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VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 232-233.
SEWAHD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, October 5, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SPIRITUAL LIFE
COMES FIRST IN
LIFE OF NATION
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, —Before
the National Conference of Cath
olic Charities, President Roosevelt
praised the nation for its efforts
and called upon State, city, church
and private institutions to redou
ble their efforts for “the harder
part ahead.
“We’ve ventured and we’ve won!
We shall venture further and we
shall win again!’’ the President
said.
He said that the expected discus
sion on currency would probably
not be forthcoming. He stressed
the spiritual side of national life
^ and for the first time commented
upon certain European nations
attempt to eliminate this from na
tional life.
^ After the banquet the President
returned to Washington.
Farmer Pleaded
“Unwritten Law”
MEDFORD. Ore.. Oct. 5. —Fred
Wolfe, farmer, was a free man to
day after being acquitted by a Sup
erior court jury of murder charges
filed against him in connection
with the death of William Shel
don, his neighbor.
Wolfe pleaded the “unwritten
^ law” as his defense, telling the
tury he shot Sheldon after finding
his neighbor and wife together at
a trysting place in the woods near
his farm.
Pacific Coast After
Federal Work
. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 5. —“Al
most every branch of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor affecting
the shipbuilding industry, support
ed the Pacific Coast in its demands
for 30 per cent of the government
construction contracts.”
Thus did Timothy A. Reardon,
director of the Department of In
dustrial Relations for California,
J|'im up the progress of the drive
to have a part of the Federal ship
ouilding alloted to the Pacific
Coast.
INVESTIGATE BIRDS
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 5, —An in
vestigation of the shipments of
love-birds and other members of
the psittacean family of bn”15,
was begun by Federal authorities
after they had received reports
of outbreaks of psittosis in Sioux
Falls, and New York believed to
have been contracted by persons
buying birds shipped in from here.
RECOGNIZE NEW REGIME
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 5. —
President Roosevelt prepared to
Y recognize the new Cuban govern
ment of President Grau San Mar
tin at the first evidence of popular
support on the part of the Cuban
masses towards the new regime, it
was indicated.
PAY TRIBUTE STRIBLING
4 t MACON, Ga., Oct. 5, —The fight
faithful paid tribute at the bier of
William Lawrence ’•Young” strib
ling, heavyweight boxer, who died
Wednesday from injuries sustained
in a traffic accident. The body
was placed in the municipal aud
itorium to lie in state from 10 a. m.
6 p. m.
WINTER QUARTERS
ANCHORAGE. Oct. 5. — Alaska
Railroad announced the steamers
Nenana and Alice have gone into
jwinter quarters; the Nenana and
Tana, on the Kuskokwim, have
also tied up for the winter.
A BILLION A YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 5, —
A program for Federal relief sur
passing anything of its kind ever
attempted by a paternal govern
ment, was launched yesterday. Re
lief funds will be expended at the
rate of more than $1,000,000,000
a year from all public funds.
Screen Star Will
Assist the NR A
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, —Marie
Dresseler, stage and screen star, is
going to help the NRA by laughing
money out of the general public.
Just how she is going to do it, she
did not say.
She visited General Johnson at i
the Waldorf to offer her services
which were accepted, she said. j
She sold $10,000,000 worth of
Liberty bonds during the war and
feels she could do as well for the
NRA program.
TWO KILLED
ANNAPOLIS. Md„ Oct, 5. —Two
men were killed when an Army
bombing plane from Langley Field.
Va.. crashed in the woods 12 miles
from Annapolis. One man was
identified as Lieut. R. W. C. Book
er. 23, pilot, and the other as Win.
L. Rhodes, radio operator. The;
fliers were enroute to Middletown,
Pa., when the crash occurred.
Free Lunches May
Be Doomed In South
_
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 5, —!
Possible doom of the prohibition
free lunch was seen today when j
National prohibition is repealed.
Legislative officials point out
that California’s new liquor control\
law which is effective when the 18;
amendment is repealed, provides1
that beer may be sold on draught!
only in licensed places equipped
with bona fide meals.
newsTlashes \
ROYAL OPERATION
LONDIN, Oct. 5, —Princess Hel
en of Rumania underwent an op
eration at a London home for an
acute infection of the arms.
ENROUTE “DOWN-UNDER*
LYMPNE AIRPORT. Eng., Oct. 5,
—Piloting his monoplane “Miss
Southern Cross,’’ Sir Chas. Kings
ford-Smith, famous Australian air
man, took off far Brindisi. Ttaly,
cnrcute to Wyndham, Australia.
BAD STOlLYi EXPECTED
HAVANA. Cuba. Oct. 5. —Saying
that “if winds concentrate we shall
probably have the worst storm in
many years,’’ the National observa
tory advised precautionary pre
paration against what it described
as the second half of the disturb
ance which raged early yesterday,
and today.
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THE FIRST TO VISIT
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 5, —
King Alexander of Yugoslavia, the
first king to visit Republican Tur
key, arrived for interviews with
President Kemal Pasha and for
mer Premier Venizlos, Greece, pres
sumably about Yugoslavian adher
ence to a Turko-Greek entente.
King Alexander and Queen Marie
came from Parmo aboard the des
troyer Dubrovnik.
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TONGUES WAGGING
HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 5, —The re
cent and sudden departure from
Hollywood for Europe of Eric Lin
den, young screen actor, has start
ed tongues wagging here. Freinds
revealed he had given up a screen
contract with one of the larger
studios the day after Frances Dee.
film actress, announced her en
gagement to Joel McRea, also of
the screen.
GIANTS RALLY
SIXTH STANZA
WON FOR THEM\
—
POLO GROUNDS, N. Y., Oct. 5|
The ancient and grizzled O’Doul j
started out of the camphor fumes
of the dugout in the sixth inning
yesterday afternoon wearing the
toga of a pinch hitter. With a
mighty swing of his hickory, he
proceeded to make a shambles of
Washington’s hopes and started, a
parade which did not cease until
six gleeful Giants had romped over \
the plate.
Score: Giants 6, Senators l
But it. was one of those once in i
a thousand times slips by Sewell, j
catcher for the Senators, which |
made it possible for O’Doul to be- )
come a flaming hero of the second ;
duel of the World series instead of ■
a man who was a dismal failure, j
O’Doul had two strikes against;
him and crowder sent the next j
down the main line. O'Doul swung
and barely tipped the ball. It
plunked into Sewell’s glove; had it
lingered there the description j
would have read; O’Doul fanned.
But the horsehide skipped out of
the glove. It was just another foul
ball for O’Doul who was accorded
another golden opportunity which i
he converted into a slashing single '
to center.
Washington’s only run was made |
on a homer by ‘ Goose” Goslin.'
Hal Shumacker pitched faultless j
ball for the Giants and held the
Senators to five hits. Alvin Crow- i
der started for the Senators but j
was replaced in the 6th when the i
Giant rally came.
Summaries—
New York: six runs, 10 hits and
no errors.
Washington: One run. five hits j
and no errors.
Washington took today’s game i
from New York 4-0; the game was j
played in Washington. For details,
read Saturday’s paper.
NRA IS IN STAGE
OF TRANSITION,
SAYS JOHNSON
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. —President
Roosevelt, following his arrival
here from Chicago where he ad
dressed the 15th Annual Conven
tion of Legionairres, went directly
to his townhouse at East 65th St.
He was met at the railroad sta
tion by Mrs. Roosevelt who had
flown from Chicago to New York.
Shortly after the President’s arri-1
val Mrs. Roosevelt continued on to
New Jersey.
Among the callers on ‘‘F. D. ’ j
were Hugh S. Johnson, Recovery :
administrator; Secretary of Treas
ury William H. Woodin and George ■
L. Harrison, Governor of the Fed-j
eral Reserve Bank at New York.
Woodin and Harrison discussed
plans to thaw out frozen assets in
banks throughout the country.
Johnson called to talk over de
tails of the NRA. President Roose
velt signed 18 of the codes which
Johnson brought him. Most impor
tant of these was the code for the
boots and shoes industry.
Johnson also took occasion to
spike rumors that he intended to
resign. He said; “I am going to re
main head of the NRA as long as
President Roosevelt wants me.” j
Johnson said the NRA was in a
stage of transition, it soon would
. develop into a permanent organi
zation w^th powers to protect the:
consuming public from the prac
tices of profiteers.
The Recovery Administrator said
he was getting impatient with the
class of coal mine operators who
mine coal for their own use, as
they were not living up to the re
quirements and terms laid dow
by the NRA coal code.
BEGIN DISCUSSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 5, —
In a conference at the State de
partment between Secretary Hull
and British representatives, ar
rangements were being made lor
beginning discussion of Great Brit
ain’s war debt to the United States
at the Treasury department at 10
a. m. today.
Racial Doctrine
Germans Attacked
GENEVA, Oct. 5, —An indict
ment against the German con
ception of racial homogeneity in
their Aryan doctrine, was voiced
by William G. A. Ormsby, British
League of Nations delegate, as he
challenged the Reich view of the
Jewish question.
He was applauded by the mem
bers of the political committee of
the League as he .shook his finger
at Dr. Von Keller, the German re
presentative, and declared:
“Wherever Jews have been in
the course of the centuries, they
have been the most loyal and help
ful members of the nations.’’
EARL PASSES
LONDON, Eng.. Oct. 5, —The
Earl of Cadogan. 64, chairman oi
the British Olympic Council and
British representative on the in
ternational Olympic Council, died.
Mail Sacks Are
Stolen From Station
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, —Fif
teen sacks of mail containing
thousands of letters from San
Francisco and Sacramento were
stolen from the baggage room of
the Southern Pacific station at
Woodland, according to the press.
The amount of money involved in
the mail was undetermined but
postal authorities here and in
Woodland declare that none of
the mail was registered.
NEWS FLASHES
START WORK AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 5. —
Moving to start work quickly on
non-Federal projects, the Public
Works administration allotted the
sum of $5,411,900.46 to projects in
22 states and Hawaii which will
provide 57,005 men with work for
many months.
CONDITION ALARMING
CHICAGO. Oct. 5. —Oxygen was
administered to William L. Veek.
president of the Chicago Cubs,
when his condition became alarm
ing. He is suffering with leucemia,
a blood disease with a high mor
tality rate.
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FEARS ALLAYED
HAVANA, Oct. 5, —Fears for the
fate of the 500 former Cuban high
army officials, who surrendered
to the new regime, have been al
layed, at least partly, by the report
that United States Ambassador
Welles has been assured of their
safety.
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ROUNDING UP NAZI’S
VIENNA. Oct. 5, —A round-up
of Nazi and other political suspects
in the attempted assassination of
Chancellor Dollfuss got under
way while a thankful nation par
aded and celebrated its “Little
Dictator’s” 41st birthday.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 —Stocks en
joyed their best rally in some time
yesterday as shorts rushed to cov
er in the last half hour after a
leisurely upturn during the earlier
trading. Net gains of $2 to around
$7 were numerous in all groups;
rail issues stood out.
UNION TROUBLES .
ARE DISCUSSED
. AT THE CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 5, —
Frank administration dissatisfac
tion at continuing arguments be
tween groups of organized workers,
| stirred talk at the American Fed
I eration of Labor convention about
I possible means of settling the ar
; guments. *
Senator Wagner, head of the
| NRA labor board, was to talk
things over at the convention to
| day.
The delegates know that Wag -
ner feels that some jurisdictional
arguments have run on and or
without what he considered a
sound reason, or at least without
1 one that could not be compromis
ed.
Storm Signals
lVave Over Land
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 5. —
Dangerous gales and possibly
| winds of hurricane proportion are
: due to strike the Florida Keys,
I the United States weather bureau
, reported, as it issued warning to
both the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
| of the peninsula state.
Northeast warnings were order
ed from Jupiter to Key West and
from Tarpon Springs southward on
I the gulf side of the state. The dis
turbance, the warnings said, is
southeast of Havana and moving
j apparently north by west.
' • ■
j Many Bodies
Been Recovered
! LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, —Twen
j ty-six bodies had been recovered
! late yesterday from the ruins of
! the Hollywood forest-fire holocaust
| in Griffith Park, the city’s main
playground.
A later report from Coroner
Nance said that more than 50
bodies had been brought to the
I City morgue. One body, when an
attempt was made to pick it up.
| crumbled to ash. It is not known
; how many others perished in this
; manner.
Virginia is 32nd
State to Repeal
j RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 5, —Vir
i ginia became the 32nd State to
| ratify repeal of the 18th amend
i ment as returns from the election
) held Tuesday were better than two
thirds complete.
Returns from 1.061 precincts out
of 1,690 gave repeal 81.540 votes
and 44.514 against.
The State dry law also went by
the boards and the voting on this
was about two to one. The county
of Bishop Cannon, ardent dry,
J went wet.
! FRANCES PERKINS
FRANKLY FAVORS
SHORTER HOURS
! WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 5, —
; The demands of William Green,
president of the American Federa
| tion of Labor, for shorter working
hours and lighter minimum wages
than are now being incorporated
in NRA codes, was given the direct
! support cf Secretary of Labor Mrs.
i Frances Perkins.
The Cabinet member, whose ap
pointment the Federation had op
posed only a few months ago. went
before the annual convention of
the organization with a valiant
demand for strengthening the
voice of organized labor.