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VOLUME XXVill. NUMBER 316.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW dTTEMPT Fllll
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8,—A con
ference between Democratic lead
ers yesterday resulting in adopting
a program for repeal of the 18tl:
amendment, discussion of adher
ence to the World Court and block
ing all of the present, administra
tion’s nominations beyond Marcl'
4.
A new attempt for repeal was
launched in the Senate and hear
ings to discuss the subject, thereby
reflecting, it was thought, the
opinion of President Hoover, but
Attorney General Mitchell favored
immediate repeal, saying such ac
tion will avert continued break
down in law and order.
Senator Borah moved to abolish
the Home Loan Bank institution
one of t he last emergency measures
promulgated by President Hoover
as an aid for national relief.
With respect to Presidential
nominations, 42 have been sent in
thus far at this session, for confir
mation
Vice-President-Elect Garner re
ceived a delegation of farmers rep
resenting the Farmers National Re
lief Association and informed them
the Democratic administration
would take up the farm relief prob
lem first upon taking office.
IF MICE FHIIS PI!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8,— A silent
boycott of French wines and per
fumes for the next century by the
people of the United States was
voiced yesterday by Senator Fred
Britton of Illinois should France
refuse to pay her war debt obliga
tions to the United States.
Senator Britton looks upon
France as a miser setting atop bags
of gold, rubbing hands in miserly
joy and trying to get more.
He predicted that tariffs on
French wines and perfumes wall be
put so high they will be practically
prohibitive to purchase in this
country against wines and per
fumes from other countries as well
as ‘'our own”.
“France is taking a big chance,”
he said. “In 1914 America import
ed $70,000,000 in wines from France
and $2,000,000 of perfumes”.
NCI ISK FOB MUCH
SEATTLE, Dec. 8,'—A delegation
of unemployed called upon the
Board of Commissioners and made
the following demands:
That work be provided for them;
that the unemployed by granted
a dole, full daily rations instead of
the small quota now alloted; cloth
ing. shoes and free street car rides.
The commissioners, after a
full day’s conference, informed the
delegation their demands were im
possible to fulfill with the excep
tion of granting them full daily
rations
Nothing was said about free beer
for the working girls.
NEWS TO HIM
SEATTLE, Dec. 8,—Jimmy Phe
lan, coach of the “Huskies”, said
it was all news to him' that he'
might succeed "Pop” Warner at
Stanford.
MOVE TO KETCHIKAN
SEATTLE, Dec. 8, —Eecause o f
new tax laws to be placed in effect
soon, the Alaska fishing fleet is
considering moving to Ketchikan.
MANDATOR* LOANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8, —
A bill was tc be presented to the
House yesterday making it man
datory for Home Loan Banks tc
extend loans to home-owners tc
80 per cen tof the value.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, —Stocks
' were mildly ambitious yesterday
j and the tone was generally firm,
j closing with small advances. /
The broad recommendations by
j President Hoover in his message to
1 Congress for sweeping retrench
ments in every branch of the gov
ernment, made for an upward
trend.
Oil stocks had a brief flurry and
leading issues showed narrow gains.
The days turnover was 1.194,000
shares.
Yesterday’s quotations on butter,
eggs and cheese were: large eggs
29c, mediums 26c, small eggs 22c.
Butter 26 and cheese 13 cents,
j Wheat rose a cent a bushel and
; cotton remained firm.
THIRTEEN BODIES Of
MINERS REGDVERED
\
j MADRID. Mex., Dec. 8,—Thirteen
bodies of the 14 miners trapped in
Tuesday’s mine explosion wrere brot
j °ut yesterday by a crew of men
who tunneled 40 feet to reach
them.
A tearful group of women and
| children went silently home after
! having prayed and hoped their
dear ones might have escaped
death.
It was the third explosion in the
mine in two years, four other men
having previously been killed.
WARSAW, Poland. Dec. 8.—A
; sensation was caused in govern
ment circles when Wincety Witos,
i head of the Peasant Conservative
! party and three times Premier of
Poland declared that the only, so
lution to the agricultural crisis is
: to parcel the country’s large estat
| es among the peasants without
i compensating the owners.
Witos also announced his inten
| tion of breaking with radical par
i ties in the Diet.
UTAH ELECTION
OGDEN, Dec. 8,—Jesse E. Davis
was elected to the four-year term.
| Newrell Smith will fill out the un
! expired term of Schiller.
BELLINGHAM, Wn, Dec. 8.—
Flood water? wrecked highways
and farmlands near here, threaten
ing the area with the worst flood of
the winter season.
Three forks of the Nooksach river
and tributary creeks were out of
their banks. Some bridges were
ordered closed as drift piled against
> them.
REDUCTION RRE’D RATIONS
MOSCOW, Dec. 3. —Unconfirmed
reports say that a 25 per cent re
duction in bread rations may be
expected within a week.
WON MAIN EVENT
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 8, —
“Kid’’ Dennis, from Butte, Mont.,
won the main event from Ah Wing
Lee, in a six-round Joe Waterman
card.
FOUR GENERATIONS
IN PBE51NT-ELECT
ROOSEVELT'S FAMILY
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Dec. 8, CP}
Its a tour-generation family thal
will hold the keys to the Wh$t:
i House after next March 4.
The great-grandmother is Mts
James Roosevelt, mother of Franic
lin D. Roosevelt; the grandparent:
are the President-elect and Mrs
Roosevelt; the grandchildren art
their sons and daughter: James, El
| liott, Franklin, Jr., John and Mrs
i Curtis B. Dali; ano the great
| grandchildren are the daughter:
j and son of Mr. and Mrs. Dali and
j Mr. and Mrs. Jan,„-s Roosevelt.
All of these may be expected at
the White House on holidays be
cause the Roosevelt family make:
a habit of reunions.
The laughter of children proba
bly will be heard often about the
White- House because the daughter
and son of Mr. and Mrs, Dali, An
na Eleanor, aged 5, and Curtis
i Roosevelt Dali, 2 and the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt,
Sarah Delano, 8 months old, are
j popular members of the family.
Mrs. Dali, only daughter of the
| President-elect and Mrs. Roosevelt,
' was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt before
j her marriage. She assists her
j mother in editing a new magazine
on children. She spoke during the
recent campaign and is active in
civic affairs. She looks much like
her mother, except for being very
blonde. She married Mt. Dali, who
, is in the investment business, in
1926.
James, 23, is the eldest son of the
| President-elect and Mrs. Roosevelt
, and was active during the cam
I paign in New England. He made
I campaign speeches in hte East and
l in California. He is in the insur
| ance business in Boston. His wife
! was Betsey Cushing of Boston,
j Elliott Roosevelt is the second
! son and married Miss Betty Don
^ ner, daughter of Wm. Donner, steel
| manufacturer, of Villanova, Pa. He
! is now in the advertising business.
John, 16, and Franklin, Jr., 18. are
students at Groton, where their fa
ther attended before them. They
are both interested in athletics.
All the Roosevelt sons are more
than 6 feet tall, being taller than
their 6-foot father.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8,—President
Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt return
ed and stepped back into his role
of Governor of New York State and
to preside over the extraordinary
special session of the State Legis
lature.
Upon the conclusion of the ses
sion he will return to Warm
Springs, Ga., to begin a new study
of the present structure of the
Federal Government.
It was said that the Governor
will consider Cabinet appointments
the latter part of January or early
in February.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.—German Olym
pic games officials planned to make
up an estimated deficit in the fi
nancing of the international con
tests to be held here in 1936. A
committee reported there would
be a deficit of $357,000. Government
subsidies, a lottery and a public
drive for funds will be considered
to make up the deficit.
JURY MUST BE HUNG
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 8, —The guil
or innocence of the 16 prominen
business men of this city accusec
of operating a giant liquor ring, L
still in the balance. The jury ha;
been out for more than two days
WILL MOVE BODY BOY
PARIS. Dec. 8, —The body o:
. | Napoleon's son, who was createc
| “King of Rome,” at birth and diec
; a century ago and buried in Vien
na, will be brought here and plac
ed beside that of his father.
—
RIDING MASTER GUILTY
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, —A. Hoims
worth, a riding master, was found
guilty of seduction, by a jury com
posed cf 11 married men and one
woman.
CONVICT TRIED SUICIDE
FOLSOM PRISON, Dec. 8, -
Glen 3. Swenson, a prisoner, tried
i to commit suicide by drinking car
bolic acid. He may live.
PRIVATE FLIERS SUBSIDIZED
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Dec. 8,
The New Zealand government has
bought three airplanes for flying
clubs and is subsidizing such organ
izations to provide for the training
of 100 pilots this year, an increase
of 10 over the previous year.
j AMERICANS ARE INCLUDED
LONDON, Dec. 8,—New Ameri
can names, notably those of artists
and writers, will be included in the
1933 edition of the British “Who's
Who,” published Tuesday, the Press
kas been informed.
CROOK’S ARMY PAY COURT
SOMBOR, Jugoslavia, Dec. 8, (/P)
—Revolvers, rifles, knives and
blackjacks taken from criminals
were auctioned here to help pay
expenses of the local court.
BULL FIGHTING WANING
MADRID, Dec. 8.—The great tra
dition of bullfighting apparently is
disintegrating before the march of
a new civilization. In 1930 there
were 302 bullfights. In 1931 there
were only 249, and during the sea
son just ended, the number drop
ped to 215.
WILL PASS OUT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, —More
than 20 members of President and
Mrs. Hoover’s White House staff
I w^- pass out of the picture on or
before Marah 4, with the Chief
Executive and his wife. And nu
merous others are preparing for
the skidways.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA WELCHES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—
Czecho-Slovakia made a second re
j quest to the State Department for
. postponement of its $1,500,000 De
cember 15 debt payment. The
note asked for fundamental revi
; sion of the country’s debt agree
ment.
$1,000 A MONTH
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8, —Coach
Howard Jones of the University of
Southern California was given a
new five-year contract Wednesday,
calling for an annual salary of
$12,000. He still has a year to go
on his first contract.
“AM HUNGRY NOW’’
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 8,—One
of the outstanding heroes of the
World War, an Indian, made his
appearance before the Veterans’
Bureau here seeking relief. “I’m
hungry now,” he said, “and I want
Uncle Sam to help me.”
TIME TO GET TOGETHER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, —The
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee voted nine to five in favor of
recognition of Soviet Russia. Sena
tor Borah said that the time has
come to begin trading with them
and treaty negotiations should be
made.
I COPPER MEN MEET
II NEW YORK, Dec. 8, —Represen
tatives of the copper inductries of
the world, convened here to dis
cuss problems and in an effort to
' curtail the copper output 20 per
' i cent during the coming year.
BREWERS TELL THEIR
STORY TO HOUSE WITS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, —Hear
i ings on modification were heard
yesterday by the House Ways and
Means Committee before which
body a number of large brewers ap
peared. Two of the principal brew
ers were B. Cook, from Washington
State, and C. E. Huber, of St. Louis.
Mr. Huber said they had estimat
ed that the sum of $350,000,000
' would be spent immediately for re
habilitating plants, and 300.000
men be given immediate employ
! ment.
i He also said that if beer was le
i galized in the United States, the
government would receive $15,000,
: 000 annually from the barrel tax
but that it would not be long before
$40,000,000 annually would be paid
into the Federal treasury.
FIFTEEN "IPS
HIES" SELECTED
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 8. —Fifteen
j ladies were elevated to the ranks of
I movie stardom Wednesday at the
11th annual Baby Wampus selec
! tion.
Among the girls were Eleanor
Holmes, Olympic Games swimming
champion; Dorothy Wilson, May
Carlisle, Ruth Hall, “Boots” Mal
lory, Lillian Bond and “Ginger”
Rogers.
The selections were made from
all pictures of the past year and
were not confined to feature films.
OAKLAND. Calif., Dec. 8. —J. A. j
Franklin, aged 42, was arrested j
yesterday charged with forging
checks. The jury brought in a ver
dict of guilt. Franklin faced the
1 judge for sentence.
“How old are you?” the judge
asked the prisoner.
“I’ll be 42 tomorrow, your Honor,”
replied Franklin.
“Fine! I’ll give you a nice birth
i day present, said the judge, “six
months. Next!”
“Thanks for the buggy ride, mis
ter,” Franklin was heard to mutter
as he was led away.
RODEZ, France, Dec. 3.—Work
men were on duty attempting to
| .stop the “moving mountain of:
i Cransac,” which is sliding forward j
at a rate of eight inches an hour 1
and threatening to block the high- j
ways and railroads traveling the!
Rodez Valley. Over 100 persons
were killed in a landslide on the
mountain in 1845.
52 PERCENT LESS
.... WSAHINGTON, Dec. 8. —The
Treasury Department announced
that the income taxes received for
the fiscal year- totaled $1,057,330,
000, a drop of 53 percent.
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; CHILEAN GENERALS RESIGN
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 8.—Every
general in the Chilean army filed
application for retirement to per
mit the government freedom in
j selecting officers to remain in ac
tive service.
HOUR'S 1R DEBT
| MESSAGE TO CIORESS
i
i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, —Presi
dent Hoover expected to complete
his war debt message to Congress
last evening for delivery today.
The text was not made public but
it is certain he will reiterate his
stand of standing firm in demand
ing debtor nations must pay, as
well as recommending a commis
sion be appointed to discuss the
problem with the nations after the
December 15 instalments.
Belgium joined the anvil chorus
Wednesday in asking for postpone
ment of her instalment on the
: basis cf inability to make the pay
; ment at this time without endan
i gering the economic structure of
I the country.
j is the opinion of the President
! that the American people—the
man in the street—is decidedly
against reopening war debt, nego
tiations with foreign nations, and
that the latter appeals for relief
fall on deaf ears in this country,
j The Department of State replied
| to the second note from Great
Britain but its contents were not
divulged. Secretary Stimson said
England would probably make the
note public today.
From London comes the report
that the British Government has
decided to pay the December 15
war debt instalment to the United
States and has arranged to pay it
in gold.
NATIONS GESIBE THAT
tMERICA If RUSSia
JOIN IN FE-F0N41
GENEVA, Dec. 8,—In an atmos
phere hostile to Japan, terrific en
thusiasm greeted the suggestion
that America and Soviet Russia be
extended an invitation to partici
pate and take actual part in the
League of Nations efforts to settle
the Manchukuo problem, the so
called “cockpit of Asia’’.
Great Britain, Germany, France
and Italy tried to ward off the at
titude of smaller nation members
who are outright in demanding
that Japan withdraw from Man
churia, but these smaller nations
are adamant in stating that “the
time has come for a showdown’’.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 8, —A cold
wave from Canada, or points fur
ther north, gripped the Middle
West yesterday, the second cold
wave of the present winter.
At Minneapolis the thermometer
registered seven belov/ zero and
sub-zero temperatures were record
ed in Minnesota and in the Dako
tas.
Kansas and Missouri were shiv
ering in 15 above climate; snow
fell at Fort Dodge and Davenport,
and Nebraska and Oklahoma re
ported cold weather.
From Chicago came reports of
traffic being blocked by a "heavy
fall of snow and drifts blocking
highways and railroads.
DOUG FAIRBANKS IN PARIS
PARIS, Dec. 8.—Douglas Fair
banks, American screen star, ar
rived from Venice and visited his
brother-in-law. Jack Pickford. who
is seriously ill.
WELCOMES GERMAN FIGHTER
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 8.—Gen
eral Hans Kundt, retired German
army officer and former command
er of the Bolivian military forces,
was given an enthusiastic welcome
on his arrival here from Berlin.
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