VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 189.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
OF 18TH AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 13,—
The prohibition issue is definitely
fixed between Franklin Roosevelt
as a wet and Herbert Hoover as a
moderate dry.
The President, in accepting the
Republican nomination Thursday
night, supported revision of the 18
amendment in opposition to out
right repeal demanded by the De
mocratic candidate $nd platform. 1
Approximately 5,000 were present
in the D. A. R. Constitutional hall
where he delivered his address.
The only former president referred
to in Mr. Hoover’s address was
the late President Roosevelt whose
traffic omission policies, he said,
would be destroyed by the present
Democratic proposals.
Plucking one feather from the
cap of A1 Smith, and one from the
bonnet of Senator Borah, President
Hoover made “our prosperity” the
key to his war debts revision poli
cy. "My views in opposition to can
cellation,” he declared, “are a mat
ter of detailed record.”
But, he added, “if for any par
ticular annual payment we are of
fered some other tangible form of
compensation such as the expan
sion of markets for American agri
culture and labor, and the restor
ation of our prosperity, then, I am
sure, our citizens would consider
such a proposal.”
FASCIST PARTY BEEN
ORGANIZED IN CHINA
BY GENERAL KAISHEK
SHANGHAI, Aug., 13. —A fascist
party for China is the latest devel
opment in the Far East. The Chin- !
ese fascist organization is headed
by General Chiang Kai Shek, for- j
mer leader in the Nationalist gov- 1
eminent. It is said that the organ
ization numbers well over 3.000
with many others ready to flock to
his standard when the occasion de
mands.
The purpose of the organization
is to back General Kai Shek in his
task of trying to get control of na
tional affairs. The movement is,
as yet. comparatively weak as it has
not secured the financial support
of bankers and industrialists. The
funds for the organization so far
are coming from the pocket of Gen.
Kai Shek and it appears that he is
well able to take care of the fas
cist finances for some time as his
wealth is said to be of considerable
extent.
NEW TRIAL DENIED
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 13, —Sup- \
erior Judge Roth Friday denied
David "Big Boy” Hutton, husband
of Aimee Semple Macpherson, his
plea for a new trial, in the heart
balm suit which Miss Hazel Myrtle
St- Pierre, pretty Pasadena nurse,1
recently won $5,000 damages. The i
Judge, however, gave Hutton a 30
day stay of execution during which
time he may contemplate further
-legal steps.
Dr. A. R. Roberts, Seward dentist,
left Friday on a brief business trip
to the Valdez district.
E. A. Rasmuson, Republican Nat- i
ional Committeeman, who passed
thru Seward Friday for Anchorage,
announced the appointment of Dr.
W. H. Chase of Cordova as commit
teeman for the Third Division, and
he in turn, will appoint a commit
teeman for each precinct.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, head of the
Healy River Coal Co., Inc., and the
Empress Theatre Circuit, who re
turned Thursday from Anchorage,
departed for the South on the SS.
Aleutian.
TO FLY ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Aug., 13, —Another
group of airmen landed at Roose
velt Field Friday with the avowed
intention of attempting a trans
Atlantic flight within the next sev
eral days. One of the airmen was
Julius Robertson, of Michigan, who
is only 19 years old. He will make
his start at Montpelier, Vermont,
and intends to make a stop at Har
bor Grace, Newfoundland, berofe he
sets out to cross the Atlantic.
YUKON LEFT SEME
THY FOR NORTHLUND
SEATTLE, Aug., 13, (/P)—The SS
Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
for Alaska today at 9 a. m. carrying
56 passengers of which 23 are for
Seward, as follows:
James G. Truitt, Wm. R. Mac
pherson, David Macpherson, Billy
Macpherson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Koe
nig, Dolores Koenig, Alma Suker,
Mrs. M. D. Snodgrass, Margaret
Snodgrass, Mary Snodgrass, Doro
thy Van Zanter, Bertha Van Zan
ter, Mrs. J. H. Van Zanter, Helen
Van Zanter, Harry D. Draper, Oscar
C. Nielsen, Mrs. W. H. Burke, Thos.
Dolon, Miss Struve, Miss Sally Lun
dig, Dr. Etley Smith, Robert C.
Jones, and four steerage.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, Aug, 13, —Some of the
temperature extremes recorded for
Friday were: Seattle 66-55, Chicago
70-68, Denver 86-68, Los Angeles
76-60, New Orleans 90-76, New York
86-64, San Francisco 70-54, Spokane
72-54, Juneau 62-52, Ketchikan
64-50.
THREE KILLED
KELSO, Wash., Aug., 13, —Three
persons were killed near here Fri
day when a Seattle-bound bus col
lided with an auto truck.
If. S, IKES AUSPICIOUS
START OLYMPIC BOXING
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 13, —U. S.
boxers took a firm grip on their as
pirations in the 1932 Olympic
Games championships when two
out of three of them won their pre
liminary matches.
Eddie Flynn from New Orleans,
finished his tough South African
opponent, Robt- Barton, in the first
round. •
Louis Salica had to stage a fast j
comeback in the third round to de
cision over Werner Spannged, Ger
man flyweight. <
The one disappointment for the j
Americans occurred when Thure
Ahlquist, Sweden, decisioned over
Nathan Bor, Fall River, Mass., in
the lightweight division.
HITLER AGAIN SWEPT
NEAR CHANCELLORSHIP!
BERLIN, Aug., 13, —Admission
by the Catholic party of Heinrich
Bruening that Fascists should be
represented i n the cabinet, has
placed Adolf Hitler a step nearer
his long cherished dream of Napo- i
Iconic power in Germany.
Hitler was to be received today
by President von Hindenberg. It
was thought likely that out of the
conference will come a decision
that will make history.
14-YEAR OLD <£HAMP
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 13, —From
Florida came Roy Flanigan, a plea
sant little chap of 14, who had the
fans at the Olympic swimming
stadium pulling for him every min
ute of the way as he stroked his
way through the water to win his
heat' in the 1500 meter swim, the
longest race of the Olympic pro
gram.
PROHIBITION REFORM
BE UNDERTAKEN 11
DECEMBER SESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 13,
(JP)—Spurred by President Hoov
er’s call for prohibition reform,
leaders of the Senate Republican
majority intend to go to work on
; the 18th amendment at the De
cember session.
McNary, of Oregon, says the or
der of business is vote-making in
view of the Democratic liquor
plank and it seems little doubt that
the Democratic House will go into
action in December, also.
The President expects to recom
mend, in his message, immediate
action on the idea of state liquor
| control and Federal guarantee
■ against saloons with protection in
dry states.
CROSSON AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Aug., 13, (£>)—Pilot Joe
Crosson arrived at 8 o'clock Friday
evening from Fairbanks in a sea
plane. He will return with Lyman
S. Peck, vice president and general
manager of the Pacific Alaska Air
ways which has acquired the Alas
kan Airways.
COSMIC RAY SCIENTIST
ARRIVES IN MEXICO
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Aug., 13,
—Dr. Arthur Compton of Chicago
University, one of the world’s lead
ing physcists, arrived here to con
tinue, from lofty Mexican moun
tains, his study of cosmic rays,
which, he believes, have already re
sulted in observations of great val
ue to science
“Cosmic rays are similar in their
effects to X-rays and to the gamma
rays from radium,” said the Pro
fessor. “They are generally suppos
ed to come from outer space among
the stars.”
The highest stationary reading
of that type ever made from a bal
loon were those by Professor Pic
card.
CHILE SIOOEHTS POT
SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug., 13, (/Pi
Two army regiments and large de
tachments of police conquered 400
students in a battle at the Univer
ity of Chile snuffing out the revolt
aimed at the government.
The uprising lasted one hour and
a half and resulted in three deaths,
an officer, a student and a boy by
stander. Twenty were wounded.
The revolt flared in an effort to
restore Colonel Marmaduke Grove
in control of the government in
place of Carlos G. Davila, former
ambassador at Washington and
head of the present socialist re
gime. All except 50 students were
captured.
MANY FATALITITES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 13, —
Advices received here from Nicara
gua say that 75 fatalities occurred j
in a battle between United States
marines, aided by Nicaraguan Fed
eral soldiers, in a fight against San
dino insurgents. It was not stated
who won the encounter.
BASEBALL SCORES
PACIFIC COAST
San Francisco 4, Portland 2.
Los Angeles 2, Oakland 1.
Sacs 1, Missions 1.
Hollywood 12, Seattle 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 3, Detroit 0.
St. Louis 6, Chicago 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3, Pittsburg 2.
Phillies 7, Boston 2.
HITLER DECLINES OFFER
OF HINDENBURG MAKE
HIM VICE-CHANCELLOR
BERLIN, Aug., 13, (/P)—Hitler up
set the plans of President von Hin
denberg in declining the offer of
Vice-Chancellor in the new cabinet.
Hitler told Chancellor von Papen
that his policy will be one of de
termined opposition to the present
government and declined the offer
of Minister of the Interior for one
if his lieutenant’s.
The Vice-Chancellorship includ
ed the Premiership of Prussia which
has been vacant since von Papen
established the dictatorship several
weeks ago
Hitler demanded that he be made
absolute Chancellor. President von
Hindenburg will not likely be able
to change Hitler’s mind.
BMIKING INTERESTS
WANT CENSOR PRESS
LONDON, Aug., 13, —Foreign
governmental and international
banking interests were reported
planning to extend government
supervisory and censorship power
over press telegrams and to increase
press rates at the coming Madrid
international radio and telegraph
conference.
The plan envisages higher press
rates with decreased rates on mes
sages relating to the banking bus
iness. It was reported that de
ferred rate and week-end letter
rates would also be attackted
ONI
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 13, —The
great Cambridge University crew
surprizingly beaten by Italy in its
first test, came through Friday to
beat New Zealand in the semi-fin
als of the Olympic eight-oared
rowing championship.
The victory placed Cambridge,
representatives of Great Britain,
into today’s finals, already reached
by Italy and the United States.
UOl CHARGE ACTION
SE DEFERRED FOR TIME
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug., 13, —Deci
sion to removal of James Walker
from his $40,000 a year job as the
mayor of New York, may not come j
until after the general elections.
This possibility arose here today 1
when Governor Roosevelt announc- ■
ed he would withhold his decision 1
on his removal.
The Mayor’s victory of Thursday
was in winning the right to call!
witnesses and cross examine them.
ASK GOVERNOR TO
SEEK LARGE LOAN
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 13, —A re- j
solution asking Governor Rolph to
apply for a $45,000,000 Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation loan to
California, to aid the needy, was
adopted by the county ooard of
supervisors.
The resolution was presented by
Superior F. L. Shaw, who said
Southern California would require
from $16,000,000 to $20,000,000 of
this amount during the coming
year.
ACCORDS RECOGNITION
SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug., 13, —
Sweden today recognized the gov
ernment of President Carlos G.
Da villa.
MS EUNICE MISSING
DUTCH HARBOR, Aug., 13, (iP)—
The Cutters Haida and Montgom
ery left Unalaska Friday for Atka
where the motorship Eunice oper
ated by the Alaska Commercial Co.,
is five days overdue on the last
trip Westward. The Eunice recently
returned slightly damaged but put
to sea again after minor repairs. It!
was last seen on August 5 by the
USS Crane near Nikolski. The mo
torship is not equipped with radio.
CONCERTED EFFORT TO
BE MADE BETTERING
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug., 13,
(JP)—President Hoover is applying
to the new drive for better busi
ness one of the oldest and favorite
ideas, asking for help directly from,
men he thinks can give it.
President Hoover is to present
soon to business and industrial
leaders plans for a united and con
certed action on a broad front thru
out the country on a nine-point i
economic program.
Men of importance will head j
each of the 12 districts. He had this
plan in mind when in his Thursday
speech he said: “I am organizing
the private industrial and financial
resources of the country to coop
erate effectively with the vast gov
ernmentalists we now have in mo
tion.”
The President expects to select
another director soon for the re
lief machine organization for the
unemployed.
Walter Gifford’s resignation was
accepted Friday. Gifford said the
press of business prevented him
from continuing the directorship
longer.
PUT 21 ‘PUGS' ASIDE
NEW YORK, Aug., 13. —Benny
Leonard, former lightweight cham
pion, passed the 21st milestone on
his comeback trail, when he won a
10-round decision over Paulie Wal
ker, Trenton welterweight, at Eb
bett’s Field.
This bout was considered the fin
al test of Leonard’s ability to take
on a big time opponent after his
six months retirement from the
ring.
His next match probably will be
with Jackie Fields, welterweight1
champion.
CHINESE MASSES SET
UPSOVIET SYSTEM
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug., 13,
—Victor A. Yakontoff, author and
former general in the Czarish army,
told the institute of politics the
possibility of an armed communis-j
tic uprising of the masses in South
ern China is a “very serious one.”;
“There is evidence”, he said, “the
Chinese.masses actually are setting,
up their own Soviet system in re
gions where they have succeeded in
overthrowing remnants of the feu
dal system”.
SEATTLE BOMBING
SEATTLE, Aug., 13, —Seeming
ly, coming right on the heels of
Mayor John Dore’s warning for
racketeers to stay away from Seat-!
tie, a bomb exploded in a cleaning!
and dyeing establishment, causing
some damage. Police said they thot
the bomb was placed there as a
part of a wave of terrorism against
independent dyers and cleaners.
TENDERS RESIGNATION
RIO de JANEIRO, Aug., 13, —
Maceodo Soares, Brazilian delegate
to the disarmament conference,
has tendered his resignation to the
government.
EIGHT-OARED DICE
ILL CLOSE REGITTA
EVENTS OF OLIMPIID
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 13, (/P)—
Henry Pearce, of Australia, cap
tured the* Olympic single sculls
winnig over Bill Miller, of Philadel
phia, American champion. Pearce
thus became the first to win single
honors in two successive Olympiads.
In the last event of the day the
U. S. team of Charley Kieffer and
Joe Schauers with Ed Jens steer
ing, won the two oars shell race
with a coxswain. Poland was sec
ond and France third.
Great Britain won the two oar
shell race without a coxswain.
New Zealand was second, and Po
land, third.
Germany won the four-o a r e d
race; Poland was second.
On points, America led with 15;
Poland and Great Britain tied with
13 each; Germany and Australia
tied for third with 10 each.
The eight-oared race today closes
the regatta with the United States,
Italy, Canada and Great Britain in
competition.
Japan swept into team leader
ship in men’s swimming when Ma
saji Koyokawa wen the 100 meter
backstroke event; To-Shio Irie was
second and Kentaro Kawatsu, third,
making a clean sweep of the race
for Japan, giving Nippon 56 points
with three events to go. The U. S.
was second with 46 points.
American women, however, add
ed the high diving and relay events
to boost their point total to 80 as
compared with 17 for Australia and
15 for Great Britain.
SILENT PERIOD WILL
BE MAINTAINED TO
AID RADIO LISTENERS
In the hope of helping local radio
reception, the Seward office of the
U. S. Signal Corps believes the fol
lowing plan may prove helpful:
The local Signal Corps office an
nounces office hours as 8 a. m. un
til 8 p. m.. daily excepting Sundays
and holidays when hours are 8:30
a. m. to 9:30 a. m., and3:30 p. m.
to 4:30 p. m.
Messages wil not be accepted
after 8 p. m. for transmission un
less it is necessary to do so on ac
count of arrival of passenger steam
ers after that hour.
In order to secure better radio re
ception for the general public it is
urged that messages be filed at the
local office as early in the day as is
possible. In any event, the Signal
Corps are undertaking to observe
a silent period extending every
evening from 8 p. m. to 10:30 p. m.,
and in order to do so the coopera
tion of all patrons is solicited as
above—please file your telegrams
early.
STOCKS CRASHED
NEW YORK, Aug., 13, —The
Bears had their turn on the stock
exchange today. Prices crashed one
to five points in the main list and
to more than 12 points in others.
Notification was received in the
last mail by Alaskan banks from
the Loan Agency of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation that Alas
kan banks were included in the
provisions of the recently enacted
law.
HERE FOR WEEK
“Business was excellent at An
chorage and many splendid poli
cies were subscribed,” reports Mrs.
Katherine Galen, well-known Alas
kan insurance agent who has just
completed an extended stay at the
Railroad City and who arrived in
Seward Thursday for a week. Mrs.
Galen, during her week’s stay, is
i guest at the Seward Hotel.
Dance Tonight in L 0.0. F. Hall