUE
LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 28.
—A spectacular speed boat rescue
was made by the famous girl
driver, Loretta Turnbull, and
averted a possible tragedy for
youthful Joseph Carver when a
motor explosion set fire to his
boat in a practice race.
Carver was thrown from the
boat by the blast. With his craft
flaming a few feet away Miss
Turnbull wheeled her Sunkist Kid.
No. 4 and hoisted the youth on
board. He was slightly burned.
NO TAX LEGISLATION
BE MADE 10 BEER BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28, — j
Some amendments on the League i
side of the House’s 3.2 tenths per {
cent beer bill may be made in the 1
Senate but no tax legislation will;
be attached to it.
This Democratic decree was an-!
nounced by Senator Harrison of;
Mississippi, ranking Democrat on j
the, finance committee, to which j
the measure has been referred.
HERE GOLD STANDARD
BUT PROHIBITS EXPORT
PETORIA, Union of South Afri
ca, Dec. 28, —Premier Hertzoz de
cided yesterday to adhere to the
gold standard but to prohibit the
export of gold from the South
African Union.
Faced with increasing popularity
of the Labor party and the inten
tion of Tielman Roos to form a
coalition party, the government is
regarded as in a precarious posi
tion.
A
CHINESE LEADER. THOT I
DEAD, ALIVE STILL!
MOSCOW, Dec. 28, —The Soviet
government officially revealed that
General Ma Chan Shan, famed
Chinese leader of Manchurian
rebels, is alive.
Ending many months of reports
and belief of his death while j
fighting Japanese soldiers in i
Manchuria, the government an
nounced he was In Tomsk. Siberia,
imprisoned for entering the coun
try illegally.
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. THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, —Stocks
moved irregularly yesterday in a
dull and uninteresting day of
trading.
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SPARTANS DEFEATED
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 28. —The
I Chicago Bears defeated the Ports
mouth, Ohio, Spartans 9 to 0 to
win the 1932 National professional
football championship.
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THE FIRST WOMAN
CONCORD, N. H., Dec. 27, —
Mary Minot Jenkins at 24 has
been named deputy secretary of
state and is the first woman to
hold that office in New Hampshire.
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LEAPS 188 FEET
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. Dec
28. —Halvar Hoalsted captured the
professional ski jumping contest at
the inaugural session of winter
sports here with a leap of 188 feet.
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TAKES ANOTHER CHANCE
! YUMA, Ariz., Dec. 28. —Elinor
i Crowe Boyd, former wife of Bill
Boyd, film star, and known on the
screen as Elinor Fair, was led to
the alter by Thomas W. Daniels,
; 36, Los Angeles aviator.
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FOR THE THIRD TIME
| SATIAGO, Chile, Dec. 27, —Don
| Artura Alessandri, 63 year-old vet
j eran of Chilean politics was Pres
i ident of the Republic for the third
■ time to face unfavorable economic
| problems almost unparalled in the
! country’s history.
COMEDIAN DIES
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, —Max
I Rogers, famous stage favorite for
many years, is dead. He was one
I of the Rogers brothers, German
j dialect comedians who provided
I fun for a generation of theatre
j goers.
DIET ADJOURNS
TOKIO, Dec. 28, -The 6,405th ses
! sion of the Japanese Diet recessed
i yesterday until after the New
Year holidays. The Diet wrill eon
i vene again January 21 to hear
; ministerial reports and consider
! the budget.
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JUDGE ELEVATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, —
Judge Ira F. Thompson, of Divis
ion 2, second district court of ap
peals at Los Angeles, was named
by Gov. James Rolph, Jr., as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme
Court.
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INEVITABLE
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 27, -Par- ;
aguay’s curt rejection of the neu- |
tral commission’s latest proposals
for termination of the unofficial
warfare in the Chaco territory,
was interpreted editorially by the!
newspaper El Mundo as making |
“a continuation of fighting in the!
Chasco inevitable.”
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TILDEN RETURNS
NEW YORK, Dec. 27, —William j
T. Tilden, professional tennis j
champion, returned here from j
Europe where he and members of |
his troupe played in 12 countries'
during the past few months. He
was accompanied by Bruce Barnes
of Texas, and Hans Nusslein, Ger
man champion.
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THE DAWN OF REVIVAL
ANTOFOGASTA, Chile, Dec. 27,
—The United States is at the
dawn of an economic revival, Don
Miguel Cruchaga, retiring as Chil
ean ambassador to the United
States to become minister of for
eign affairs in President-Elect Ar
turo Alessandria’s government, de
clared.
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MOTHER LOVE
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, —Mrs.
Mary Mooney, mother of Tom
Mooney, serving life sentence in
San Quentin, will carry her fight
for her son’s pardon directly to
President-Elect Roosevelt at Al
bany Thursday, according to an
nouncement by the International
Labor Defense.
. NEW TARIFF ORDER
DUBLIN, Dec. 27, —A new tariff
order was issued designed chiefly
eo exclude preferential treatment
formerly given to certain classes
of British and Northern Ireland
! goods, including boots and shoes,
j men’s wearing apparel and certain
iron and steel articles.
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i INTEREST REVIVED
IN OLD MURDER CASE
j STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 28, —
! Interest was revived in the famous
' Codings murder case when it be
; came known that a thorough in
vestigation of the case, now more
; than a year old, has been in pro
gress for months.
Judge William A. Kelly, counsel
j for Mrs. Lillian Codings, widow
of the slain Benjamin Codings who
! was murdered aboard his yacht
; in Long Island Sound on the nite
j of September 9. 1931 *and his body
thrown overboard,, is in charge of
■ the investigation.
I NEW YORK, Dec. 27, —Techno
' cracy, America’s new scientific par
! lor game, is not a panacea for so
| cial disturbances and is not to be
| classed as a golden promise of an
i economic paradise, its principle
disciples said.
Technocracy’s only claim is that
it provides a scientific study of
politics and human emotions;
whatever happens to these facts
after they are collected and di
gested is entirely up to the rest
of the scientific world
! JUBILEE YEAH IS
OUTSTANDING EVENT
VATICAN CITY, Italy, Dec. 27,
—The Jubilee year proclaimed by
Pope Pius 11 will be one of the
outstanding Catholic celebrations
of modern times it was indicated.
Several reigning monarchs have
telegraphed his Holiness of their
I intentions to. undertake pilgrim
| ages to Rome during the Jubilee
! which begins with Easter.
BUTTLE REOPENED
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 28, —
Waiting until almost the last j
hour permissable under the law.!
attorneys for Winnie Ruth Judd,
condemned trunk murderess, re
opened the battle to save the
pretty Phoenix nurse from the
noose.
A petition for a rehearing on
the State Supreme Court denial J
of a new trial for Mrs. Judd was;
filed here.
DIED FROM INJURIES
WOODLAND, Calif., Dec. 28, — j
Stewart M. Reed, 33, of Portland, j
Ore., injured in an automobile j
wreck near here, died. He was en- |
route from San Francisco to
Portland at the time of the acci
dent. His wife, Helen, and his
father, Taxter, both of Portland,
survive.
SIM OF LOCUSTS
ON MILES III LENGTH
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 28, —A
swarm of locusts 300 miles long
swept down the Bermejo river, in
undating cotton, tobacco and
grain crops.
Farmers of the district stren
uously dug trenches and con
structed locust traps in an ef
fort to save their crops, 40 per
cent of which have been ruined.
iDGIIBLE BOOST FOR
j CEIUL SALES TH
KEYSTONE OF REVENUE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28, —
A double boost for the general
manufacturers- sales tax as the
keystone of revenue legislation
came in the Senate and House.
Speaker Garner announced he
| will vote for the tax if necessary
to balance the budget.
Senator Smoot of Utah, chair
man of the Senate finance com
mittee, declared the manufactur
j er’s tax is the only way to raise
! the needed revenue to balance the
j budget.
Senator Harrison, Mississippi
I Democrat, said he . would support
j the sales tax as a last resort to
j assure a balanced budget.
HAMBURG, Dec. 28. — A new
1 stream lined combination diesel
motor and electric train has set a
i speed record of 142 minutes run
ning time for the 108.09 miles be
tween here and Berlin.
The average speed of 76.09 miles
an hour is said to be a world’s re
cord for motor trains. Over the
i first half of the run the train was
| clocked at 93 miles an hour. This
! cuts 37 minutes off the present
| running time.
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE
i NEW YORK, Dec. 27, —Two
grandmothers have joined the
i Freshman class at Long Island,
j University and will begin their
; studies after the present holidays,
I it was revealed.
Mrs. Anna A. Pettijohn wants to
brush up on English history, bio
logy, German and public speaking.
Mrs. Louis V. Franks is trying
for a masters’ degree in sociology.
CISTERN FOOTBIEIEBS
IRE MOST POPUUR
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27, —
l Western football stars may enjoy
I an edge in weight but Easterners
: carry the load of popular favor,
i according to the concensus of
| opinion.
If one believes that Roy Horst
i man, Joe Kurth, Harry Newman,
Paul Moss and other All-Ameri
can stars from beyond the Miss
issippi are superior to the home
grown Pacific slope products, al
most any kind of a bet may be ob
tained here.
SANTA WHS LUTE BUT
EVENTUALLY ARRIVED
ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Dec. 28,
—Santa Claus arrived a few days
late but it was a jolly Christmas
just the same at The Casements,
winter home of John D. Rocke
feller, Sr.
Surrounded by a group of
close friends and neighbors, the
93-year old philanthropist 1 e d
in the singing of old-fashioned
hymns and carols and gave to his
company jovial compliments of
the season.
WELL, WELL, WELL
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa, Dec. 27,
—John Garden, known as plain
John here, 69 year-old millwright,
is the uncle of Mary Garden, fam
ous prima donno, but has not seen
his niece since 1892. He lives alone
here with a flock of chickens, two
cats and a 15 year-old collie dog.
Hard Times Masquerade Ball, New Year’s Eve