MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 317. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HUS TIX
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.—
The President’s sales tax recom
mendation was again tossed into
the laps of Congressmen and in
some instances, tossed back.
Secretary of the Treasury Ogden
Mills said the 2 l-4c general manu
facturers’ tax will go a long way
to making up the national deficit,
and recommends its adoption.
The present fiscal year's deficit
is $1,146,000,000. he said, and may
be $3,007,000,000 at the end of the
forthcoming fiscal year. With
adoption of this tax Mills believed
the deficit would be reduced $479,
000.000.
■MED DEC. 31,
SEITTIE TO SEW!
Commencing with the SS. Alaska
leaving Seattle Dec. 31st, the Al
aska steamship Company and the
Pacific Steamship Company will
operate a joint schedule with a
steamer leaving Seattle each Sat
urday, arriving at Seward the fol
lowing Saturday and on the return
voyage leave Seward each Sunday
at 11 a. m. All steamers will call
at Skagwav in each direction. The
SS. Northwestern will not call at
Latouche.
Effective Friday, Dec. 23, the Al
aska Railroad will operate passen
ger trains leaving Fairbanks. each
Friday and Curry each Saturday,
and on the return trip, leave Sew
ard each Sunday, and Curry on
Mondays.
The freight train will also oper
ate weekly but one day later than
the past summer schedule on ac
count of steamers not arriving in
Seward until Saturday because of
schedule trips- The branch train
between Anchorage and Jonesville
will run on Tuesday.
The Pacific Steamship Company
steamers, Southbound, may not
leave Seward until after Sunday
because of the Westward voyage.
‘PEEKED’ HT PLANES
MEXICO CIT Y.Dec. 8. —The U.
S. Embassy was notified by the
Mexican government that hereaf
ter permission must be asked for
American planes to fly over any
portion of the country.
The complaint read that recent
ly U. S. Army planes held maneu
vers over a Mexican forest and
dropped bombs which resulted in
forest fires.
LOP OFF 83,000.000
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.—Reduc
tion by $3,000,000 or 15 per cent
from the University of California
annual budget was announced yes
terday.
CHAMPAGNE CROP SHORT
RHEIMS, France, Dec. 9,—Cham
pagne of 1932 vintage will be fine
in quality but small in quantity,
experts announce. Because de
mand for the sparkling wine has
decreased, the producers plan to
blend most of it with lower quality
previous vintages so as to improve
the general quality of the stocks.
TO HAVE WOMEN POLICE
PIEPING,, Dec, 9,—Peiping will
be the first city in China to have
women police when uniformed wo
men officer? begin to patrol the
streets early next year. Prepara
tions are being made to enlist 100
young women who have had grade
school education and organize
them into a training class.
ALL CAN’T BE WRONG
GENEVA, Dec. 9.—Japan joined
I the League of Nations because it
thought -the United States was to
i became a member, the Japanese
. delegate told the assembly Thurs
day. It may be that Japan has
made a mistake in Manchuria, but
65,000,000 Japanese citizens do not
think so, he said.
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CARRIES POCKETFUL
GOOD-LUCK UK
I SACRAMENTO. Cahf., Dec.$ 9.—
j Gov. James Rolph. Jr., California’s
noted air-minded chief executive,
j nevertheless is well guarded against
possible mishaps.
j Before stepping into a plane yes
terday a reporter noticed him rub
bing a rabbit’s foot on the ship.
! When queried he said:
I “That’s nothing, look at these!”
Whereupon he brought out of his
pocket a second rabbit’s foot, two
talismen from Egypt, a good luck
| piece from Germany, a charm from
! Jerusalem and several others of
! minor consequence.
ONE ARREST IDE
IN RECENT MURGER
LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 9.—
William J. Guy, for whom a wide
search had been made, was arrest
ed yesterday 48 hours after the
murder of Capt. Walter Wanderwell,
globe-trotter, adventurer and Ger
: man spy, aboard his yacht,
i Guy was taken aboard the yacht
! at night for a second re-enactment
1 but members of the crew failed to
recognize him.
He was taken aboard again last
night when another re-enactment
of the murder was to take place in
an attempt to further jog the mem
ories of the crew.
“CHEESE” FIGHT TONIGHT
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Primo Car
nera and King Levinsky oppose
each other tonight in the Stadium
! for an alleged titular setup.
FAMOUS WIDOW
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Theodore
| Roosevelt, Sr., leaves here Saturday
j for Manila to spend the holidays
| with her son, Governor-General T.
j Roosevelt, and his family.
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PREDICTS DEFEAT
TUSCON, Ariz., Dec. 9, —Coach
“Hunk” Anderson of Notre Dame,
following two recent workouts here,
predicted defeat when his squad
faces the University of California
in the Rose Bowl, Saturday.
ITS DIFFERENT NOW
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, —Since
! the repeal of the Wright Act and
legalization of liquor in the State
of California, drunken auto drivers
will now be hailed before court
and charged with misdemeanor or
a felony.
CONDUCT INQUIRY
CHICAGO Doc. 9.—Officials of
the Amateur Union of America,
are conducting a further inquiry
into the case of “Babe” Didriksen,
: great girl Olympic athletic, who
denies she permitted her name to
be used for advertising and from
which' she is alleged to have re
ceived money.
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PARAGUAYANS LOSE 300 MEN
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 8.—Para
guayan troops suffered 300 casual
, ties in a fierce attack on Fort Saa
vedra in the Gran Chaco, semi-offi
i cial reports said. Increased ac
tivity in the Paraguayan lines sur
rounding the fort has been noted.
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 9, —
Western Governors’ annual con
ference passed into history yester
day as the most ^unsatisfactory
ever to have been held.
Eleven Governors were supposed
to have attended, but only four ap
peared in person, the remainder
sending delegates to represent
them.
Among the resolutions urged was
one for an international confer
! ence on silver; another urged pur
! chase of American manufactured
; articles and commodities by Amer
I icans in preference to foreign pro
ducts. The last business before ad
journing was election of officers
for the ensuing year.
FROM ALL COMMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 9, —;
When President Hoover leaves the ■
White House March 4 he int-ends to!
refrain from commenting publicly ■
on international affairs in defer
ence to his successor’s administra- i
tion.
There will be no special articles
from him appearing in newspapers
or magazines, he said. Writing
always has been difficult for him.
he added.
Mrs. Hoover and himself may
take a year’s vacation. However'
nothing definite has been planned^
HUGE DATE CROP
INDIO, Cal., Dec. 9.—California’s
date crop this season is estimated
at approximately 5,000.000 pounds
as compared to 2,252,000 last year.
The United States normally im
! ports about 45,000.000 pounds of
: dates vearly. Hence the domestic
i production this season will be
I about 10 percent of the total con
I sumed. the Date Growers’ associa
| tion estimates.
BIG FIGHT TONIGHT
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—“Kid” Choc
olate and Fidel Barbara, who have
met three times before, meet to
night for the feature card in
Madison Square Garden. Both
; were former newsboys and Fidel
| hopes to recapture the feather- -
| weight crown from the “Kid.”
A jk it.
ISLAND INDEPENDENCE
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 9.— ‘
Independence for Philippine Is- i
lands, pledged by the Democratic
party, will be taken lip next week
I by party leaders. The resolution
is opposed by national farm organ
izations An open debate in the
Senate urged early action.
PERSIA REPRIMANDED
LONDON, Dec. 9.—Persia has
committed a breach of interna
tional rights when it failed to pro
tect British oil concessions, it is
declared, and England has deliv
. ered an ultimatum that it will take
the matter up with The Hague.
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500 RIOT IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Dec. 9.—Five hundred
unemployed rioted here yesterday
breaking into grocery stores and
bakeries; 13 were arrested.
STUPENDOUS CROWD
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9—Of the
103,000 seats in the Rose Bowl all
but 8,000 have been sold for Tro
jan-Notre Dame football game Sat
urday.
NEW YORK, Dec.j 9.—A slow ral
ly brought small gains on Thurs
day’s market. U. S. bonds made
a new high and cotton rallied.
Short coverings boosted some
shares but, as a whole, the market
was irregular. U. S. Steel dropped
a point and American Telephone
declined a fraction.
The day’s turnover wras about
half of the previous day, or 700.000
shares.
Large eggs were quoted at 29c,
medium 26c, and small 22c per dox
en. Butter 25c a pound and cheese
13c per pound.
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 9 —
George Hunt, 73-year-old execu
tive, won another victory Thurs
day when he was removed from the
hospital where he had lain critical
ly ill for almost two months.
“The Governor is still in a seri
ous condition,” his physicians told
the reporters.
“I am not,” answered the Gov
ernor. .?Tm sick of all this atten
tion and service around here, that’s
all.”
PARIS, Dec. 9.—Premier Herriot,
following his conference with Pre
i mier Ramsay MacDonald of Eng
land wThen MacDonald told him
England would pay the December
15 debt instalment to America, said
he was unable to say what France’s
reply would be to the United States’
note.
It is well known in official circles
-that certain factions in France fa
vor complete default.
It was also said France intends
to scrap portions of the Lausanne
agreement.
OFFER CHATTELS
YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 9.—Sor*e
taxpayers, unable to pay in cash,
are offering jewelry, livestock and
produce, but are out of luck.
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THEIR SUN IS SETTING
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 9, —
Anti-Saloon forces are convening
here Friday to organize all dry par
ties to combat every repeal pro
posal.
THE “RASPBERRY” PRESS
PASADENA, Dec. 9—The College
publication “Raspberry” press,
which was suppressed two weeks
, ago because of certain articles, has
been suspended for at least one
year.
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NEW PLANE ARRIVES
DETROIT, Dec. 9.—Three glist
ening brand-new Lockhead planes
Soared away from here Thursday,
inaugurating the first Atlantic-Pa
cific service. The planes are ca
pable of making 200 miles an hour.
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CHARITY GAME
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—The U. of W.
‘‘Huskies” play the West Seattle
Athletic Club football team Satur
day in a charity game. The pro
i ceeds go to destitute children and
> women.
LIKE A CAT
I TOKIO, Dec. 9-—For the seventh,
| time the Chinese general, Mah
Chong, is reported to be very much
I alive. Driven into Siberia with
, 30,000 troops, it was reported he
| had been killed. As Mark Twain
remarked: “The report of my death
| was greatly exaggerated”. Chong
can go Mark six times better.
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RETAIN PRESENT QUOTA
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Delegates
from copper industries convened
yesterday but there was an appar
ent lack of co-operation from for
eign countries to restrict outputs.
It was agreed international nego
tiations are separate from Ameri
can and the United States will re
tain its present quota.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.—
Prof. Y. Henderson of Yale told the
House ways and means committee
that three highballs a day would1
hurt no one.
Presto!
Five appeared, as if by magic, on
the table beside him. They were
brought in by a friend and had
been made under the supervision
of the prohibition department but
from milder liquid.
However, the learned professor
said, “these five highballs contain
as great an alcoholic content as is
now sought in beer measures. ”
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—Five
gallons of water from the river
Jordan arrived here yesterday by
plane from New York.
Local prohibition officials tasted
the contents in search of alcoholics.
The water is to be placed on
Mount Davidson as requested by
the late Capt. Robert Dollar.
ROME, Dec. 8-—Cardinal Francis
Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster
and head of the Catholic church in
England, lay critically ill in the
English clinic here with small hope
held for his recovery.
He was stricken with a bronchial
ailment and since then has devel
oped a heart ailment. Last rites
of the church were administered
Thursday.
WILL BAR OUT CHINESE
PANAMA CITY, Dec. 8—Presi
dent Harmodio Arias signed a bill
prohibiting further immigration of
Chinese to Panama after the As
sembly passed it on their third
reading.
“JETTYSONS” APPENDIX AT SEA
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—A success
ful appendectomy was performed
on Commodore Nicholas Johnson
of the North German Lloyd liner
Europa, on board the ship at sea.
according to radio advices received
here.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE FREED
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 8.—Ar
thur Bernardo was permitted to
sail for Europe after being held
prisoner by the Federal govern
ment for several months on charges
of having participated in the un
successful Sao Paulo revolution.
MILLION DOLLAR GIFT
SEATTLE ,Dec. 8, —Fourteen
Seattle banks will give dividends
| approximately $1,000,000 to deposi
I tors as a Christmas present.
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SHOT AND KILLED COUSIN
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 8.—Charges
of first degree murder will be filed
against Jules Rachman, who shot
and killed his cousin, Harry Gold
berg, and seriously wounded the
latter’s brother, Sam Goldberg.
I
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GRIPPES FRIGID GOLD
- WHILE UK! ISM
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—From the
Rocky mountains to the Great Salt
Lakes, the country shivered as
Arctic blasts continued to sweep
down to grip the Mid-West in frig
' id weather.
Many deaths from freezing were
recorded, and suffering as well as
dozens of fires caused by overheat
ed stoves and furnaces, which drove
hundreds shivering into the streets.
Superior, Wis., and Miles City,
Mont., temperatures were the same,
! 22 below zero.
i Later reports said the sub-zero
i temperatures now extend from the
i Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. New
England, New York, northern Geor
| gia and Alabama reported snow.
SKEN SHIPS HI
IKIB SPEECH TO
BPSOn OPPRSTDRS
AMARILLO, Tex., Dec., 9,—Gene
Sarazen, holder of the American
and British open golf titles, may
shoot perfect golf before a gallery
of almost any number, but he
draws the line at making a speech
to women.
When Gene recently played an
| exhibition in Amarillo, he was in
i vited to talk to 600 beauty opera
| tors of Texas holding their conven
i tion here.
“No, I’m here to play golf,” was
: Sarazen’s reply. “It would never
■ do for the newrs to get back to New
! York that I was out here in Texas
| making speeches to beauty opera
j tors.”
TROJANS ARE FAVORITES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.—The Tro
j jans are 10 to 7 favorites to win to
j morrow’s classic football game
; from Notre Dame.
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BRIGHTON, Eng., Dec. 9, —Ea
i monn de Valera president of the
I Irish Free State, is going to court
I here to defend a legacy of $12,500
j willed to him by an aged spinster
j recluse, the Brighton coroner has
revealed.
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, 72, died
here in July, and her brother in
1 Dublin claimed money found in
a strong box roped to her bed.
Later the folds of an old skirt
j revealed a will leaving all her prop
! erty to President de Valera. The
brother is contesting the will.
ROSY OUTLOOK
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 9.—
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission Thursday announced that
the future outlook of United States
railroad systems is promising, a
decided upturn in general business
being noted.
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[wants watchman arrested
EXETER, Calif., Dec. 8—Arthur
Kemp, father of 19-year-old Harry
Kemp, demanded that claying
charges be filed against Frank Kir
raan, night watchman. A bullet,
fired by Kirman struck and killed
the youth.
MAJOR GOLF VPSET
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9.—'Two
major golf upsets took place here
yesterday during the second day
of the national open qualifying
championship golf matches. O.
Dutro, 1932 A. A. U. champion, was
defeated- by R. F. Demosey by one
stroke. It was a bad day for golf,
the sky being overcast and a chill
I ing wind blowing.
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