VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 98.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932 .
PRICE TEN CENTS
ROOSEVELT LEWS SITU |
PE1SM1 Pin i
PRESIDENTIAL FlifllTE
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PHILADELPHIA, April 27. (A5)—j
With more than one-third of the
count completed of Tuesday’s elec
tion here. Gov. Franklin D. Roose
velt led A1 Smith : he Presiden
tial preference primary of Penn
sylvania.
From 3,268 provinces out of a
total of 8,181, Roosevelt has 49,760
votes and Smith has 47,647. The
election does not bind the delegates
to Roosevelt but Roosevelt claims
66 of the 76 delegates.
Senator Davis will apparently be
renominated, his victory over
Smedley Butler, dry, from more
than half of the precincts being
virtually assured. Davis had 532,
000 votes and Butler trailed with
279,000.
MANY SUPPORTERS
SACRAMENTO, April 27.—A tab
ulation of the many telegrams and
letters received by Gov. James J.
Rolph, Jr., reveals that there is a
large majority of people which
support his decision in the Tom
Mooney pardon application case.
SMITH GETS PREFERENCE
MASS. PRIMARY ELECTION
BOSTON, Mass., April 27- (JP)—
Thirty-six votes at the coming
Democratic convention at Chicago
were pledged to A1 Smith who re
peated his success of 1928 here in
the Presidential election by nearly
a three to one victory over Herbert
Hoover.
Smith received 33 of the 34 Re
publican delegate votes and one
delegate, William Whiting, of Hol
yoke. refused to be pledged.
Senator Walsh received the high
est votes as a Smith delegate, re
ceiving 153,303. James Roosevelt,
son of Governor Roosevelt, receiv
ed the highest number of votes as
a Roosevelt delegate with a vote
of 56.480.
TRY ESTABLISH CONTACT
NORFOLK, Va., April 27—A ser
ies of cruises by the yacht Marcon
was generally believed to signify
an effort by three Norfolk men to
establish touch with men whom
they believe to be the kidnappers
of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. The
Marcon, owned by Charles H. Con
solvo, has been used for a week off
and on by John H. Curtis, ship
builder and chief of the Norfolk
negotiators.
AND HOW!
Cherry blossoms are blooming in
Seward! Heh, heh, heh, will chor
tle the suburban press. The Gate
way is trying to pull another fast
publicity stunt. However, the proof
is before any who wish to glance
into the windows of the Poodle Dog
where a sturdy cherry tree is burst
ing forth with 40 or 50 blossoms.
CRACKSMEN BREAK INTO
LOCAL LUMBER OFEICE
Burglars broke into the local of
fice of Cal M. Brosius, lumber and
building material firm, stealing
$19.95 from the counter drawer.
Two bills, $5.00 each under a slip
of paper, were overlooked by the
thieves who also attempted to drill
the inner door of the safe.
A checkup of stock revealed
nothing of that nature had been
stolen. The manner of entry has
not yet been definitely ascertained.
Deputy Marshal Reed and Chief
of Police Kielcheski were notified
shortly after 10 a. m. when Mr.
Brosius had occasion to open the
safe, but anything in the nature of
a clue could not be found though
several local characters are under
suspicion.
PROMISES SURPRISES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—
Hastily summoning a committee
meeting for today, Senator Peter
Norbeck promised a “big surprise”
in the Senate’s investigation of
was made after the committee had
decided to postpone further hear
ings until Wednesday while new
evidence was being assimilated and
studied by a “steering” committee
of four or five members.
FIST TINS COMPETE
WITH PUNT TRIFFIC
NEW YORK, April 26.— Mayor
Walker gave the signal to send the
New Twentieth Century Limited on
its way to Chicago for its first 18
hour run between the two cities
over the New York Central railroad.
Half an hour later, in sharp
competition with this, the Penn
sylvania Railroad dispatched its
Broadway Limited, another 18-hour
train, to Chicago. Both the New
York Central and Pennsylvania
have inaugurated these schedules
for the purpose of checkmating
serious airline competition in their
passenger traffic.
ACCEPT PROVISION
| WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—
j The Senate Finance Committee ac
j cepted the House provision of the
I tax bill restricting capital loss de
ductions but voted to exempt State
! and National banks and trust com
' panies from the new restriction.
1 The committee also disposed of the
tariff issue in the revenue bill by
voting import taxes on oil, coal
and copper and rejecting levies on
forest products.
FEDERAL PIE PT FOES
FORMIIti COALITION
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26.'
(/P)—Foes of pay cuts for Federal;
employees worked to form a coali-!
tion to break down the ironbound
rule of procedure under which
House leaders intend to force thru
| the $200,000,000 general economy
bill, avoiding a repetition of the
j sales tax revolt.
The rule permits consideration i
of only four amendments to each
j of the 10 titles and limits debate j
! to 10 minutes on each, when thej
' measure comes up Wednesday. i
BASEBALL SCORES
AMERICAN
Washington 5, New York 6.
Boston 10, Philadelphia 2.
Only games played.
NATIONAL
All games postponed.
PACIFIC COAST
Portland 4, Hollywood 3.
Missions 14, Seattle 3.
Los Angeles-Oakland, postponed.
TO SUPPRESS REVOLT
HARBIN, Manchuria, April 27.
(A*)—In one of the greatest drives
since the capture of Chin Chow
several weeks ago, three Japanese
brigades moved against 20,000
Chinese rebels who are revolting
along the Eastern lines of the
Chinese Eastern Railway. The three
brigades are to try to suppress the
revolt and it is expected that some
sharp clashes will result should the
I rebels offer any resistance.
NEW MEMBERS
With the departure of Miss Elsie
Leslie, pianist of The Jolly Three
orchestra, the position will now be
filled by Miss Roberta O’Neel.
Mr. Adolph Rodgers, Esq., saxo
phone artist de luxe, will remain a
member until some time next
month when he plans to leave
Seward, at which time Bob Man
they will take over the saxophones.
The third member of this well
known dance orchestra is Sol J.
Urie, who handles the drums.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC
VOTE CIST TUESDAY
INCOMPLETE RETURNS EXCEL
LENT BAROMETER GUAGE
THE REMAINDER
Though returns from Tuesday’s
primary election are incomplete
yet, they indicate the Democrats
have invaded former Republican
strongholds and emerged with a
greater number of votes than at
1 any time in the history of this part
of Alaska.
This was particularly true at An
chorage which went overwhelming
, ly Democratic. Fairbanks was
| about 50-50 while locally almost
I three times more Democratic votes
J were cast than heretofore. All Sew
! ard candidates received a good vote
from the home folks.
Total local votes cast numbered
187; of these 80 were Democratic
; and 107 Republican. The Anchor
age totals are incomplete but the
total thus far reported from the
two precincts was 858; Republican,
238, and Democratic, 620. The
Fairbanks report is likewise incom
plete, being given as a total of 635
votes; 317 Republican and 31£
Democratic.
The following count, with few
exceptions, is incomplete.
SEWARD
For Delegate to Congress—Dim
ond 60; Grigsby 4; Ziegler 14;
Wickersham 92. For Attorney Gen
eral—Truitt 57; Foster 36; Rust
gard 58. For Territorial Auditor—
Boyle 56; Charles 13; Cole 53; Lu
cas 55. For Commissioner of Edu
cation—Karnes 57; Keller 89. For
Highway Engineer — Hesse 61;
Wann 64. For National Committee
man—Conners 43; Frame 14; Hard
castle 12; Rasmusson 50; White 35.
For Delegate to ....ational Conven
tion-Deal 45; Heath 22; Hoskins
23; Kirk 27; Moran 20; Morton 40;
Rice 19; Shonbeck 49; Troy 28;
Wacker 20; Wakefield 19; Walmer
24; Chase 61; Hungerford 25; Da
vies 24; Thiele 56. For Alternates to
National Convention — Hellenthal
48; McDonald 56; McMullen 62;
Shattuck 51; Todd 11; White 67.
For Territorial Senator—Campbell
55; Ray 96. For Territorial Repre
sentative—Hof man 56; McCutcheon
34; Patterson 49; Smith 52; Taylor
46; Larson 66; McCain 51; McDon
ald 69; McMahan 29; Nafsted 50;
Phinn 71.
MILE THREE
Dimond 15; Grigsby 2; Ziegler 3;
Wickersham 20; Truitt 16; Foster
4; Rustgard 15; Boyle 16; Charles
2; Cole 12; Lucas 3; Karnes 13;
Keller 17; Hesse 16; Wann 15; Con
nors 13; Frame 5; Hardcastle 1;
Rasmusson 7; White 11; Thiele 8;
Heath 5; Hoskins 4; Kirk 9; Moran
8; Morton 13; Rice 7; Shonbeck 10;
Troy 5; Wacker 3; Wakefield 7;
Walmer 5; Chase 12; Hungerford
7; Davies 11; Thiele 2; Hellenthal
7; McDonald 14; McMullen 14;
Shattuck 11; Todd 7; White 12;
Campbell 13; Ray 15; Hofman 14;
McCutcheon 16; Paterson 11; Smith
12; Taylor 10; Larson 12 McCain
9; McDonald 14; McMahan 13; Naf
sted 10; Phinn 6.
MOOSE PASS
Dimond 4; Grigsby 4;' Wicker
sham 17; Truitt 8; Foster 8; Rust
gard 9; Boyle 6; Charles 4; Cole
14; Lucas 1; Karnes 5; Keller 16;
Hesse 7; Wann 18; Connors 3;
Frame 3; Hardcastle 1; Rasmusson
10; White 8; Deal 4; Heath 4; Hos
kins 3; Kirk 3; Moran 6; Morton
6; Rice 2 Shonbeck 5; Troy 2; Wa
cker 1; Wakefield 4; Walmer 3;
Chase 4; Hungerford 9; Davies 12;
Thiele 5; Hellenthal 7; McDonald
7; McMullen 7; Shatuck 7; Todd 9;
White 2; Campbell 5; Ray 11; Hof
man 7; McCutcheon 2; Patterson
6; Smith 6; Taylor 5; Larson 18;
McCain 15; McDonald 10; McMa
han 15; Nafsted 4; Phinn 17;
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HARRY H. MITCHELL,
PIONEER OF TEHRITOHY,
SUDDENLY STRICKEN
Death took away another fine
Alaskan pioneer yesterday evening
when Harry H. Mitchell, 66 years
| of age, was stricken with paralysis
; at about 5:45 p. m-, while in his
j home on Fifth Avenue, just above
j Dreamland Hall.
Until last fall, Mr. Mitchell and
I w. W. Ward .had been associated
j in the local M & W Club but ill
l health compelled him to go to the
| States in quest of special treatment
j and a change of climate. Appar
| ently nothing could be done for
the oldtimer for he continued to
fail all through the past winter.
Soon after Mr. Ward had cooked
his partner’s dinner last evening,
he returned to visit a while with
“Mitch,” but found he- had passed
“over the last trail.”
Mr. Mitchell first came to Alaska
in 1894, to Wrangell, going up the
Stikine River and Edmundson
! Trail; over the McKenzie River
' and back to Dawson. From this
camp he continued on to Forty
Mile- In later years he was located
at McCarthy of which Pioneer
i Lodge, No. 25, he was an esteemed
member. For many years past, he
has lived here in Seward, part of
the time being spent in the Kenai
Lake country and at Kodiak for a
brief period.
Mr. Mitchell was born in Norris
town, Pa., and is survived by two
sisters who reside in Pennsylvania
CHAMP VICTORIOUS
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.
Va., April 26.—Ellsworth Vines, Los
Angeles national tennis champion,
defeated Wilmer Allison of Texas
6-4, 6-1 and 6-4 to win the Mason
Dixon title
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TORNADOES VISIT STATES
- LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 26.—
New tornadoes visited this State,
Tennessee and Kentucky. The
amount of damage caused by the
tornadoes is unknown as the wires
are down. It is known that a score
of persons were injured and some
deaths have been reported.
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HUNGARY’S ASYLUMS FULL
BUDAPEST, April 27. (JP)—Hun
garian insane asylums are so over
crowded that trusty patients sleep
on corridor cots- Recently 10 new
patients were brought here, but
there was no place for them.
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ARE DISSATISFIED
NEW YORK, April 27. —Italian
trans-Atlantic passenger and
freight lines are dissatisfied with
the recent 20 per cent cut in fares
for trans-Atlantic passengers as
agreed upon by shippers at a re
cent meeting and have called a
meeting for tonight to express their
dissatisfaction.
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EXPLOSION ON VESSEL
NEW LONDON, Conn., April 26.
—An explosion inside Ihe hull of
the Coast Guard vessel 290 tore out
one of the vessel’s sides above the
water line and resulted in a small
fire. The fire was put out by crew
members. Three persons on the
craft were injured as a result of
the explosion.
WILL PLEAD TODAY
HONOLLU, April 27. (JP) — Clar
ence Darrow, defense attorney, said
he would use three hours today in
a plea to the jury for the freeing
i of Lieut. Thomas Massie, Mrs.
Grace Fortescue and two other de
fendants who are being tried on a
second degree murder charge. Un
der a changed order, the assistant
prosecutor for the Territory of Ha
waii led off Tuesday’s arguments
and George Leisure, Darrow’s asso
ciate, followed. The case is ex
pected to go to the jury Thursday.
TORNADO TOLL
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 27.—Tor
nadoes which swept over Western
Tennessee and Eastern Arkansas
farming communities killed at least
four persons and injured more than
40. Millington, Tenn., 18 miles
from Memphis, where four were
known dead and 15 injured, bore
the brunt of the storm. Ten per
sons were reported injured near!
Osceola, Ark. I
MOONEY-BILLINGS USE
NOW ENGROSSES SDLONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—
John MacDonald, who helped send
Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K.
Billings to prison, conferred with
Senators on means to free the two
famous California prisoners.
MacDonald was one of four wit
I nesses who swore that Mooney and
Billings were in the vicinity of the
bomb which exploded in the midst
of a 1916 Preparedness Day parade
in San Francisco.
MacDonald subsequently repud
iated his testimony and said that
I before testifying in the trials he
had been told it was the desire of
officials t6 “railroad” Mooney and
Billings to prison.
EVACUATING AMOY
AMOY, China, April 26. — Four
American submarines and two or
three Naval aircraft are being
rushed here to protect American
citizens from a threatened com
munist advance on the city. The
communists have been threatening
to take over the port for several
days. The Americans will be taken
away from the city.
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INVENTIONS EXPOSITION
TO TICKLE PUBLIC TNSTE
ST. LOUIS, April 27. (^ — Ex
ploiting “things that are new” with
the avowed purpose of stimulating
manufacturing and trade through
public interest, a National Patent
and Industrial Exposition will be
staged in St. Louis May 22 to 29.
In conjunction with the fair, the
Society of American Inventors will
hold its annual convention.
Many of the inventions on dis
play will be personally demon
strated by the inventors.
MG WOMAN IS
TEMPORARY GOVERNOR
BATON ROUGE, La., April 26 —
Attractive Miss Alice Lee Grosjean,
25, was running the State of Louis
iana as Governor, the first time the
executive chair was occupied by a
woman.
As Secretary of State, Miss Gros
jean became Governor when Gov
ernor King left for a national
conference in Virginia. A political
upheaval recently left Louisiana
without a Lieutenant Governor or
President of the State Senate.
TO QUESTION COUPLE
! TRENTON, N. J., April 27.—New
Jersey State Police investigators
J left for Downington, Pa., to partici
pate in the questioning of the cou
pue held there in connection with
the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.
Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf an
nounced as far as the statement
revealed, the couple has not been
connected officially with the case.
OPENING CEREMONY TODAY
LOS ANGELES, April 27.—Helene
Madison, Seattle aquatic star and
a headliner in all women’s swim
ming events, will be the “head
liner” in the opening ceremonies at
the recently constructed swimming
pool for the coming Olympic
Games. The swimming pool was
built at a cost of over $1,000,000.
NOT INTERESTED IN
CAPONE OVERTURES
SMS IINDSERCN
HOPEWELL, N. J., April 27.—Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh Tuesday
issued a statement from his estate
near here, saying he was not in
terested in the overtures made by
A1 Capone, gang leader who is in
a Chicago prison, regarding his
voluntary expressions to aid in re
turning the kidnapped child back
to his mother’s arms.
Colonel Lindbergh said it was his
opinion that Capone had no real
knowledge about the^kidnapping of
the child and that he did not know
the present whereabouts of the
child.
This stand on the part of Lind
bergh is taken to indicate that his
own negotiations, and through his
Norfolk intermediaries, are pro
gressing satisfactorily and that im
portant developments can be look
ed for at any time.
A good deal of the ransom money
I which was paid to the kidnappers
has already turned up in New York
and other cities but no special ef
fort is being made to trace it.
SHANGHAI, April 27. — After
many trials and delays, the dele
gates from China and Japan at
the Shanghai peace conference
finally reached an agreement to the
Shanghai situation Tuesday and
the long standing deadlock is now
broken.
Under the plan, complete cessa
tion of all military activities will
go into effect; the Chinese soldiers
are not to advance nearer to the
city of Shanghai and the Japanese
soldiers are to begin withdrawing
back to the International Settle
ment and home at once. The with
drawal of Japanese troops is to be
supervised by a joint conference.
However, this agreement is just
an agreement among the delegates
themselves and the agreement now
goes to the home governments of
China and Japan for final accept
ance.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, April 27.— Latest
quotations: American Can 42%;
General Electric 1414; General Mo
tors 11%; International Telephone
& Telegraph 6; Radio 5%; Stand
ard Oil of N. J. 21%; U. S. Steel
2814; Standard Oil of Calif. 18%;
Union Oil of Calif. 10%; Richfield
Oil y2.
TOO MUCH BOTHER
PARIS, April 26. —Norma Tal
madge, screen star, who arrived in
Paris Monday from Hollywood, de
nied the report that she was in
France to secure a divorce from
Joseph Schenck. “It is too much'
bother” to get a divorce, Norma
Talmadge is quoted as saying.
HI HD CONCERT BE
GIVEN LOCULI 511*
A recital and concert under the
auspices of the Little Theatre Club
will be presented in the High
School auditorium Saturday. April
30, at 8 p. m.
Mrs. C. T. Hatten, whose read
ings have delighted the people of
Seward many times in the past,
will be assisted by a number of
talented musicians.
A program which promises un
usual interest has been prepared
and a record-breaking attendance
is anticipated.
L. Lydick, prominent resident of
Cordova, was an arrival on the SS
Admiral Evans on a brief business
visit. He returns home on the SS
Yukon.
MAY DAY DANCE APRIL 3U