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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 78
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DIRIGIBLE MON
DESTROYED SY FIRE
ITSEIi 74 DIED
ADMIRAL MOFFETT AMONG
THE MISSING; LIGHTNING
STRUCK AIRSHIP,
NEW YORK, April 4. —The diri
gible Akron caught Tire at 12:30
this morning during a thunder
storm 20 miles off tne Jersey coast
near Barnegate Light, and fell in
to the sea, a total wreck, with 77
men aboard.
Many hours later only four men
were rescued alive and one of these
died aboard a rescue ship.
#, Among the missing is Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the
Navy’s aeronautical division.
Details of the accident are lack
ing but Navy men said they be
lieved lightinng struck the dirigi
ble.
The Coast Guard and other ves
sels are searching the sea for
wreckage and survivors. The tank
er Phoebus was the first vessel to
reach the scene and pick up one
; of the survivors.
SHIP OVERWEIGHTED
Admiral Moffett, in an article
published in January, 1932, in
two national aeronautical maga
2ines, said he thought the Akron
was overweight but that her cruis
ing range, under normal condi
tions^ was unaffected.
Representative McClintock cf
Oklahoma recalled in Washington
that the dirigible was 19,999 pounds
- heavier than the estimates called
for, therefore was unable to “carry
enough fuel for a safe cruise of
the continent.”
Admiral Moffett’s article said a
part of the excess weight was due
to changes ordered by the Navy
to increase her safety.
' HITLER PARTY NOVI
APPARENTLY SHUSHED
FDD THE TIME SEINE
BERLIN, April 4, —Chancellor
Adolf Hitler's national socialist
party apparently was satisfied that
It had dealt a stunning, if not a
knockout, blow to what it regards
{ as an international Jewish menace.
A resumption of the nationwide
boycott last Saturday, which para
lyzed all Jewish commercial activ
ity, was considered unlikely.
Its announced purpose, to force
an end to the spread abroad of
stories and anti-Jewish atrocities
in Germany, was believed achieved.
^ The Nasiz also had reason to be
* lieve the permanent affects
of the great organized demonstra
tion. The boycott was kept alive
unofficially in several towns in
lower Silesia. There have been
hundreds of Jews discharged from
businesses and many more per
manently eliminated from medi
cal and legal practice.
OF HOUNDED MU!
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4, —
Secretary of the Treasury Woodin,
in urging further return of hoard
ed money to banks, declared the
rebuilding of the banking struc
, ture of the United States has re
' suited in the opening of 12,737
banks at the end of March.
He said that of the total reopen
ing 5,387 were national and feder
al reserve members and 7,350 state
banks. That since the banking
holiday ended and restoration of
banks, it has been impossible to
open them as quickly as possible
but that all speed is being made.
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LOS ANGELES. April 4, —Fidel
La Barba, former bantamweight
champion of the world, rested to
day in a darkened room, impa
tiently waiting until bandages
could be removed from his eyes
and the success of a delicate op
' eration could be determined. La
Barba was operated on a week
ago. It may be severel days yet
before the bandages can be remov
ed. A ring injury necessitated the
operation._
THREE TO ONE WET
DETROIT, April 4, —At least 86!
out of a possible 100 votes in j
Michigan’s special convention
next Monday will be cast for re
peal of the 18th amendment. This
was indicated with the return of i
two-thirds of the precincts of the
state from Monday’s election:
: which was at least three to one
wet. 1
PHOTOGRAPHS REVEALS FISH
ARE FULY EQUIPPED WITH
POWER PLANT
LOS ANGELES, April 4, — Dis- |
! covery of a gigantic fish hitherto:
unknown to science, photographed
by remote control cameras five
miles deep in the Carribean Sea,
was reported today by Leon F.
Douglas, a submarine scientist,
returning from a year of research
I with the Johnson Smith expedition
| into the Puerto Rico deep.
! Douglas recounted details of,
what he said would be “startling:
scientific data” of submarine life, J
obtained by means of photography j
at depths from 20,000 to 26,000 j
feet.
I “These monster fishes we pho-;
tographed are all equipped with
I their own lighting systems, and i
i they live in absolute darkness in!
five miles of water,” said Douglas, i
“One little fellow we captured
had a long barb beneath his nose,
and on one end was a perfect lit
tle light glowing.” The expedition
will make further surveys of that
region next year and will take
along a trap sufficiently large to
capture the mysterious fish.
OH HUM!
CANNES, France, April 4, —Des-,
pite repeated denials, James J.1
Walker, former mayor of New York,!
and Miss Betty Compton, gave in-,
dications today that they intend
to marry.
| They visited the city hall here,
and questioned officials about the|
French marriage laws. They did
not, however, formally signify,
their intention to marry nor did
| they file any papers.
san nciscolT |
IS Clip EOLFEB
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, — j
She is just 18 years of age and!
she is just out of high school; also, j
she is just seven strokes ahead of!
the field that played for the wom
an’s medal in the qualifying round
i of the California women’s golf
j championship yesterday at Lake
j side.
She is Miss Dorothy Traung of
San Francisco and she finished at;
80, one over the course record es
■ tablished by the champion, Mrs.!
i L. D. Chaney, and two over the!
never-yet-equalled 78, which stands
as woman’s par for the course.
EXPLAINS CUT
i WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4, —
Veterans administration officials
explained today that two of thei
present pensions which would re
ceive 10 per cent cuts after July
' 1 under the President’s executive
order for $400,000,000 in veterans
savings annually, would be the!
$100 paid Civil war veterans dis- j
abled to the extent of requiring
the presence of another person,
and the $30 monthly paid to wid
ows of Indian war veterans.
LIKES DESERTS
NAPLES, Italy, April 4, —Mrs.
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton,
lecturer and world traveler, is be
lieved to be visiting Capri or
another Italian resort, her identity
concealed.
Officials of a travel agency said
she appeared to be very healthy
Saturday and was thinking of go
ing the desert incognito.
Last Saturday her husband, at
Los Angeles, said a few days ago
she had a carbunkle back of an
ear and was in bad health.
ENGLISHMEN SOUR
ACROSS MT. EVEREST
TEST FLIGHT^DEVELOPED INTO
MAIN PURPOSE BECAUSE
IDEAL CONDITIONS
BOMBAY, April 4, —Mt. Ever
est, highest mountain in the
world, was crossed by airplane
for the first time in history.
Three daring Englishmen, the
Marquess of Clydesdale, Lieuten
ant Colonel L. V. Stewart and
Flight Lieutenant D. F. McIntyre,
achieved their goal of flying over
the formidable peak 29,141 feet
above sea-level.
Announcement of the expedi
tion’s success came as a great
surprise. The two airplanes left
Bombay at an e^iiy hour today
after it had been learned that the
wind in the upper atmosphere had
dropped considerably after its re
cent high velocity.
It had been the intention that
this would be a trial flight but
the pilots on their first serious
effort found conditions such that
they decided to go all the way, and
thus they succeeded in accomplish
ing the whole aim of their expe
dition.
The plane, which climbed to
35,000 feet or more than 6,000 feet
higher than the sky-piercing peak,
remained in the air three and
one-half hours. The attempt was
decided upon desp*te a slight haze
seen from watching a balloon,
reaching a height of 35.000 in a
westerly wind with a velocity of
69 miles per hour.
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SWEEPING REUIS
IN TRADE REIATIONS
nm ID RUSSIA
LONDON, April 4, —Sweeping
trade reprisals against Russia
including the possibility of a total
embargo on imports into Britain,
were proposed by Prime Minister
J. Ramsay MacDonald.
After summoning the British
ambassador from Moscow for con
sultation the government decided
on this further drastic step in
protest against the arrest and im
pending trial of six British sub
jects in Moscow on charges of
sabotage.
In announcing his decision to
the House of Commons, Mr. Mac
Donald said he would present an
enabling act governing Soviet im
ports and that it was proposed tc
rush the bill through all stages
Wednesday.
OF ATTACK CHH
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, —
Prince Henry Oana, Hawaiian
baseball player of the San Fran
cisco club, was cleared of suspi
cion in an alleged attack on Mrs.
Pauline Laburch.
Mrs- Laburch, who charged she
was beaten by three baseball play
ers, faced Oana at the city jail
and declared he was not one ol
her assailants,
Oana had declared he spent the
entire night of the alleged at
tack with friends._
LINDBERGH
NEWARK, N. J., April 4, —Col
onel Chai A. Lindbergh today
made two landings at Newark air
port using the short wave curved
radio beam for guidance.
Accompanied by James H. Kin
ney, chief test pilot of the radic
division, Department of Commerce
the famous airman took off at
the controls of a plane with part
ly covered cockpit. Lindbergh said
he was impressed with the landing
system. '___
FLOOD MOVES SOUTH
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 4, -
Iowa’s flood peril moved to th(
south as streams overflowed intc
parks of two cities. Riverside Park
at Cedar Rapids, was converted in
to a muddy lake, while the Wau
konsha Park district, north of De
Moines, and Sycamore Park, weri
inundated.
!DELEGATE APPEALS T8
| ALASKA LEGISLATURE
j IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
—
JUNEAU, April 4, —Informed by
Delegate A. J. Dimond that he had
been unsuccessful in his effort to
amend the Alaska cannery 30-hour
week bill in the ^House labor com
mittee, at his suggestion the Ter
ritorial Legislature met last night
in informal session and named
a joint committe composed of
Hess, Eragaw and Frawley in the
Senate, and Kehoe, Taylor and
Nordale in the House to draft a
petition to Congress to exempt
Alaska from its provisions.
It was unanimously agreed by
the Legislature that extension of
the bill to the Teritory would
ruin Alaska and force mining and
fishing interests to shut down, de
populate towns and pauperize the
residents of the Territory.
The judiciary committees of both
Houses, on Monday, began consid
ering the Hellerich beer and wine
bill which is expected to pass by
the end of the week.
EARLY ESTABLISHMENT
OF TRANS-PACIFIC 010
SERVICE VI) ALASKA
SEATTLE, April 4, —Acquisition
of interest in the Chinese national
aviation corporation by the Pan
American Airways which already
operates a subsidiary in Alaska, is
interpreted by Lowell N. Lee as
a step toward early establishment
of an trans-Pacific airplane ser
vice via Alaska.
He said that while he knew
nothing more definite than the
announcement at New York by
Warren Trippe, president of the
Pan American, of the purchase of
China National Airways stock, he
expected that a statement would
be made soon outlining the work
ing agreement covering the United
| States-China air mail service.
The Stock Market
NEW YORK, April 4, —The stock
market was slightly higher with
changes of small dimensions.
Small gains were shown by U. S.
Steel, American Can, New York
Central and Sears Roebuck.
American Telephone remained
unchanged.
Outstanding among the weekend
developments of interest to Wall
Street was the announcement of
the administration’s plans to ease
the farm debt of the country.
A flotation of some two billion
dollars to three billions of govern
ment bonds to refinance the mort
gage indebtedness of the farmers,
would be reminiscent of the huge
flotations of liberty bonds during
the World war.
INSULL TO RESUME
BUSINESS IN GREECE
ATHENS, Greece, April 4, —Sam
uel Insull, former Chicago utilities
magnate, has announced he is go
ing into business in Greece “with
funds to be raised abroad.”
He has filed an application with
the ministry of national economy,
requesting postponement of ten
der of a lease on the Vivq Lignite
mine in Macedonia for two months.
Insull said he intends to estab
lish a lignite briquetting plant with
funds to be raised outside of
Greece. _
WAGES RAISED
HOLLYWOOD, April 4, —Colum
bia Pictures today notified the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, that effective im
mediately, all employees are again
to be paid in full.
FIELD OF HONOR
HAVANA, April 4, — Senator
Carlos Macihado, today sent his
■ seconds to Representative Arturo
' B. Aleman, to demand satisfac
> tion for what he considered an
, offensive letter published by Ale
man in the newspaper “Informa
■ cion.” The seconds asked Aleman
5 either to withdraw such charges
i or give satisfaction on the field
of honor. _
IMPORTANT ELECTION
KETCHIKAN, April 4, —More
that 2,000 registered voters will de
cide today whether the city has
I a right to insist on local regula
! tion pf public utilities and force a
rate reduction or buy and operate
I the utilities as a' municipal pro
l ject. Candidates are divided on
the question of which is the most
practicable.
SOVIETS HELD CONCERT STAR
THREE DAYS OVER $50
IN IT. S. MONEY
MOSCOW, April 4, —Emma Re
dell, American operatic singer who
recently completed a concert tour
in Soviet Russia for which she was
engaged by the government, had
great difficulty in leaving Russia,
it was learned today.
Miss Redell, former prima donna
of the Chicago Civic Opera, left
Moscow on March 13, only to be
delayed at Nigoreloye on the Sov
iet-Polish frontier, for three days.
The charge was that she possess
ed $50 in American money more
than she declared.
During her seven weeks’ there
Miss Redell lived on the rubles
received for concerts. It is not
oermissable to export these rubles.
Visitors to Russia are required to
deplete their foreign currency by
at least $5 per day while in the
country.
Calculated on this basis, Miss Re
dell was not supposed to have any
foreign currency when she left.
Declining to surrender the Amer
ican money, Miss Redell was
stranded at Nigoreloye, frantically
telegraphing Moscow.
T&e artists association interced
ed and Miss Redell finally was
permitted to proceed.
JUST ANOTHER FIGHT,
SHIS MIX BIER 10
BUTTIES SCHMELING
DENVER, Colo., April 4, —A con
fident young giant from the Pa
cific Coast cheered numerous Den
ver friends today with assurance
of what he would do to Max
I Schmeling when the two meet in
New York on June 1.
i “It’s just another fight,” Max
Baer said. “But it’s a tough fight.
| I’m in great shape and I’m going
, to be in great form when I go in
| their against our German friend.”
Baer, who lived in Denver as a
boy, is visiting Denver relatives
while on his way to Atlantic City
to establish training quarters for
the fight. He is working out at a
local gymnasium and playing golf
each morning.
SECOND RUMOR
i LONDON, April 4, —Col. and
'Mrs. Chas. A. Lindbergh are think
■ ing of moving to England, a dis
I patch to the London Daily Herald
! said today.
NOTED FILM II.
HOLLYWOOD, April 4, —Wilson
Mizner, 58, noted film wit, died
last night after a long illness.
His name was known from Palm
Beach, Hollywood to Broadway on
both stage and screen.
He opened a trading post in
Alaska in 1896 with the late “Tex”
Rickard, promoter, and was one of
! the first five white men to live in
Nome after the Klondyke gold
rush. He left Alaska for Broadway.
Among the plays written by him
were “The Only Law,” “The Deep
Purple” and “Alias Jimmy Valen
tine.”
SECRET DEPARTURE
PHILADELPHIA, April 4, —Lib
by Holman Reynolds and her soi
left the hospital Saturday, it wa:
revealed today. The destination o
the .mother and child was no
made known. Their departure wa
shrouded in greatest secrecy, ant
doctors and nurses refused to tel
anything.
; TEETH TAKEN FROM EILL AS
| QUICKLY AS PUT IN, FOL
LOWING PROTESTS
! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4,— '
i After the House today suddenly
I passed a bill to impose a rigid
j censorship on governmental and
■ diplomatic documents, Democratic
| leaders responding to strong pro
[ tests, moved equally as swift to
I modify it to prevent interference
i with the freedom of the press.
| The measure, requested by the
I State department, involves diplo
i matic mysteries, and was speci
I fically designed to halt threaten
| ed publication of code messages
i ■which passed between the Japan
jese embassy and the home gov
ernment in Tokio.
! These documents were reported
: to have fallen into the hands of
i outsiders. The embassy said no re
presentations had been made to
|ihe State department.
While sponsors of the bill refus
i ed to divulge the reasons for the
I bill during debate, the House pass
i ed it, 199-29, after 40 minutes con
| sideration. __
BROAD VISION
Protests immediately went up
that the bill threatened the free
dom of the press, and brought
prompt assurances of the State
department and high administra
tion officials that it was not so in
tended. Its broad provision not
only provided heavy penalties for
publication of diplomatic messages
from foreign powers represented
here, but a.lso for any government
diplomat who divulged information
prejudicial to the interests of the
United States.
The measure provided that who
ever, by virtue of employment by
the United States, has access to
files or records and gives out in
formation for any purpose prejudi
cial to the interest of the govern
ment, shall be fined not more than
$2,000 or imprisoned for not more
than three years, or both.
The other measure provdes that
any person who, without compe
tent authority, furnishes or pub
lishes information that passes be
tween a foreign government and
its diplomatic agent here, shall be
subject to a fine of not more than
$10 000 or imprisonment for noz
more than 10 years, or both.
BEER WILL BE SERVED
IN THE WRITE HOUSE.
SITS MRS. ROOSEVELT
! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4, —
| Beer will be served at the White
House in moderation when it be
comes legalized in the District of
Columbia. Mrs. Franklin D. Roos
evelt, herself a teetotaler, said
after a conference with the Pres
ident. ., „ _ .
Mrs Roosevelt said I hope
very much that any change in
legislation may tend to improve
the present condition and lead to
greater temperance. There has
been"a great deal of bootlegging
in beer and once it is legal this
will be unprofitable and I hope
that a great many people who have
used stronger "things, will be con
tent with legal beer so . that the
cause of temperance will be ready
served.
“No matter what the legislation
is I, myself, do not drink any
thing with alcoholic content but
that is purely an individual thing.
I should not dream of imposing
my own convictions on other peo
ple as long as they, live up to the
law of our lands.” _
GOOD NEWS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, —In
the U. S. Army headquarters at
the Presidio there is going to be
an increase in population some
thing like war days.
As a part of the reforestation
program, hundreds more men will
be enlisted to carry on this work.
Plans call for rehabilitating quar
ters in the Army camp.
Special provision will also be
made for married men who prob
ably will not live at the Presidio
but will commute to their work.
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