MEMBER ASSOCIATED RMESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 95. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1933. PRICE TEN CENTS
SENATE QUICKLY
REMEDIED GRIEVANCE
SEINE LOWER BRANCH
JUNEAU, April 21, —After the
House, on Saturday, rejected the
Senate’s revision of the Heller
ich beer bill declaring the only
things left cf the original meas
ure was the name of Hellerich as
author and its number, the Sen
ate quickly remedied the matter
by striking the House number and
Hellerich’s name off the bill and
substituted a Senate number and
repassed it as a Senate measure,
then returned it to the lower
branch which can now consider
it in the regular way.
The House found no need existed
for a mortgage moratorium and
said the Kehoe bill was unsound,
then defeated it 13-3.
The House passed Lingo's bill
prohibiting Territorial officers and
employes receiving more than $2,
000 annually from accepting other
employment or engaging in priv
ate occupations.
Out of 16 bills passed Saturday
by the Senate only two covered
new subjects; the 14 others were
repeals or amendments to existing
laws.
The Senate passed the bill pro
viding for Territorial officials to
take office January 1 following
the election and a measure de
claring a closed season on all game
and fur animals stocked by the
Territory on pubic lands, and em
powering the Governor to open
the seasons by public proclamation
when deemed advisable^
The Shattuck bill, establishing
certain legal rights of illegitimate
children, was lost in the House,
and the bill by Taylor on the same
subject was killed in the Senate.
Among the repeals passed by the
Senate wras one wiping out the old
statute for popular vote for pre
ferential choice for Governor
which has never been used but a
single time, although in force dur
ing the past decade.
SHORT WORK WEEK
DESICNEO TO E001LIZE
WASHINGTON, D. C#, April 24,—
Secretary of Labor Frances E. Per
kins issued an explanation of the
, short work week being pushed in
the national legislature by the ad
ministration.
) “The purpose of this short work
i week is not primarily intended to
I settle labor conditions, except in
sofar as competition between in
dustries in the various states is
concerned,” she said to newspap
ermen.
“Different states have different
lawTs dealing with the amount of
work to be done by one man in a
week. This gives some states an
advantage over others and results
in unfair competition. The short
v/ork week proposal is designed to
equalize the present condition.”
HIGHER WAGES IS THE
GOAL OF LABOR 11
OFFSET RISING COSTS
WASHINGTON, D. C , April 24—
The American Federation of Lab
or plans . an immediate campaign
for higher wages to offset expected
increase in the cost of living due
to inflation.
President Wm. Green said an in
crease in the price of necessities
was “bound to follow the inaugur
ation of currency inflation/’
The effect of the inflation upon 1
the social and economic life of the ■
■working people he continued, can 1
only be offset through -increases
in wages and through an increase
in mass purchasing power thru-!
out the nation.
The SS Starr returned to port ,
Sunday night from the Westward :
and left at an early hour today ■
for Seattle. •
SECOND FLIGHT
AKRON, O., April 24, —Rising
majestically into the misty haze
of early morning, the dirigible
Macon started her second trial
trip Sunday.
Commander Alger H. Dresel said
the principal object of Sunday’s
flight of the Macon was to deter
mine the ship’s climbing and div
ing abhity, functioning of the gas
valves and its dynamic lifting
characteristics.
WINNIE RUTH JUDD
ESCAPES THE E9LLI5
DECLARED BE HE
STATE PRISON, Florence, Ariz.,
Apr. 24,—Her fight to escape the
gallows ending in victory, Winnie
Ruth Judd awaited transfer today |
to the Arizona state hospital in
Phoenix, where she will be confin
ed for the rest of her life.
The once condemned “blonde j
tigress” who was to hang this i
Friday for the murder of Agnes]
Ann Leroi, was found insane by
a final county jury and in conse
quence she will become a ward of
the state.
Planes to take Mrs. Judd on the
65-mile trip from state prison to
Phoenix were delayed until this
morning because of her attorneys
inability to obtain commitment
papers on Sunday.
MELLON AND MILLS
PARTLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR 0. S. DEPRESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24,—
Answering a bitter attack by die
hard Republicans on the actions
of the Roosevelt administration
and its legislative cohorts, Speak
er Rainey of the House of Repre
sentatives charged that former
Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew
Mellon, and his successor, Ogden
Mills, were the two men responsi
ble for the American depression.
“Mills and Mellon,” said the
Speaker, when he answered the
attack of Republican minor bloc,
‘‘were the brains of the Hoover
adiminstration, and you can blame
them for the morass in which we
are struggling now.”
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GIRL’S EYE MUST BE
REMOVED AT ONCE IN
ORDER SAVE HER LIFE
YONKERS, N. Y„ April 24, —
Three New York specialists of the
new medical center, who examined
Helen Vasko, confirmed an earlier
diagnosis indicating that the two
year old child needs an immediate
eye operation to save her life.
Francis R, Fay, guardian of the
child since a court order was is
sued in Hastings, N. Y., directing
the child’s parents to permit the
operation, announced that Dr. An
gelo J. Smith’s decision that the
eye must be removed had been
confirmed by the New York medi
cal authorities.
Mrs. John Vasko, the girl’s moth
er, consented to have her child ex
amined once more, and indicated
that she might oppose a ruling
Df the appelate court no longer, if
the doctors insisted the operation
must be performed.
BREAD PRICES GO UP
NEW YORK, April 24, —A rise
m bread prices of two cents was
heralded as the first sign of the
recovery resulting from the re
rent actions of the Roosevelt ad
ministration. Merchants said they
lid not expect prices to rise mat
erially before the lapse of one
month, however.
AGENTS ROBBED
LOS ANGELES, April 24, —Two
agents of the Metropolitan Insur
ance Company were robbed of the
rompany payroll of $1,645 while
riding in an elevator. 1
Train of Imported
Ties Blazed Last
Night on Siding
—
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY DESTROYED; OTHERj
PROPERTY ENDANGERED BUT FOR TIMELY i
APPEARANCE LOCOMOTIVE AND ASSIS
TANCE SEWARD VOLUNTEER FIREMEN;
BLAZE BELIEVED TO BE OF INCENDIARY
ORIGIN.
Answering an urgent call at midnight, the Seward j
volunteer fire department rushed to the railroads yards'
to extinquish a carload of cross ties, recently discharged j
from the MS North Star, Bureau of Indian Affairs ship,
which had brought them to Seward from Seattle.
The fire, obviously of incendiary origin, threatened
to consume the entire load of ties and adjacent railroad
cars, had not the timely use of an Alaska Railroad loco
motive facilitated isolation of the burning ties from the
rest of the cars o nthe siding track.
Inaccessibility of water at the scene of the fire
greatly hampered the work of the firemen, but after sev
eral minutes the fire was extinquished. About fifteen per
cent of the 'load was scorched, as was an attached box
car. The flat car was not materially damaged and it was
thought all ties could still be used.
LOADED CARS REMOVED
But for snow conditions making
it necessary to leave a trainload
of crossties at Hunter, 40 miles
out, and the return of the engine
to Seward, it is possible an entire
trainload of ties and empty box
cars—30 or 40 in all—would have
been consumed. The switch en
gine used at the Seward terminal
is undergoing repairs and was not
available to remove the train be
yond the reach of the flames. It
was here that the returned engine
came available and succeeded in
removing cars and other rolling
stock and confining the blaze to
one car and the boxcar.
Owing to the point where the
blaze occurred being far removed
from a fire hydrant the depart-1
ment was sorely handicapped inj
fighting the flames.
The damage inflicted on the ties
was confined to the ends, which
had apparently been ignited with
a view to burning the entire load.
SYMPATHY AND REGRETS
Commenting on the incident, D.
C. Brownell, mayor of Seward,
said: “As Mayor of Seward I am
against the breaking of laws. At
the same time I can sympathize
with the men who have been
thrown out of work by the pur
chase of outside ties and who have
used this method of expressing
their resentment and of bringing
the attention of the public to what
is generally regarded in Seward as
an unfair deal to these hard-work
ing men.”
Leon Urbach, president of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce,
said: “While the Chamber of Com
merce has been and is opposed to
the purchase of outside ties, at the
same time I deplore the use of
sabotage as an expression of re
sentment to an act which deprives
many men of their livelihood.”
Deputy U. S. Marshal Ralph j
Reed, who is making an investiga- I
tion of the burning of the ties,
said: “I think this was a sad mis
take.”
nTsins
GETS 10 MILLIONS
CONCORD, N. C., April 24, —
Libby Holman Reynolds’ infant
son, born after the death of his
father, Smith Reynolds, will re
ceive $2,000,000 from the Reynolds
estate, it was revealed in Superior i
court.
The former “torch” singer’s son
is to share $4,000,000 equally with
Smith Reynolds’ first child, Anne
Cannon Reynolds. Anne Cannon
Reynolds was the tobacco heir’s
child by his first marriage.
TEAMS PLAYING IN
HOME CITIES SWELL
- TOTALATTENDANCE
NEW YORK, April 24. —The
home opening of the eight major
league baseball teams in the past
couple of days added over 104,000
fans to the total attendance for
the game of 1933.
Th e ieghth which started the
season off last week, attracted
about 153,000 to make the 16 games
total around 257,000, despite chilly
weather which held down the at
tendance in some cities for the
second round of openings^
The toal gate for the last three
days were: American League—
Cleveland 56,000; Chicago 30,000;
Boston 18,000; Philadelphia 5,000;
National League—Brooklyn 20,
000; New York 15,000; St. Louis
5,100; Pittsburgh 13,000.
prepaWtoIefeaT
ISLAND RATIFICATION
NEW YORK, April 24, —Manuel
Quezon, president of the Philip
pine Senate and head of the Isl
and’s commission, said on arrival
that he is prepared to organize a
Philippine campaign to defeat rat
ification of the independence bill.
He said the campaign will be in
stituted unless drastic changes are
made in the present program for
the Islands. He told the press that
the 10-year probationary period
plan is worse than no indepen
dence project at all and will be de
feated by Filipino independents.
TOOK OFF FOXES
Nick and Alex McGlashan of
Akutan made a trip last week to
Avanatak Island, where they took
off two pairs of foxes and planted
them on Rootak Island for Fred
Anderson. The trip to their prop
erty took three days and they ar
rived back in Akutan on the 21st.
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JACK KEARNS ON JOB
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24,—
Jack Kearns, former manager of
Jack Dempsey, arrived in San
Francisco to handle Mickey Walk
er for his 10-round fight with
George Manley, at Exposition
auditorium tonight.
TOMMY WON
CHICAGO, April 24, — Tommy
Loughran of Philadelphia scored
a unanimous decision over Isidore
Gastanage in 10 rounds. Tommy
weighed in at 185 and his oppo
nent 189 pounds
HISTORY-MAKING
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 24 —!
The government yacht Sequoia
bearing President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister MacDonald return
ed to Washington at 6 o’clock last
night from a history-making
cruise down the Potomac river.
Immediately upon reaching the
V.lhite House, the President sum
moned Secretary Hull and Chair-;
man Pittman of the Foreign re
lations committee, to his dpsk.
briefotImentTs
ISSUED 8! PREMIER
UNO F. 0. ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 24.—
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister MacDonald issued the fol
lowing joint statement from the
White House last night:
Today was occupied in a thor
ough survey of the business of the
disarmament conference at Gene
va.
It was felt by both the Presi
dent and the Prime Minister that
the result of the day’s conversa
tions would considerably advance
the prospects of the success of the
disarmament conference and of
the international economic con
ference. The President will con
tinue the discussion of disarma
ment problems with M. Herriot.
VIGOROUS DENIAL
LONDON, April 24, —A vigorous
assertion that Great Britain will
not return to the gold standard
until tangible downward revision
of the war debt to the United
States, was anticipated to be em
phasized by Neville Chamberlain,
chancellor of the exchequer, in
his budget speech to Parliament
Tuesday.
REPUBLICAN BLOC
ADMIT THEIR DEFEAT
IN HALLS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, D. C#, April 24 —
The administration’s inflation bill
was placed before the Senate Sat
urday in the midst of bitter party
dispute which brought admissions
of defeat from the Republican
anti-inflation bloc.
The Senate recessed until today
after Senator Thomas, Democrat
from Oklahoma, offered the in
flation measure as a rider to the
pending farm relief bill. Debate j
was to begin after the week-end j
recess.
Attacks and counter-assaults
preceded formal presentation of
the amendment. The Mellon-Reed
and Mills bloc was defeated on
every front. A poll indicated the
measure will be adouted by about
a two to one majority in the Sen
ate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24,—
Putting aside social ’ and diplo
matic calls, Prime Minister Ram
say MacDonald and President,
Roosevelt pressed forward with ut- !
most speed in their search for
means of aiding economic recov-!
ery.
They reviewed the main prob
lems, but did not officially reveal
which questions were involved. At
the conference the press learned
on high authority President Roos
evelt outlined the problems fac
ing America and Britain.
It was understood Mr. MacDon
ald had very little to say but lis
tened attentively to Mr. Roosevelt,
making occasional remarks. Neith
er, it was said, advanced any con
crete proposal on war debts or a
return to the gold standard. Ex
perts of both governments were
present.
HIT OF FRINGE
ARRIVES III HMERIGA:
HIS NO RESENTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24.—
Buoyant and smiting, foimer Pre
mier Edouard Harriot of France
showed no resentment of Ameri
ca’s abandonment of the gold
standard as he stepped into the
midst of an official welcome here
hnd then immediately took up
with his economic advisers the
task of preparation for his world
restoration conversations today
with President Roosevelt.
Expressing himself undaunted
by the- change in the situation brot
by America’s altered financial con
dition since he set sail from his
country. M. Herriot said in com
menting upon it:
“There may be a change in de
tails, but the moral and political
basis remains the same; that is,
the fundamentals are the same.”
There is the necessity for the
economic restoration of the world.
There is a war against unemploy
ment. There is organization for
peace. There is development of a
sound exchange, meaning money
and international commerce.
Thus France’s former Premier
stepped into the eddy of fast*
whirling work events that are cen
tering upon this side of the Atlan
tic.
HERE TO COOPERATE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,
HERRIOT'S GREETING
NEW YORK, April 24. —Former
Premier Edouard Herriot of France
arriving in America Sunday to
discuss means for the economic
reconstruction of the world, de
clared that America’s abandon
ment of the gold standard would
not alter the main objectives of
his mission.
“I am here to cooperate with
Pres. Roosevelt,” was his greet
ing to America, ‘ and while there
may be a change in detail because
of the altered status of the Ameri
can dollar, the moral and political
objectives we seek to reach are
the same as always.”
110 RICE DRIVER
LOST CGNM SPEEDING
COO. CRUSHED OEITH
SAN FRANCISCO. April 24, —
Roaring around the Oakland speed
way in practice for Sunday’s 150
mile race, Byron Saulpaugh, noted
auto race driver, lost control of his
car—Red Lion Special—and was
killed.
The machine, hurtling over the
northwest turn into the back
stretch, skidded and rolled over
three times, but did not leave the
track.
Saulpaugh was crushed under
the car, apparently the second
and third times it rolled over
suffering a skull fracture and
crushed chest from which he died
while enroute to Fairmont hospi
tal in an ambulance.
WASHINGTON, D. C , April 24.—
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon
ald deplored the abandoning of
the gold standard by the United
States.
.“When we left England” the
Prime Minister said, “everything
was fine. But before we got to
America, the United States had
gone off the gold standard."
Yesterday President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister MacDonald
cruised down the Potomac, un
harassed by interuptions while
they discussed the economic sit
uation, European war debts and
disarmament.