VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 117.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DR. CONDON IS NOW
MING POLICE
ON LINDBERGH CISC
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 19, (&)—
Col. Schwartzkopf announced there
was “nothing in any way to link
Curtis with the actual kidnaping
of the Lindbergh baby or collection
of the ransom money.”
Curtis is in jail at Flemington
after his hoax confession. After the
exoneration of Curtis of implica
tion in actual kidnaping and col
lection, Schwarzkopf said Condon
has been the “most cooperative
source; he has offered to come to
Hopewell or would go anywhere
with the investigators.
Condon has been ordered to rest
by physicians; in fact he was told
to take a rest several days before
the finding of the baby’s body.
Dean Dobson-Peacock is ready
now to go anywhere with the in
vestigators and is ready to give any
information he has to the author
ities.
It was revealed that 10 days af
ter the kidnaping Chief Walter of
Trenton received an anonymous
letter directing police to follow
the Lindbergh telephone wires and
the baby and three men will be
found. The baby was found near
a wire line, Walter said. Walter
said the letter might have been
written by one of the four men who
kidnaped the baby.
SCIENTIST RETURNING
SEATTLE, May 19, —Dr. Alecs
Hrdlicka, who is attached to the
Smithsonian Institute and who has
spent several years investigation
in Alaska, is headed North again.
He was a passenger on the Admiral
Watson.
CURTIS WAIVES JURY
HOPEWELL, N. J„ May 19, (/P)—
John PI. Curtis waived a jury trial
and is held under $10,000 bail. He
was arraigned on the charge of
giving false information in con
nection with the Lindbergh baby
kidnaping case. The statutes pro
vides three years in prison and
a fine of $1,000; one or both.
BODY IN BOX CAR
RENO. Nevada, May 19. — When
railroad workers of the Southern
Pacific Railway opened the door
of a box car here and went inside
they found the body of a dead, un
identified man. The train had just
arrived in the city from the west
and it is probable that the man
was put aboard there.
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TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT
MILAN, Italy, May 18, UP)—Pri
mo Camera, Italian heavyweight,
scored a technical knockout over
Hans Schoenrath, former heavy
weight champion of Gemany. The
referred halted the bout after the
start of the third round because of
the manifest inferiority of the Ger
man.
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CASUALTIES RISE
BOMBAY, May 19, —Total cas
ualties in the last week from the
Hindu-Moslem riots, rose to 105
and the injured to 978. Severe
clashes occurred in an area one
mile north of here in which six
were killed and 30 injured. Police
were forced to fire on the rioters.
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PRAYED IN VAIN
PARIS, May 19, (/P)—Paul Gorg
ouliff, the Russian emigree prayed
in vain at Notre Dame Cathederal
for power to shake off hypnotic in
fluence which forced him to assas
sinate Paul Doumer the President
of France. That was the explan
ation he gave when examined in
preparation for trial next Monday.
“I also am sorry I made a mistake,”
he said. “I believed M. Doumer was
active head of the Frencd Govern
ment. I will be sorry until the end
of my days.
DOX HOPS OFF
NEW YORK, May 19, UP)—The
giant airplane DOX took off at 4:05
o'clock this morning for Harbor
Grace on the first lap of a jour
ney to Germany- It was sighted at
8:40 over Cape Sable. At a speed
of 90 miles an hour (nautical) it
arrived over Halifax at 10:15.
INTERFERENCE OF
GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE
BUSINESS, “RAZZED"
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, </P)—
Prohibition, taxation, unemploy
ment and Government interference
with private business were discuss
! ed by business leaders of America
| as they sought ways to end an un
I paralleled depression.
I As the 20th Annual Convention
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce got under way, 2000
business leaders and captains of
industry decided to make a study
of National Prohibition in the light
of economic aspects. If they find
modification would bring taxes to
help balance the National Budget,
and would bring new life to out
lawed industries, Congress will be
asked by them to change the pre
sent legal setup, they decided.
I
LASKY WILL GET PI
NEW YORK, May 19. — The con
troversy over whether Jesse L.
Lasky is still head of the Para
mount Publix Corporation is still
going cn but it is indicated the Mi*.
Lasky was not reelected to the posi
tion uf first vice-presidency. Mr.
Lasky, however, contends that he
has a contract which does not ex
pire until the latter part of 1934.
Hollywood is of the opinion that
Lasky will continue to receive his
paycheck until the end of 1934 but
; that he will find himself without
any duties in connection with the
Paramount Publix Corporation.
It is said Carl Laemmele will suc
ceed Mr. Lasky.
SECOND ATTEMPT TO
WASHINGTON, May 19, (/P) —
Intensive program designed to dis
pose of a Billion Dollar Tax pro
! gram within fortnight was an
nounced as the Senate defeated
in their second attempt to increase
income tax and surtax rates
The Connally Amendment in
creasing normal rates to 4 and 8 per
cent and fixing the maximum sur
tax rate at 55 per cent on incomes
of over a million dollars was reject
ed by vote of 46 to 31.
Chairman Smoot of the Senate
Finance Committee announced a
program of six night sessions a
week. He estimated this would en
able the Senate to enact tax bill
in two weeks.
Ill TROOPS WILL BE
TOKIO, May 19 (/P)—All Japanese
land forces at Shanghai will be
brought home within a month, ac
| cording to an official announce
ment made. A spokesman revealed
that the War Ministry was deter
i mined to push on to Nanking in the
event that troops were sent back
to China and that some of the
troops from Shanghai had been
sent to Manchuria.
The withdrawal means virtual re
turn to the status before the
fighting, and that Japan expects
the Great Powers to enforce the
terms of the Shanghai Treaty.
MI. MCKINLEY SCENE
SEIM EOH EXPLORER
FAIRBANKS, May 19. —The j
storm-swept crags of Mt. McKinley j
were the scene today of an air- j
plane hunt for a missing explor
er and the bodies of his two com
panions who gave their lives for
science.
Ace pilots of the Alaskan Air
ways joined the search for Nicho
las Spadavecchia, missing for five
days on the summit which had
been scaled but twice by man.
TOKYO, May 19.—Army opposi
tion to continued government by
the Seiyukei party is growing inj
Tokyo, newspapers here comment- I
ed. The military element, it was
believed, would not object to selec- j
tion of the Home Minister, Dr. Kis- !
aburo Suzuki, as Premier, provided j
he headed a “super-party” patri-'
otic regime, rather than one com- \
posed exclusively of members of
the government party.
WORLD-WIDE BREVITIES
J i
ADMIRAL PASSES
WASHINGTON, May 19.—Rear
Admiral Frederick C. Billard, com
mandant of the Coast Guard, died
at his home here of pneumonia.
He was 58 years of age and had
been ill only a week.
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EVENLY DIVIDED
NEW YORK, May 19.—With no
thing in the news to make for im
portant activities on either side of
the market, stocks fluctuated ir
regualrly in a short session, with
gains and losses about evenly di
vided.
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RABBIT ROPING AT RODEO
i ODESSA, Texas, May 19, (A5)—
One of the features of an American
Legion rodeo here May 30 and 31
will be a jackrabbit roping contest.
Many sections of West Texas are
overrun with rabbits this season.
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NO FULL PARDON
HONOLULU, May 18, —Gov. L.
Judd is quoted as saying that he
| would not grant a full pardon to
the “honor slayers” of Joseph Kah
ahwahai. He said that he had for
warded his reasons to Secretary of
Interior Wilbur and said that if
Wilbur cared to make his reasons
public, that he could do so if he de
sires.
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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
j VOLSTEAD, Calif., May 18.—
j Prohibition officers swooped down
i upon a charming home in a beaut
i ful residential section of this lit
| tie city and arrested three men
| and two women; also confiscated
| $100,000 worth of rare wines.
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BARBERS STRIKE
NEW YORK, May 18, —About 3,
500 barbers went on strike in this
city Tuesday. They are striking
for better wages and better living
conditions.
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WILL PAY IN FOUR DAYS
LOS ANGELES, May 18, —Dor
othy Sebastian, film actress, sued
a film concern for $1,104. The com
pany said they would pay in four
days. All is well.
ENCYCLICAL ISSUED
VATICAN CITY, May 18, <£>)—
The Pope, in an encyclical just is
sued, called the world to prayers
| of penance and mortification to
save itself from the “peril of ter
rorism and anarchy and the still
greater evils that are threatening.”
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CHARTER ANOTHER SHIP
SEATTLE, May 18, (JP)—The Hud
son Bay Trading Company has
chartered the motorship Karise,
from the Swenson Fur Trading
Company, to replace the schooner
Baychimo, which became ice-lock
ed in the Arctic last year. The Kar
ise will sail for the North in June.
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A LONE FILIBUSTER
WASHINGTON, May 18, —Sen.
Huey Long of Louisiana who re
cently resigned from all congress
ional committees, has started a one
man filibuster for a tax bill
amendment.
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ITALY BEAT SPAIN
ROME, Italy, May 19, (A3)—The
third round of the European zone
Davis cup tennis competition was
wo nby Italy who defeated Spain
in singles matches.
‘‘POCKET” VESSELS
BERLIN, May 19, —Provisions
for two additional “pocket battle
ships” of the 10,000 ton class is con
tained in hte budget of the Min
istry of Defense, the newspaper
Tageblatt said.
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REPORT NOT CONFIRMED
TOKIO, May 19, (/P)—Reports of
the newspaper Ashai that 35
Japanese residents of San Shing,
Manchuria, had been slaughtered
by fleeing guerilla bandits were
not confirmed in government ad
vices from Harbin.
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ELIMINATE ECONOMY ITEM
WASHINGTON, May 19, (/P) —
The House eliminated the two mil
lion dollar economy item in the
War Department appropriations
bill when it voted 154 to 82 against
the suspension of training camp
pay for officers of organized re
serves.
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A “MULE” STORY
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18, —
A resident here has figured a way
, to build a better mouse trap and,
j as the saying goes, the world will
' beat a path to his door. But the
mouse trap proved to be a better
! brand of "mule” and the neighbor
was arrested for bootlegging.
FRENCH AMETUER CHAMP
LETOUQUET, France. May 19, ()P)
—H. G. Bentley of Hesketh Lanca
! shire won the French Internation
I al Ametuer Golf Championship by
! defeating Noel Layton of Walton
I Heath Surrey.
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FELL INTO SEA
PARIS, May 19, (JP)—A seaplane
! carrying Minister of Defense Andre
i Francois Pietre fell into the the
i Mediterranean. He was rescued by
1 a destroyer. Pietri was enroute to
i Corisca.
MRS. HOOVER HOSTESS
WASHINGTON, May 19, (A>) —
Mrs. Herbert Hoover was hostess
at the circus for children of Mem
bers of the Cabinet.
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AMBASSADOR INJURED
WEMAR, Germany, May 19, (A5)
j —Kemal Eddine Sami Pasha, Tur
kish Ambassador to Germany, was
gravely injured in an automobile
accident.
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FINLAND TAPS WHITE SEA
HELSINGFORS, May 18. (IP)—
The first highway to the White sea
on the far northern coast of Fin
land, has been completed. The
road’s terminus is Petsamo where a
modern hotel with electric lighting
and baths has been constructed.
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MAYOR VINDICATED
PORTLAND, May 19, (A5)—Mayor
Baker and the others indicted with
him stood vindicated by a directed
virdict. Charges of malfeasance
had been placed against him.
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ARRAIGNED TODAY
NORFOLK, May 19, (A5)—Police
Chief Ironmonger said that J. H.
Curtis requested that Lindbergh
deposit $25,000 in a Norfolk bank
as good faith and as a down pay
ment on the ransom for the re
turn of his baby. Curtis was to be
arraigned today.
ROAD BILL REJECTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19, (£>)
—The House rejected, in the War
Department bill, the appropriation
of $350,410 for construction of
roads and trails in Alaska, by a
vote of 56 to 51.
BORAH SAYS A THIRD
POLITICAL PARTY MAY
IKE APPEARANCE
WASHINGTON, May 19. — Sena
tor Borah Tuesday warned Con
gress that unless it does something
to alleviate unemployment and bet
ter the conditions caused by this
time of economic stress before the
next presidentinal election that a
third party which will favor doing
so will enter the field.
This party, Borah said, would run
on a plank favoring the aiding of
the unemployed through federal or
governmental means.
Borah said that because of this
platform that the party would re
ceive many votes as all the unem
ployed and their sympathisers will
vote for this party’s candidates.
COAST GUARD CUTTERS
ORDERED TO UT OFF
WASHINGTON, May 19.—Cap
tain L. C. Coveil, acting command
ant of the U. S. Coast Guard, was
ordered by the Treasury Depart
ment to discontinue the special pa
trol in New Jersey waters for the
mysterious ship reported to be har
boring the kidnapers of the Lind
bergh baby. The order was issued
, after the New Jersey authorities
had notified the Treasury Depart
ment that John H. Curtis, Norfolk
ship builder, who supplied a de
scription of the strange craft, had
confessed his activities in the case
had been largely a figment of his
own imagination.
MULL "IT"
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WASHINGTON, May 19- — The
Senate again Tuesday voted to con
tinue the ‘noble experiment’ of pro
. hibition and voted against two
measures designed to modify the
liquor laws somewhat.
The first measure provided for
the legalization of four percent beer
so as to provide additional revenue
; from the money which would ac
crue from a liquor tax.
The second measure which was
defeated provided for the legaliza
tion of 2.75 per cent beer.
Both measures were rejected by
overwhelming dry votes.
FOLDING BOAT ARRIVES
BOSTON, May 19, (JP)—'The fold
ing boat for use in the Second Ant
artic expedition of Rear Admiral
Byrd arrived from Germany. The
boat was a gift of an admirer of
Byrds. He expects to leave some
time in June.
MED UUMESS WAS
BEATEN AND ROBBED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, (ZP)—
Mrs. Mary O’Brien, employed at the
New Method Laundry was beaten
and robbed here. She told the
police that the robbers took one
hunderd in cash and seven thou
sand dollars worth of Pacific Gas
and Electric preferred stock.
Mrs- O’Brien, 50, told the police
she lost consciousness but regained
her senses and staggered to hei
home where she phoned the police,
She was taken to the Central
Emergency Hospital where atten
dants said she was in a critical
condition with a possible fractured
skull.
CONGRESSMEN CULL
EACH OTHER NAMES:
T5K! TSA! TSK! TSB
WASHINGTON, May 19.—The
unemployment relief battle will
have to be fought on the floor of
Congress. This becme evident as
hopes faded of a reconciliation of
the White House and various Sen
ate factions over a public works
program to stimulate business and
furnish jobs to the idle. Three
groups were pulling at cross pur
poses, and each began to call the
other names as the fight intensi
fied. Democrats lined up behind
the composite bill drafted by Sen
ator Wagner (Democrat) of New
York. With a total of approxi
mately $2,400,000,000 this measure
combines direct relief, loans for
self-liquidating projects, and a
bond issue for federal public works.
Administration spokesmen brot
word from the White House, follow
ing yesterday’s cabinet meeting
! that the President remains unal
! terably opposed to abond issue.
J He is holding out only for a loan
j program, both for unemployment
1 relief by the States and for income
i producing construction products
j under which the government’s out
lays will be repaid,
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GASOLINE BURNING
i BUENOS AIRES, May 19, (/P>—
Ten million litres or about 2,664,000
gallons of gasoline were burning,
i It was charged that L. Malajoy set
them afire and then committed
suicide.
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FOG HALTS SEARCH
CHICAGO, May 19, (/P)—Fog and
snow in the McKinley Park area
Wednesday prevented search for N.
Spadavecchia, member of the Uni
versity of Chicago cosmic ray ex
, pedition who has been missing for
several days. A radio from Fair
banks said Pilot Joe Crosson, of the
i Alaskan Airways, had left Point
Barrow Wednesday night to aid
Pilot Jerry Jones in the search.
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PLENTY, ANYWAY!
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 19,
l/P)—The Senate overwhelmed two
beer-for-revenue proposals in the
first test of this issue since the
national prohibition act was put
into force. The Senate refused to
legalize 4 per cent beer and reject
! ed the 2.75 per cent beer measure.
DENIES CONNECTION
NEW YORK, May 19. —Frank
Pazych, a drug addict, who while he
was all “doped up” told police here
that he was one of the persons
connected with the kidnapping of
| the Lindbergh baby on the night
| of March 1, Tuesday denied this
| connection. The denial was made
after the affects of the drug had
worn off. The police are investigat
| ing his story further.
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CABINET QUITS
BRUSSELS, Belguim, May 18. —
The entire Belgian cabinet turned
in its resignation Tuesday. A new
cabinet will be formed immediately.
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PLEADS GUILTY
MIAMI, Fla., May 19, (A5)—Cap
tain William Lancaster pleas guilty
to indictment charging him with
first degree murder in death of
Haden Clarke. Lancaster was ar
rainged on charges he shot Clarke,
a newspaper man and the fiancee
of Mrs- Jessie Kieth Miller the Aus
trian aviatrix, on April 21. Lan
caster was Mrs. Keith Millers man
ager.
The U. S. S. Tallapoose, Com
mander C. H. Dench, arrived in
Seward Wednesday afternoon from
Kodiak and nearby vicinity, where
it distributed a large amount of
flour for the needy. It continued
on to Juneau after taking on oil.
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