MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 324. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HIGH DEGREE OF
ARTISTIC TSLEHT
REVEALED. PLAYLET
LITTLE THEATRE CLUB CLEV
ERLY PORTRAYS THREE
ACT PLAY
They lived up to the press no
tices—
No, that does not suffice. One
must dig down for superlatives—
or, let us say, resurrect one’s rhet
oric, refurbish it and pilfer some
vivid, impelling verbs expressive
of “esthetics” without the tedium of
definition in its relation to form.
For form in its highest sense, ran
riot at the Liberty Theatre last
night when an all-star cast dished
up a feast in the form of‘‘The Out
* cast,” an exquisite serio-comic col
lation in three acts any one of
which wTas lavish value for the ad
mission fee.
As promised in advance criticisms
the audience which filled the Lib
erty to overflowing was given a rare
' treat. They were not niggard in
attesting this fact by liberal ap
plause and w7hat every actor loves
. most: psychic atmosphere.
This w7as in evidence a few mo
ments after the curtain rose on the
first act and continued without re
laxation until the last thrilling cli
max.
The very structure of “The Out
cast” permits of wide latitude of
' interpretation and interjection of
personality, something again which
invokes the highest degree of art
istic talent w7hich imparts to the
character being portrayed some
thing more than the mere effigy of
imaginative personality clothing it
in the habilaments of reality.
This deft artistry was impartial
in its general distribution, so much
so in fact that it was not difficult
to lose consciousness of that inti
macy so often accompanying ama
teurs when laboring to translate
themselves from what they are into
’ entirely exotic beings.
In the character of the little out
cast, snatched from the current of
the rushing, buffeting steam of hu
man flotsam being swept onward
thru the canyons of steel and stone
* in the great modern city, lone
Steinauer literally swept her au
dience off their feet and established
. herself as a valued contributor to
local arts, wanning “her people” in
the same ratio as the more fortui
* tious professional star of the bigger
world.
Standing like a gladiator deliv
ering thrust and parry in a battle
for the laurel wreath of victory
was Delbert Hayes, w7hose work was
of the kind one expects to see and
views without disappointment.
Challenging even the honors of
these was Sidney Urie in the role
of the butler, who with Delbert
Hayes as the younger and more
human member of an aristo
cratic family, injected wholesome
. and engaging comedy beginning
in ripples to dash like a wave over
the audience.
Nothing was left to be desired in
stage personality, costuming and
. stage atmosphere which latter be
spoke oblivion to all surroundings
save the art involved.
As Douglas Hamilton, author and
feminine analyst, Leonard Hop
kins imparted to his role a finish
bespeaking painstaking care in de
clamation and stage presence, serv
ing as a pivotal point around which
was built up a structure notable for
the ingeniousness of its architec
ture and completeness.
Earle Sweek as Bishop Wade
might have stepped from any one
of a number of vestries after cast
* ing aside the surpliced habilaments
essential to a christening, dove
tailing into the general scheme with
'consummate skill.
Here is a delicate one to juggle
with and one which cautions pause:
* Dorothy Hill as Janet Harden, a
spinster, was plucked from a New7
England tea table where they wear
knitted shawls and discuss family
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BANK ROBBERY
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17. — Five
bandits held up the Northwest
Bank Friday, killed one person, in
jured two others and made their
escape with $25,000. Four of the
robbers entered the bank while the |
fifth remaineed outside with an au- i
i tomobilee.
US OF HEROISM
RELATED 8! EMPLOYES
BLAZING STORE, JAPAN
TOKYO. Dec. 17, —Tales of hero
ism by employees in the Shirokiy a
| department store fire that claimed i
j 14 lives were told by survivors.
| They were magnificent, said Ni
| nezo Yamada, one of the directors
i of the firm, who was in the build
| ing during the blaze.
“Had our clerks not assisted in
! quieting the panic-striken people
and getting them from the build
j ing, the loss of life would have
been greater,’’ he said.
It is estimated there were 1,500
! persons in the store when the fire
J started.
U. OF cm. IS FAVORITE
TODAY AGIST
BERKELEY, Dec. 17, —The Uni
versity of California was ruled a
2-1 favorite today to 'win their
third annual intersectional grid
iron classic with Georgia Tech
here this afternoon.
Each team has won once in pre
vious encounters; the Golden Bears
were installed as favorites because
of their better seasonal record.
STOCKS OF COPPER
SHOW UN INCREASE
DECLARES OPERATOR
MIAMI, Ariz., Dec. 16.—George
' H. Booth, mechanical engineer of
1 the Inspiration Consolidated Cop
I per Company, in an address before
a local club, stated that stocks of
copper bullion in the United States
have been increasing at the rate
of about 1500 tons a month, due to
I the great decrease in consumption.
He declared that stocks of copper
| on hand now are equal to about 19
months of consumption, based upon
I the demand during 1931.
Reference was made by the
' speaker to the fact that the Ana
| conda, Kennecott and Phelps
| Dodge organizations now own fab
j ricating plants capable of consump
tion of nearly as much copper as
' normally is produced within the
! United States. He stated his ex
i pectation that by means of the tar
j iff the normal demand within the
| nation will warrant operation of
| its mines.
! COPPER MINES STAGE
RECOVERY SOON, STATED
NEW YORK. Dec. 17, —“In spite
of our large American stocks and
the disorganized foreign market,
copper is undoubtedly at the be
ginning of an era of recovery,” ac
| cording to Sam A. Lewisohn, active
head of the Miami Copper Compa
ny and the Tennessee Corporation.
“The extent and duration of the re
covery will coincide with the recov
ery of our whole international eco
nomic situation, and because of its
unique qualities, copper may out
strip many other commodities in
the revival,” he added.
IN STATE OF SIEGE
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 17. —The
; Argentine government declared a
j state of siege existed following i
| discovery of 1.300 bombs in two
j sections of the city, and uncover
! ing of a plot by rebels to capture
I the city through a reign of terror.
Ml IS UNDER
Win TO KODIAK
CITIZENS, DOW ME
Seward will, on the 27th day of
the present month, be under obli- !
gation to Kodiak in the sum and
amount of $850. On the 12th day of j
this December month there arrived j
here from Valdez the following j
persons whose names are:
Mrs. Mary Gable, Mrs. Elizabeth
Anderson and son; Mrs. Hartman
and son; Annie Heitman, Jimmie
Heitman, Patrick Hughes Chris
Matsen, Ernie Vogen, Chas Cook,
and A. F. Stowe.
These people were all, excepting
the last named, witnesses in cases!
tried in the U. S. District Court.1
They were given mileage from Ko- j
diak to Valdez and return and the
per diem compensation from the
time they left Kodiak. Nov. 12, un
til their return home which will
not be sooner than Dec. 29.
Their pockets are fairly bulging
with money and they are spending
it in Seward with reckless prodi- j
gality. They are buying presents J
for a belated Christmas. They are.
attending every show, renting 1
apartments and hotel rooms, eat- j
ing at restaurants and even re- J
ceiving hospital treatment for
minor ailments to say nothing of
the many other ways by which one
can separate himself from the
“coin of the realm.”
Nowr, the only way Seward can
return the favor is for ten of its
good people whose pockets also
bulge with cash, to take a trip
to Kodiak, remain over a boat orj
two and enjoy the balmy atmos- j
phere, gentle zephyrs and the rad
iant sunshine of the famous island. J
A Kodiak citizen
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SEARCH FOR BANDITS
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 17, —
Police of two Missouri cities co
operated last night in searching
for three bandits who kidnapped
Miss Cecilia Garthoeffner believing
her to be a wealthy St. Louis heir
ess.
ATHENS, Dec. 17, —The minis
ters for finance, national economy
and communications resigned pro
testing that the government’s pay
ment of 30 per cent of the interest
due foreign holders of Greek bonds,
will mean starvation for many of
his countrymen.
The government organ “Proia”
said Greece would be unable to
meet the war debt payment of |
$130,000 due the United States on I
January 1.
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GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, —The
National Swift Corporation, capi
talized at $80,000,000, went into
voluntary bankruptcy. Officials de
clared the affairs of the corpora
tion were hopelessly insolvent
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125 GOLFERS COMPETE
PASADENA, Dec. 17, —One hun
dred and twenty-five golfers, the
ranking amateurs of the country,
have entered the qualifying games
for the national open match play
next summer.
WOULD BANKRUPT
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 17, —
The domestic allotment plan for
farm relief would bankrupt wheat
millers and injure wheat growers
unless equivalent processing taxes
are placed on other grains, the
House agriculture committee was
told.
WILBUR WILL REMAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, —
Secretary of the Interior, Ray Ly- '
man Wilbur, has been granted an i
extention of his leave from the j
presidency of Stanford University;
in order that he may remain a cab- j
| inet member until the end of Pres- |
1 ident Hoover’s term, March 4. j
The Stock Market
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, —A crash
in prices of Winnipeg wheat and
further weakness in United States
Steel preferred stock were settling
influences in Friday’s stock mark
et although the volume shrank j
sharply and prices resisted pres-1
sure throughout the session.
A FAIR TRADE
LONDON, Dec- 17, —•George Ber- j
nard Shaw left for a world tour !
suggesting that Britain give Ire- j
land to the United States in lieu
of payment of the war debt.
ALL THAT IS NEEDED,
PARIS. Dec. 17, —Favorable re
action from Washington to the
French request for a new debt
conference was all that was needed j
today to enable Camille Chau- ;
tempts to form a new cabinet, pos
sibly with Edouard Herriott as the
Foreign minister.
Such a cabinet, of course, would
be pledged to conditional payment,
of yesterday’s default payment to 1
the United States and would' be a
straight victory for Herriot in his I
fight for payment.
GAN EFFECT SAVINGS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17, —
Veterans’ Administrator Hines told j
a joint Congressional committee
that savings of $15,000,000 a year
in the huge veterans costs could
be effected by legislation restrict- j
ing r e t r o a ctive compensation |
awards.
Previously he had recommended
other economies in the adminis- j
tration amounting to $45,000,000
annually, he said, but nothing had ’
been done.
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ROSENBLOOM VICTOR
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, — i
Maxie Rosenbloom, world light
weight champion, ruled little bet
ter than even to defeat Leroy
Haynes, Los Angeles negro battler,
j in their 10-round non-decision
bout here last night.
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AUTO STAGE CRASHED
MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 17, —
Three passengers were injured
when an independent auto stage
plunged into a ditch along the Pa
cific Highway near here late yes
terday.
The injured were Max Dodge, Jr.,
of San Francisco who suffered back
injuries; Mrs. I. V. Shoemaker of
Los Angeles, who sustained pelvic
injuries; and Carl Rathke, 43, of
Portland, back and arm injuries.
LIFE STORY FOR FUNDS
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 17, —The
attorneys for Winnie Ruth Judd,
doomed to hang February 17, are
endeavoring to raise money for
her continued defence by selling
the sensational life story of the
woman.
BEBE IS GUARDED
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 17, —Bebe
Daniels, movie star, is being closely
guarded because of threatening
letters from Allan Holland, who is
believed to have escaped from an
insane asylum. Bebe is the wife of
Ben Lyons.
Delegate-Elect to Congress from
Alaska A. J. Dimond will arrive in
Seward from Valdez on the SS
Northwestern, the latter part of
next month, according to the local
Democratic organization. Mr. Dim
ond will continue on to the Interior. |
ENDORSES CAMPAIGN
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.—Gov. I
James Rolpe, Jr., has endorsed the j
K N X broadcast station “Buy Am- j
erican” campaign, in a letter re
ceived by the station. “Not only
‘Buy American’ but buy Californi
an,” he wrote.
COMPROMISE REACHED
ISLAND INDEPENDENCE
AFTER TWELVE HEADS
1
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17, —
The House, by an unusual record
vote, approved the Hawes-Cutting
compromise amendment for Phil
ippine independence after a trans- j
ition period of 12 years following
the inauguration of the common- j
wealth government.
The amendment was accepted af
ter an hour of intense action on
the independence question during
which the Broussard amendment
I for independence was voted down. |
j The compromise Hawes-Cutting
I amendment would make indepen
| dence possible in about 14 years as i
the establishment of the common
wealth government and pleoescite'
formalities are expected to take
: two years.
A
FAMINE, DESTITUTION
FACED FRANCE,'TI5 SAID
PARIS, Dec. 17, —Payments of
the debts as now standing would
bring famine and destitution to
thousands in France and “we hope
for a general reconsideration and
i reduction,” Pierre Laval, told press
I representatives.
He reiterated the statement
attributed to him by Stephane
j Lauzanne that “if I were the only
j one to vote on it, I would vote
against payment.”
NEWS TO HIM
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17, —
| The White House announced offi
cially that President Hoover has
no plans whatever for another
conference with President-Elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, —Gold min
' ing stocks spurted in Wall Street
; last week. Homestake Mining has
j shot up about $10 a share recently!
to a new high at $161 and closed
at $160.
Alaska Juneau made high at
$141-8 and closed at $13 7-8, and
McIntyre Porcupine topped at
201-2 and ended at $20 1-4. The
world’s urgent demand for gold is;
stimulating demand for gold min
ing stocks.
SEVERE SHOCK FELT
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17, —A vio
lent earthquake wras felt through
out a radius of 20 miles. No dam
; age was reported.
GANGSTER PAROLED
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, —James
O’Keefe, former St. Louis gangster,
who was held responsible for the
killing of a barge gambler, was
given a parole yesterday.
KAISER RETURNING HOME
BERLIN, Dec. 17, — Chancellor
Kurt von Schleicher’s cabinet will
remove a clause from the statutes
which forbid former Kaiser Wil
: helm returning to Germany. It is
j expected he will soon visit the
i Fatherland.
WILL TAKE WATER ROUTE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, —
Georgia Tech rambled all the way
from Georgia to play the Uni
versity of California today and
when the football game is over
they will sail for home via the
| Panama Canal.
REFUSE TO COm
COM WIRE BILL
TO TIE BEEfl MEASURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17, —
The powerful House ways and
means committee refused to con
sider a wine bill as a companion
measure to the 3 2-10ths per cent
beer bill, on which the House will
vote on next Tuesday.
The action was interpreted as
virtually killing all hopes of wine
modification for Congressional ac
tion on the proposal for this win
ter. The committee vote was 14-9.
Meanwhile, protection for dry
states in any change of the 18th
amendment was formally approved
by a judiciary subcommittee to
which has been given the task of
reporting a repeal project to the
Senate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16—Continu
ing its decline of the last several
days, New York spot silver was
quoted Thursday at 25 l-4c an
ounce, the lowest price in history.
The previous low level was 25 3-4c
established on Feb. 16, 1931, and
repeated last Saturday. In London
bar silver declined 1-8 to 17 3-16
an ounce. The lowest price ever
recorded for silver in London in
terms of sterling was set on Feb
ruary 10, 1931, at 12 an ounce. At
that time the British pound was on
a gold basis and holding close to its
parity with the dollar.
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FRANCE EVENTUALLY
WILL PAY. OH YEAH!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, —A feel
; ing that France will eventually
pay its defaulted war debt instal
1 ment developed in Washington yes
| terday.
This feeling began wrhen it be
came known in an authoritive
; quarter that the Hoover adminis
; tration is willing to discuss revi
sion of the French debt, although
| still opposed to a general debt con
ference.
FIVE LINERS BRING GOLD
LONDON, Dec. 17, —Five trans
Atlantic liners will be carrying the
$95,000,000 in gold to the United
States between now and the first
of the year to make the British war
debt payment.
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyd., Dec. 17, -
With only a chicken gizzard as a
clue, gold seekers in Rock Springs
are sparing nothing to determine
the origin of the hen whose intern
al organs recently gave up eight
small nuggets of gold.
The gizzard was taken from a
chicken by Mrs. Dan Prentice, who
immediately reported her find to
friends here. There could be no
mistake that the small pellets are
gold, experts said.
As near as Mrs. Prentire and her
friends could determine, however,
the hen came from a nearby Utah
chicken ranch. A rush may start
to that area.
MEN FROZE IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO. Dec. 17, —Three more
men died in the streets from ex
posure last night bringing the to
tal to 12 as the most frigid cold
wave since 1929 drove tempera
tures down to far below zero in
mid western cities. The government
weather bureaus said the cold
wave is spreading.
Hard Times Masquerade Ball, New Year’s Eve