VILUME XXIX. NUMBER 86.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GAMIEST EDI OF
HISIORK OF U5KII
SEATTLE. April 13.—Gov. John;
Troy of Alaska arrived by plane
Wednesday night from Oakland'
and was greeted by a large crowd,
of well-wishers including Chamber
of Commerce officials.
Governor Troy said he would
wait until he gets back to Alaska
before he announces his program
“But I will say the National Ad
ministration is friendly to Alaska
and understands it’s problems.
Alaska is just embarking on what
may prove one of the greatest eras
of her development”.
The newr Governor will speak
Thursday night with Governor,
Clarence D. Martin at a Jefferson
—Roosevelt banquet here, then
fly North Friday. .
Commenting on National ailaiis
Troy said President Roosevelt is a
complete dictator like Mussolini j
and the “President is such because
the people want a man who can,
solve their problems and are will-1
ing to give him a free reign.”
GIIH WB SEEN ~
TO BUCKLE ON MOON
LAKEHURST, N. J.. April 13,— j
The doomed USS. Akron, a Naval
Court of inquiry learned, took off
on its last flight after plans had
been made to strengthen its struc
ture at the very point where one
of the three survivors saw a girder
buckle as the ship dove to de- J
struction.
The testimony came from Lieut.
Commdr. Edwin F. Cochrane, as
sembly and repair officer at the
Naval Air Station here, and was
subsequently corroborated by Thos.
L. Blackmore, the Station’s aero
nautical engineer.
. DHOW MIKES FINAL
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SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 13, — j
Clarence Darrow, who looks with j
-a kindly tolerance upon persons j
others regard as criminals, goes
before the Illinois Pardon Board
today in a last attempt to save j
young Russell McWilliams from
the electric chair on April 21.
After Mr. Darrow pleads with
the Board to spare the youth, who
when 16, killed a streetcar motor
man in a holdup at Rockford, 111., '
the boy’s fate will rest with Gov.
Henry Horner. Twice convicted, all 1
other avenues of appeal have been
exhausted.
him. Arams
MADE FDD MRS. JUDD
FLORENCE, Ariz., April 13, —
If last minute efforts to save her |
fail, Winnie Ruth Judd will be!
buried in Potter’s Field, her father,
the aged Reverend McKinnell, re
vealed yesterday.
He said that neither he nor
Mrs. Judd’s husband had sufficient
funds to provide for the burial.
Unless friends offer the money,
the state of Arizona will purchase
the casket and a small plot of
ground in the Florence Cemetery.
Funeral services would probably
be held in a mortuary chapel a
few hours after the hanging.
BACKWARD
WASHINGTON, April 13,—Peace
and elimination of trade barriers
were held up by President Roose
velt as the great need of the Amer
ican Republics.
Speaking to diplomats of ether
American Nation’s at a solemn ses
sion of the Pan-American Unions
governing board in observance of
Pan-Ame_rican Day, he called a
“backward step”, the undeclared
warfare between Paraguay and
Bolivia, and Peru and Colombia.
TSK! TSK!
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 12,
—Expressing happiness at being
home again and ‘‘away from it all”.
Fay Webb Valee declared that her
teepjiration from Rudy Vallee,
Irooning orchestra leader, was
Enal.
J She declined to discuss the re
port that she and Vallee parted
because Rudy wanted a baby and
she didn’t, except to say, “If he'
wanted a child, why didn’t he tell
•* about it. There can be no
onciliation this time”, the pret
daughter of Chief of Police
arles Webb, said.
NO DEARTH
PORTLAND, Ore., April 13, —
There will be no dearth of appli
cations in Oregon for the govern
ment’s $1 a day and htree square
meals a day jobs in the national
forests.
More than 7,000 applicants bet
ween 18 and 25 years old have
filed with employment agencies
here while the names of 23,500
heads of families will be available
to draw from should the age limit
be extended oyer 25 years.
IMPROVEMENfSEEN
AUTO, TRUCK INDUSTRY
DETROIT, April 13, —A substan
tial improvement in automobiles
and trucks during the past week
gave the automotive industry en
couragement and pointed the way
to a general recovery of industry.
Leading men in the industry said,
however, that a substantial rise in
automobile prices was needed be
fore the industry would derive
much permanent improvement.
Mercantile establishments in
this and other middle-western
states have reported a general in
crease in purchases during the
past month. People, they say, do
have money and most of them
are flocking to the stores to spend
it on items they have needed for
some time but have been doing
without,
Him UN ID
C1FISCMIHTH
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 13, —A
threat to declare martial law and
confiscate wealth unless the legis
lature passes pending relief legis
lation was made *>y Gov. Floyd B.
Olson, in addressing several hun
dred marchers at the capitol.
Appearing on the capitol steps,
; the farmer-la borite governor at
; tacked the State Senate and some
; members of the House of Repre
sentatives saying legislation which
i would provide immediate as well
1 as future relief was being held up.
NIPPON REPORTED TO
NIOPTIMO TOM
CHANGKIANG, Manchuria, Apr.
13, —Japanese troops were report
ed to have occupied Taitowifing,
i about eight miles south of the
I Great Wall of China, hastening a
I disorderly retreat of Chinese
troops from the entire eastern
section of the wall.
The American mission at Tait
! owifing was damaged recently by
bombs. This undisputed Chinese
territory extends about 65 miles
inland with a 50-mile front on the
sea. Below Lengkow, Hsifenkow,
and Kupeikow, the Japanese car
ried the battle farther south from
the Great Wall.
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CHARTERED
SEATTLE, April 13, —The SS
Climont of San Francisco has been
chartered for one year by the San
Juan Fishing & Packing Co., of
Seattle for use in their Alaska
business.
Four thousand tons of cannery
and other supplies will be taken
North sailing April 29, it was an
nounced, together with 128 can
nery workers. It is proposed to
make three roundtrips to Alaska 1
this summer with the chartered <
steamer. <
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CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, April i
13, —Heavy casualties were report- !
ed here as fighting between Jap-,:
anese and Chinese troops contin
ued unabated below the Great Wall.
Driving relentlessly in their cam
paign to rid the section of Chin
ese troops, the Japanese killed 500
defenders in a battle raging about
Chengkow, reports said. •” i
The Chinese were driven back
after a 48 hour fight. Japanese
losses were 26 killed and about 100
wounded.
SPECTACLAR FIRE
NEW! YORK, April 13,—A spec-'i
tabular fire in a dance hall on the .
top floor of the Strand Theatre
building took one life and forced :
2,200 patrons of the theatre to file 1
out into the street. The normally i
congested theatre district was
madeimpassable for several blocks ■
by the huge throng attracted. 1
ID M EFFICIENT
MEW TO Kill OFF
PEOPLE, SHFS SHAW
NEW YORK CITY, April 13, —
Reporters finally cornered George
Bernard Shaw yesterday after
noon before he could leave for na
tive British shores, and brought
into discussion several affairs in
which G. B. S. has been the cen
tral and puzzling figure. Con
fronted with the charge that he
had insulted Helen Keller, blind
American charity worker, were
met by the alleged sage’s insistence
that he and Miss Keller had part
ed on decent and cordial terms.
“I complimented Miss Keller, he
said, “and I think the reporter
vvho wrote the story should be
fired.” Miss Keller wrote the story
in question.
Suppression of war, said G B. S.,
wTould be foolish. “Why suppress
war,” he said, “when it is such an
efficient method of killing off so
many people?”
Hitjer, he says, ceases to be in
teresting, although those behind
Hitler still engages his attention.”
Shaw’s speech at the Metropoli
tan Club in Newr York the evening
before was regarded with mixed
feelings by the crowd that attend
ed. One reliable critic called it
“rambling, badly organized and ill
informed.” From the philosophers
pink-and-white flowing beard,
16,345 words flowed forth in his
conquest of the world’s largest
city, according to official count.
CANCELED
LOS ANGELES, April 13, — A
$10,000 reward offered for the cap
ture of William Edward Hickman,
executed slayer of little Marion
Parker, was canceled by the Los
Angeles city council.
The action followed a court de
cision last May denying the re
ward to Tom Gurdane and Buck
Lieuallen, Pendleton, Oregon offi
cers who captured Hickman.
MONDAY SAILING QF
ADMIRAL EVANS MARKS
WITHDRAWAL COMPANY
Official announcement was re
ceived today by Wayne Blue, Sew
ard representative for 30 years of
the Pacific Steamship Co., more
recently known as th_e Pacific
Steamship Lines, Ltd., that the
Monday sailing south of the SS.
Admiral Evans, will mark the ter
mination of the firm’s business in
Allaska. Vice-President Haines at
Seattle telegraphed the informa
tion to Mr. Blue today.
Withdrawal of the steamship
company is due to insufficient
volume of business w'hich does not
warrant two steamship services.
The Alaska Steamship Co., is tak
ing over all Alaska business the
retiring company holds.
As was previously announced,
the Pacific Steamship Co., Ltd
will devote its future operations
from Seattle south, from which
field the Alaska Steamship Co., is
withdrawing.
TUCSON, Ariz., April 12,—Indian
tom-toms are booming along the
canyon walls of Arizona and Son
ora, Mexico, as thousands of Ya
quis whirl in a conglomeration of
pagan and Christian rites which
are held each year during the Len
ten season.
Wearing grotesque masks, made
from the heads of deer, the Pasco
leros and Venados, or Medicine
Men are leading the faithful in
prayer for a good harvest. Ap
proximately 3,000 Indians in Son
ora and 2,000 in the United States
are taking part in it.
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NEW YORK, April 12,—A new
method of treating lateral curva
ture of the spine resulting from
infantile paralysis has been devel
oped at the New York Orthopedic
and Hospital, it was announced
The method involves early diag
nosis, made possible by X-rays of
the patient’s spine. Hinged piast
er jackets are used to straighten
the spine. Prompt treatment, it
was said, precludes in most cases
the necessity of an operation.
SIGNS EMBARGO BILL
LONDON, April 13, —The King
signed a measure whereby the
government can place an embargo
on all Russian goods.
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TAKES THE AIR
ADRAS, Algeria, April 13,—Capt.
I William Lancaster, flying irom
! England to Cape Town, took off
i from here heading South.
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BODY IN TRUNK
NEW YORK, April 13,—The body
of an unidentified woman, about
35 years old. was found in a small!
steamer trunk in front of a Madi- j
son Avenue residence
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ATTORNEY CURTIS
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 13,— j
Former Vice President Charles
Curtis was admitted to practice
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
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10 YEARS FOR KILLER
FRESNO, Calif., April 13, —Mrs.
Cecilia Morena who stabbed Flor
enzio Gonzales to death during a
drinking party, was sentenced to
a maximum of 10 years in San
Quentin prison.
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AIR COMMANDER
LONDON, April 13,—Rear Admir
al Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay,
who married the Pincess Patricia
has been appointed in command
of air craft carriers succeeding
Rear Admiral R. Henderson,
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“FER GOODNESS SAKE”
ESCALON, Cal., Apr. 13, —Jack
Seaman received a reward for be
ing a good Samaritan. He stopped
to help a fellow motorist and
found his own typewriter in the
back seat of the motorist’s car.
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CUT A BILLION
WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 13,—
Senate Majority Leader Robinson
told the Senate that government
expenses had been cut approxi
mately $1,000,000,000 and that ‘‘al
ready there is assurance that the
budget will be balanced.”
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FOUND GUILTY
LONDON, April 13,—Lieut. Nor
man Bailie Stewart was convicted
by court martial of violation of
official secrets act and was sen
tenced to dishonorable discharge
from the army and to five years
in penal service.
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PLEAD GUILTY
SACRAMENTO, April 13—Fay
Weston and Charles Henry Turley,
suspected members of the notori
ous Weston gang of counterfeiters,
pleaded guilty to counterfeiting
charges as their trial opened in
Federal court.
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CHINA ACCEPTS
NANKING, April 12—China will
accept President Roosevelt’s invi
tion'to participate in the Washing
ton economic conferences, it was
understood in informed circles.
Acting Premier T. V. Soong is ex
pected to be the delegate.
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FAVORS MODERATION
WASHINGTON, April 12,—Secre
tary Perkins, of the Labor Depart
ment, stated she favors the prin
ciple of the 30-hour week bill, but
will suggest modifications to the
House committee today to nuike it
more workable.
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FAIR CROWD
NE WYORK, April 13, —Major
League baseball openings yester
day was curtailed in three cities
yesterday because of unfavorable
weather, attracted crowds totaling
100,000, according to a press com
pilation. Last year six opening
day games attracted 116,500.
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NOT SURPRISED
LONDON, April 13,—The plea of
guilty of W. L. MacDonald in Mos
cow was not surprising British of
ficials stater. The plea was con
sidered the result of five weeks
of solitary confinement and the
methods of qustioning which had
been employed.
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MUD BATH
WASHINGTON, April 13,—Mrs.
F. D. Roosevelt was thrwn into a
mud puddle in a park when her
horse slipped. She was not injur
ed and continued her ride in her
mud-spattered costume. “I slid off
very gracefully right into the
mud,” she told friends.
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IN A SMALL WAY
TACOMA, Wn., April 13.—Alaska
hasn’t gone in a big wav for 3.2
beer according to figures released
by Burns Poe, collector of internal
revenue, and revealed while re
porting the Washington-Alaska
district contributed more than
$25,000 in government licenses. Poe
said the money came almost en
tirely from Washington, as Alas
ka It^s no breweries, but few re
ouests have'been made for federal
licenses.
TOOBUSY
ROME, April 13, —Minister of
Finance Guido Jung will represent
Italy at President Roosevelt’s in
formal foreign affairs conversa
tions in Washington, it was an
nounced.
Premier Mussolini instructed the
Italian ambassador at Washington,
to notify Mr. Roosevelt of Jung’s
designation and to express Mus
solini’s regret that business at
home prevented him from visiting
the White House.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13,—
Ruth Bryan Owen, former Con
gresswoman and daughter of the
famed William Jennings Bryan,
will be the United States Ambas
sador to Denmark. Mrs. Owen was
one of the “lame ducks” who lost
out in the recent Democratic land
slide.
The Danes say they do not know
what an American lame duck looks
like, but the appointment of Mrs.
Owen to the ambassadorial post
will give them a chance to find
out. It will also give them a treat
perhaps, in the opportunity to ob
serve the versatility of Ameiican
womanhood, for Mrs. Owen, in ad
dition to being a finished politi
cian, is also an expert on the con
certina, Jew’s harp, and is adept
at the snake charmer's art.
She does not compose music.
SANITY HEARING FOR
RUTHJIDD FRIDAY
FLORENCE Ariz. April 13, —A
hearing to determine the sanity of
Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned to
hang J^pril 21, for the slaying of
her former friend. Agnes Ann Le
roi, will be held here Friday morn
ing before Superior Judge E. L.
Green.
The hearing, granted at the re
quest of Warden A. G. Walker of
the State prison where Mrs. Judd
is an inmate, forms what most ob
servers consider the blonde nurse’s
only remaining chance to escape
the gallows. There still remain
possible legal moves but even her
attorneys believe these, are doom
ed to failure. _
REFEREE’S QUESTIONS
APPEAR TO BE CHIEF
OBSTACLE TITLE BOUT
i
LOS ANGELES, April 12, —De
claring he is convinced now that
Young Corbett, world lightweight
champion, and Jimmy McLarnin,
challenger, will be signed for a ti
tle bout here May 20, Promoter
Jack Doyle began checking seating
plans for Wrigley Field.
Doyle said the chief unsettled
question is that of a referee, indi
cating that if George Blake or
Lieut. Jack Kennedy could not
sign or agree, the State Athletic
Commission would be asked to
permit an Eastern man to be brot
in.
Corbett’s manager, Larry White,
has insisted upon a San Francisco
referee, while “Pop” Foster, mana
ger of McLarnin, demands a Las
Angeles referee. Doyle said he
plans to provide seats at the field
for 40,000._ _
CHANGED HIS MIND
MOSCOW, April 13, —The one
British subject who pleaded guilty
to a charge of sabotage and es
pionage, repudiated his confess
ion. Further examination on the
witness”stand, however, disclosed
as ’truthful most of the points in
his confession.
MITCHELL INDICTED
NEW YORK CITY, April 13, —
Federal grand jury indicted Chas.
Mitchell, former president of the
National City Bank, on charges
asserting he had evaded payment
of his 1929 income tax.
LOAN NOT A GIFT
HARTFORD, Conn., April 12, —
—At least one man in this city
who is receiving walf&re aid for
self and family looks upon funds
obtained as a loan and not as a
gift. “I believe it my duty to pay,
back to the city every cent it spent
for me and my family,” the man
wrote. “I am keeping a record of
what I received weekly in grocer
ies.”
BOOSE CONCURS TO
SEMITE IMENOMENT
BUSED LICENSES
j JUNEAU, April 13, —The House
concurred in the Senate amend
ments to the Taylor measure in
creasing licenses for all non-resi
dent fishermen from $10 to $25
and for the first time classifying
trap tenders as fishermen,
j The measure also prohibits com
j mercial fishing unless a license is
first obtained and limits licenses
to American citizens and those
having declared intentions of be
coming citizens.
A limit of $150 was proposed for
search for lost pesons in the Ways
and Means committee bill intro
duced in the House and provides
that amount may be exceeded up
on authorization by the Governor.
The House yesterday passed 10
bills, seven of which originated in
the Senate, all being relatively un
important and defeated Green’s
memorial urging Congress to re
peal Section 27 of the Merchant
Marine act of 1920.
Green today introduced in the
House a resolution endorsing the
Wheeler free silver measure, iden
tical with the joint resolution
fathered by him and defeated in
the Senate Tuesday by a tie vote,
one member from each division
voting for and against.
The Senate concurred in the
House amendments to De Vane’s
bill authorizing the Board of Trus
tees to care for the overflow from,
the Pioneer Home at Sitka. This
should shortly enable the board to
accommodate all now on the wait
ing list, and it will be able to lease
a suitable building adjacent to the
institution.
The Senate passed the measure
repealing three more statutes, de
clared invalid or obsolete. Camp- (
bell of Anchorage introduced a
measure providing for a $5 road '
tax identical with the school tax
law including “female persons /
gainfully employed or having in- .
dependent income” the proceeds
to fee deposited in the road fund '
and devoted to construction and
repair of roads, trails and airplane
landing fields.
Hess introduced a uniform me
chanics lien bill to supercede the
present confusing statutes on that
subject._■
POLAND IBD GERMANY
IT "EOraOEIDS" \
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WARSAW, April 13, —A burst of
antipathy in Polish cities toward
German residents and German
business houses caused concern in
official circles. German newspaper
offices have been stormed and
windows and printing preses dam
aged.
The reciprocation of this spirit
is reported in German cities just
across the German-Polish boder.
Measures are being considered in
diplomatic quarters to calm the
present warlike trend of the two
nations.
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RACE HORSES ARRIVE '
FOR KENTUCKY DERBY
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md„ April
12,—With the arrival of Adolphe
Pons, Swivel and Projectile from.
Columbia, S. C., five candidates for
the Kentucky Derby, to be run at
Churchill Downs, May 6, are now
quartered here, awaiting the open
ing of the 13-day meeting Satur
day, April 15,
The Glen Riddle Farms and
War Glory and Mar stripes, two
Man-of-War colts, were given light
runs over the sloppy track Friday.
TAX WEALTH
PARIS, April1 12, —Putting on
style is jjoing to cost the taxpay
ers hard cash under a measure
approved Tuesday by the Chamber
of Deputies to help tax officials.
Tax returns must record yachts,
automobiles, hunting grounds, rac
ing stables, the number of ser
vants, in short, all visible signs of
wealth.__
BUMPY ROAD
WASHINGTON, April 13,—One
of the sharpest of relief controver
sies Qf the present session is brew
ing as th$ Senate reached the
Simpson Price fixing plan which
was written in the administration
bill. This threatened storm devel
oped at a time when the program
for increasing farmers income and
lifting the burden of mortgages
was bumping along on a rough
road sprinkled with demands for
currency expansion a9> "a means
for restoring agriculture.