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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 268.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY,, OCTOBER 11, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THRILLING RESCUES i
MADE BY LIFE-GUARD
OFTHREE, UNDERTOW
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, —;
Before a crowd of 8.000 persons
one of the most thrilling rescues'
ever performed at the Ocean beach
was accomplished by Edwin Ukini,1
Fleishhacker Pool life-guard. He
brought in two Coast Guard sta
tion men and a 16-year-old boy
who had been swept half a mile
off-shore.
Four times the crew of tne Gold
en Gate Life Saving Station had
attempted to launch a life-boat
only to see the craft swamped in
the waves. Men equipped with
life jackets had been sent out to
find themselves helpless in the grip
of the undertow. A life-line also
failed to reach the swimmers.
In this situation, after the trio
had been off-shore for three-quar
ters of an hour, their lives almost
despaired of. Ukini plunged into
the water. With long, steady strok
es he swam to where the three
specks were bobbing helplessli in
the sea. Then supporting the semi
conscious boy and two guardsmen,
he set his skill and remarkable
current.
When boats and life belts failed,
the athletic figure in the racing
bathing suit won out. He shaped
a course diagonally across the cur
rent, and to the cheers of thous
ands, brought all three safely to
shore.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, —Earth
quake tremors and torrential rains
continued to harry Southern Cali
fornia Monday, causing flood-like
conditions in the Imperial Valley.
The storm centered over South
ern Arizona and was reflected in
the Los Angeles area by persistent J
storms.
The eighth in the last three
days, a heavy earth tremor again
shook El Centro yesterday after- J
noon. It was the most distinct
shock experienced in the section
in years. No damage has been re
ported.
SOILED PINTS GIVE
IB ROBBERY PLOT
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, —Dirt
on a pair of pants attracted the1
attention of Lt. Detective James
Wood to Harold Graham and, fol
lowing a little quizzing, Graham
was escorted to jail.
The dirt was accumulated while
digging a tunnel from an aban
doned warehouse to a bank one
block away.
Graham confessed that the in-!
stigator of the plot to rob the bank,!
James Gillette, promised him one
fourth the proceeds from the haul.
Gillette and J. S. Robinson, a!
florist implicated in the plot thru
the confession of Graham, have
been arrested.
PUNTS OF SCHOOL
CANTON, 111., Oct., 11,—Fright
ened parents followed State troop- j
ers to the Junior High and McCall j
schools after State’s Attorney G.!
Ray Senite said he had learned!
the school houses were to be bomb- |
ed.
The nerves of the citizens were j
on edge after a lighted bomb was!
found in the early day under a 1
window pf the Pyjhian Temple,!
headquarters taff the National :
Guardsmen patroling adjacent coal 1
field?. The soldiers found no bombs
at either school.
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ORDERS INCREASE
CHICAGO, Oct. 11, —Sharp in
creases in the movement of mer
chandise by mail order concerns,
gains in electric power output, and
upward trend in the voume of rev
enue in freight car loaings, and
mounting sales by many wholesale
houses characterized the past week
in Chicago, the Chicago Associa
tion of Commerce reported.
MOSCOW, Oct., 11,—Soviet Rus
sia realized a dream Monday when
the greatest hydro-electric plant
on the Dnieper River in the Ukra
ine Republic, and in the world, was
completed and in operation.
At the dedication Col. Hugh L.
Cooper. American and chief consu
late, and four American associates, i
were decorated by the Soviet!
Union, being awarded the Order of!
the Red Star, the first foreigners |
to be so honored. Great tributes i
were paid to the Americans by A. j
V. Winters, head of the Soviet ad
ministration of the project.
The dam, 140 feet high, im
pounds the drainage of 170.000
square miles and by eliminating a
series of rapids, makes navigable
the Dnieper river from the Black
Sea. 200 miles south, to some dis
tance above Dnieprostroy.
'to existing capacity, Dniepros
troy is expected to add an average
annual production of 2,520,000,000
kilowat-hours. Its nine turbines,
when in full operation, will have a
capacity of 756,000 horse-power.
This compares with 430,000 horse
power at America’s Niagara Falls,
and 612,000 at Muscle Shoals.
Since only three of Dniepros
troy’s nine turbines can operate at
all seasons, the plant will be sup
plemented with reserve steam
plants having 200,000 horse-power
capacity.
Russian materials and Russian
labor were used almost entirely in i
the construction, but American
methods, supervised by American
engineers and with American ma
chinery, were back of them. The
American plans for construction
were chosen after a comparative
test was made between them and
a European design.
Russian labor set several records,
among which was the feat of pour
ing 510.000 cubic meters of concrete
in 1930. This, it is claimed, is more
than ever had been poured before
on a single project.
The Soviet government plans to
build another dam at Volgastroy
that will have a capacity three
times Dnieprostroy’s and will ir
rigate 10,000,000 acres.
WEST KICK-OFF IS
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 11, —
Bob Gibbs, captain, was credited
with having made the longest scor
ing play from kickoff ever record
ed.
The run, a 107-yard dash to a
touchdown, was made in the game
here in which Oklahoma City de
feated Wesleyan 39-15.
The best previous mark, accord
mg to Paris-Davis compilations in
Spaulding’s Football Guide, was a
Lm? 0f„106 yards scored by Walter
ekerell of Chicago against Wis
consin, in 1904.
LEAGUE NATIONS’ BABY
oEATTLE, Oct-, 11^—A League of
Nations’ baby girl was aboard the
SS. Ruth Alexander on its arrival
here from the south. With a
Chinese father and a Spanish
mother, the infant was delivered
on the high seas aboard an Ameri
can ship by a Canadian doctor, i
shortly after the parents had been
deported from Mexico. The child
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fat,
Cheung.
OF FLOUTING MITT
BOMBAY, India, Oct., 11,—Capt.j
H. S. Banner, skipper of the liner
President Van Buren, and endur-,
ance floating champion of the;
United States, saved his own life
thru his ability to stay on top of
water without exertion. I
Captain Banner was bathing at
Juhu, Bombay’s Riviera, when the
sea current dragged him far out
from shore. He struggled for three
hours to reach the beach but could
make no progress. So he decided
to float.
He floated for several hours,
awaiting a shoreward current, and
finally was rescued in a semi-con
scious state, by fishermen. He was
able to sail with the President Van
Buren in the afternoon.
iliQN :
BE OFFICIALLY TESTED!
MADRID, Oct., 11, —A Spanish!
laborer, Adrean Ruiz, announced
1 the Marine Ministry had agreed to j
an official test of his invention
consisting of a submarine cylinder
with the equivalent of fish lungs.;
The inventor declined to discuss
the details, but said his invention
consisted of three compartments
which filter oxygen from water,;
furnishing fresh air to the occu
pants of the cylinder indefinitely.
He said he had remained beneath
the surface eight hours in his in
| vention.
IN GRIP OF FLAMES!
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., j
1 ‘mined origin set a section of the
Oct., 11.—An explosion of undeter- i
town lot oil drilling area afire here
and the flames spread rapidly be
for a strong breeze off the ocean,!
threatening the entire field. A
moment after the explosion two
derricks toppled into the flames
and a large oil storage tank explod
ed.
Hundreds of volunteer firemen
aided the regular city equipment,
but virtually no progress was made
against the fires because of the
wind. Blazing gasoline was thrown:
over the entire area, which com
prises about a square block. Elec
tric transmission lines were cut to
prevent electrocution of firemen.
Officials feared the entire dis
trict would be destroyed.
SOCIALIST PREDICTS
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Oct., 10,—
Norman Thomas, Princeton gradu
ate and the Socialist party’s nomi
nee for the presidency, said here
Saturday that a Socialist president
will be in the chair in 1936, because
of present and growing dissatisfac
tion of the two major political par
ties. He also said there were 13,
000,000 Americans unemployed.
ATHENS, Greece, Oct., 11,—The
American Legation asked the Ath
ens police to hold Samuel Insull
for extradition to the United States
to face indictments for embezzle
ment and larceny in the collapse
of several big power companies.
Police promptly complied with
the request. The former Chicago
utilities magnate- previously had
been taken into custody becausej
his identification papers were not i
in order. The arrest came as he
sipped coffee on a balcony of the
Grand Bretagne Hotel.
NEWS FLUSHES
STEAMERS COLLIDE
LONDON, Oct., 10—The steam
ship Sherenty was rammed by the
steamship African Star Sunday in
the North Sea and sank. Passengers
and crew were rescued.
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RUMORS EXPLODED
BERLIN, Oct., 11, —Policy dis
putes between Herr Adolf Hitler
and former Crown Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm, exploded widely-publish
ed rumors that Hitler aims to re
establish the German monarchy.
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WILBUR STUMPING
CHICAGO. Oct., 11, —Secretary
of the Interior, Ray Lyman Wilbur,
spoke at Cincinnati, O., last even
ing, making his first appearance in
the election campaign of President
Hoover.
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WILD WEST DRAMA
MARYSVILLE, Calif, Oct, 11, —
A wild west drama unfolded here
when two men and a woman, sus
pected counterfeiters, kidnapped a
constable, wrecked their Arizona
automobile, and fled info the Butte
County chapparal.
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“IN THE BAG—”
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Oct, 11, _
Senator Huey P. Long, of Louisiana,
“The .Kingfish”, met Governor
Roosevelt, his party’s presidential
nominee, .for the first time. The
“Kingfish” said that the South was
‘ in the bag for Roosevelt”.
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FRACTURED SKULLS
SCRANTON, Pa, Oct, 10,—Fall
ing from an auto truck carrying
the Yellow Jacket football team,
two players, C. Munson and E.
Shoals, fell off and fractured their
skulls. They were riding on the
tail-board.
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AUTO DEATH TOTALS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 11,_
Automobile accident death figures
from 86 large cities declined from
9,202 to 8,274 for the six weeks
ending October 1, the Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics, announced.
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CORN AS FUEL
DES MOINES, Oct, 11, —Iowa’s
corn crop, one of the biggest in
history, may be used in many cases
to supplant coal as fuel this winter.
Corn is selling at 14 cents a bushel,
and coal costs $5.50 a ton. Iowa
State College estimates corn is
cheap as fuel.
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SKIPPER WEDS
TACOMA. Wn, Oct, 11,—Captain
R. J. Healy, master of the liner
President Madison, who figured in
the rescue of three members of the
crew of the ill-fated steamship Ne
vada, was married here to Dreseil
la Rue Young of Los Angeles.
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THEORY ADVANCED
NEW YORK, Oct, 11,—The plane
“American Nurse” failed to com
plete its flight to Rome because it
flew into a low pressure area or in
an area darkened by a total eclipse
of the moon, according to a theory
advanced.
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CHURCH CONFISCATED
LOS ANGELES, Oct, 11,—Father
Alleero Severo, pastor of the Cath
olic Church at San Ysidro, on the
United States side of the Interna
tional boundary, informed friends
here that the Our Lady Guedalupe
Church in Tia Juana, had been
confiscated by the Mexican gov
ernment. He understood the
'hurch, built last year at a cost of
'SO,000 was to be used for a post
office.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, —For the
first time in a score of years the
American Telephone stock drop
ped below 100. Alaska Juneau quo
tation was 10%, Kennecott 9%,:
United Corporation 73/2, Westing
house 25%, Chicago Milwaukee
3. There was no sale on Premier.
“MA” IS CERTIFIED
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11, — The
Texas Supreme Court ordered the
name of Mrs. Marian A. Ferguson
certified as the Democratic nomi
nee for governor of Texas. An
nouncement also was made no
motion for reservation will be en
tertained. This makes the decision
final.
FORMER SENATOR JUS.
REED DERIDES RODDER
US FALSE PROPHET
DES MOINES, Oct., 11, —With
biting sarcasm, former Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, spoke
here upon Hoover as a prophet in
an address in behalf of Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presiden-!
tial candidacy.
Citing instance after instance of!
the President’s predictions, the!
former Senator derided him as a j
false prophet who had led the
nation into its distress. His ad
dress, heralded as an answer to
Fresident Hoover’s address here a
week ago, was delivered before a
cheering crowd of more than 7,000
in the Coloseum.
Reed directed a fiery attack on;
Hoover’s record as food adminis-*
trator, painting him as a depressor
of agricultural prices. He assail
ed, likewise, Hoover’s record since
he has occupied the Presidential
chair. Reed as given a five-minute
ovation when he entered. He had
to ask the audience not to applaud
because his time on the air was
limited.
‘In his Des Moines speech and
elsewhere in the campaign”, Reed
said in opening, “Mr. Hoover told
the people he now plans to restore
prosperity and that these plans will
certainly work. It will be observ
ed, however, that none of them can
be demonstrated until after the'
election.”
PRIM MISTED
ON KOTIt URGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 11,—The
close friend and personal physi
cian of Frank J. Egan went to jail.
Dr. Nathan Housman, whose name
frequently cropped up during the
investigation of the Jessie Scott
Hughes murder, was arrested on
charges of violating the State Nar
cotic Act.
Taken into custody by E. J. i
O’Farrall, of the State Narcotics'
Division, he was booked at the city |
prison and released on $250 bail,
but he was compelled to leave his
fingerprints with the bureau of
criminal identification.
CHINESE DEBEL FORCES j
CONTROL ENTIRE UREA
TOKIO, Oct-, 11,—The entire
Barga region and almost all the
Chinese Eastern Railway east of
the Nonni River were in the hands
of Chinese rebel forces that have
arisen against the troops of Japan
and of the government of Manchu
kuo.
The rebels have hoisted the
Chinese flag. Unconfirmed Chin
ese reports said that Gen. Su Ping1
Wen had established a new govern- j
ment at Manchuli and was claim- ;
ing dominion over all the Territory
west of the Nonni.
The Rengo News Agency learned
that for the last two days the Jap
anese command had been concen
trating its forces in the Tsitshihar
in Manchuria.
AMONG GRAPPLERS
HOLLYWOOD, Oct., 11, —Don
George, former claimant of the
heavyweight wrestling champion
ship, scored a victory over A1 Baf
fert, Hollywood grappler by taking
the first and third falls in their
bout at the Hollywood American
Legion Stadium.
CONSTRUCTION f REIT
GOLDEN CUE BRIDGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, —
Early in January, actual work on
the $75,000,000 San Francisco-Oak
land Bay bridge will be started
with thousands of men finding em
ployment on the structure and
other thousands busy providing
materials for the gigantic span.
That was the indication in dis
patches from Washington as state
agencies plunged into preliminaries
that will clear the way for con
struction.
Hopes that the work might be
gin before the New Year were en
tertained when Washington ad
vices asserted that the state legis
lation grant $2,000,000 to aid the
work. The legislature meets in
January. The necessity for legis
lative action, however, will cause
no appreciable delay in the project,
according to C. H. Purcell, chief
engineer, who led the fight for
amendments that made the huge
loan possible.
Purcell, interviewed in Washing
ton yesterday, declared “there will
be no delay if the legislature acts
promptly. We must advertise for
bids on the West Bay superstruc
ture to cost $16,600,000 the bids to
be open in 69 days.” That means
the bids could not be opened until
January, when the legislature is
in session.
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POSTHUMOUS HONORS
FOR Fin OFFICERS
LONDON, Oct. 10, —Two British
flying officers received posthumous
honors Saturday. They were Pilot
B. A. Gully and Flying Officer Ar
thur Paige.
Flying a huge army bomber the
plane burst into flames in flight.
The four other members of the
crew were ordered to “bail out”
which they did and landed safely.
But Flying Officer Paige did not
leap until a few hundred feet above
the ground, being killed instantly.
Pilot Gully, true to army tradi
tions, remained with his ship and
died—burned to death.
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 10, —Mal
colm Swenson was out of work,
broke and hungry, so he stopped a
pedestrian, explained his circum
stances and was given $2. He
dashed into a restaurant and or
dered $2 worth of ham and eggs,
but before he had finished eating
he fainted. When he woke up he
was in an emergency hospital.
Near starvation, he had eaten too
much. Now he is assured of an
even diet for some days to come.
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HONOLULU, Oct. 10, —A Japan
ese student was arrested here on
the charge of writing extortion let
ters to three American business
men.
The student, according to auth
orities, demanded large sums of
money from each or he would kid
nap them and blow up their homes.
Under recent legislation passed
the penalty for extortionists was
fixed at $10,000 fine and impris
onment for 20 years.
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MADE A MISTAKE
KANSAS CITY, Oct., 10, —Two
holdup artists made a mistake here
Sunday when they robbed a bakery
of $35. The redheaded Irish wait
ress gave chase, caught one and re
covered the money.
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