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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 171.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932. PRICE TEN CENTS
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HOLL YW CX)D, July 23, (£*)—
Florenz Ziegfield, originator of the
Ziegfield Follies, and international
ly known as a “Glorifier of the
American girl”, died in his 64th
year when he succumbed to a heart
attack today. His death occured
at the Cedars where he had appar
ently been recovering from lung
congestion which had resulted from
an attack of pneumonia which he
suffered a year ago.
Billie Burke, stage and screen ac
tress, and his wife, arrived at the
hospital just two minutes after
Ziegfield died.
Ziegfield gained his first experi
ence as a show-man at the age of
13, when he ran away from home
and joined Buffalo Bill’s wild west
show but achieved his greatest rep
utation as a producer of girl and
music shows.
He won the title, ‘‘Glorifier of the
, American Girl” and amassed a for
tune thru his annual Broadway re
A vues, The Follies, in which he led
V the trend toward nudity on the
?' stage.
Admitting that he was to blame
for the fir it, tendency toward this
form*of daring, he lived to regret
the extremes in nudity to which
some producers la*er went. He
claimed he had presented nudity
“artistically” and deplored the
“daring and courseness” of exploit
ers on Broadway.
When this announcement of his
attitude came in 1926. several pro
ducers had copied his annual Fol
lies idea, and had staged shows
that proved as successful as Zieg
field’s own productions.
“I am leading a movement back
to artistry and normalcy in the
theatre”, he said at one time.
“There is but one thing left for
legitimate producers to do. and
. that is to lead not only audiences
a* back to the shows based on merit
th and artistry, but to force other pro
ducers to amend their ways”,
ve He asked the theatre-going pub
al lie’s support by patronizing only
IS those shows that were free from
hr displays of naked women,
a? Even in matrimony Ziegfield con
f' fined himself to the theatrical field.
1 His first wife was Anna Held, whom
a lie starred in several productions
and from whom he was subsequent
a ly divorced. In 1914 he married
I Miss Billie Burke, the actress, who
J was the star in several of his pro
• auctions. A daughter. Patricia, was
born to the couple in 1916.
Ziegfield was born in Chicago,
March 21, 1868
HOME LOAN BANK BILL
SIGNED SI HOOVER
WASHINGTON, July 23, (JP)—
President Hoover Friday signed the
$125,009,COO Home Loan Bank Bill
which carries as a rider the Borah
Glass Currency Expansion meas
ure.
This is the second of $2,000,000,
000 measures which will throw al
most $5,000,000,000 into the battle
against depression. The Home Loan
Bank Bill creates an aggregate of
nearly $2,000,000,000 of new credit
and authorizes $1,000,000,000 of new
currency. It is expected to prevent
the foreclosure of mortgages on
thousands of homes and to help
stabilize commodity prices.
BE BACK LINEUP
NEW YORK, July 23. —George
Herman “Babe” Ruth, the great
man of the Yankees, who tore a
muscle in his right leg in a recent
game with the> Chicago White Sox
was expected to be back in the
lineup today in the opinion of his
trainer Wiry McGovern.
WINS OPEN
LONG BEACH, N. Y. July 23. —
Olin Dutra, Brentwood, Calif., won
the Metropolitan open golf champ
ionship at Lido Beach with aggre
gate of 282. Walter Kozak, New
York, was second with 284 and Joe
Turnesa, Elsford, N. Y.. third with
a 285.
GRONAU AT ICELAND
SEYDIS FJORD, Iceland, July 23,
| (^—Aviator Wolfgang von Gronau
landed here Friday night, 10 hours
after his takeoff from the Island of
! Sylt, Germany. A fuel shortage
made it necessary for him to stop
here instead of continuing on to
Reykjavik, which is 250 miles to
the west of here. He expected to
remain here overnight and to begin
his flight to Chicago again today.
He is flying a seaplane and is ac
companied by a crew of three.
HOOVER TOMS OIL
RADIO SUN
TO RADIO COMMISSION
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WASHINGTON, July 23. —Pre
sident Hoover issued an executive
order abolishing the radio division
of the Department of Commerce
and simultaneously transferred the
I duties of that division to the fed
I eral Radio Commission.
Under the president’s order, the
| Department of Commerce will turn
over to the Commission all officers,
employes, records and appropria
tions belonging to the old radio di
vision
The Federal Radio Commission,”
the president said, ‘‘is authorized
to dismiss officers and employes
not indispensable to the service, to
make such changes in titles, de
1 signation, and duties of such offi
; cers and employes as it may deem
! necessary, and to return to the
| Treasury all appropriations or un
expended balances thereof not nec
| essary to the maintenance of said
i commission.”
PLAQUE PRESENTED
PLATTSBURGH, N. Y. July 23.
—William Randolph Hearst, Jr.,
flew here from New York in an
; amphibian plane and presented a
i gold and bronze plaque donated by
his father to the La Salle Military
Academ y. The ceremonies took
place at the Plattsburgh barracks
amidst loud cheers.
LONG BEACH, Calif.. July 23, —
Believed to hold the solution of the
. first Pacific coast gambling barge
mystery, two employes of the Rose
Isle were ordered held here for
questioning.
Jimmy O'Keefe, a blackjack deal
er, and Virgil Roach, messboy, were
declared, by agents, to have been
present in a cabin of the barge
I when Charles Bozeman, 35-year-old
card dealer, was shot to death.
Fifty members of the barge em
j ployes are being held virtual pri
soners aboard the ship by a coast
guard cutter, standing by with guns
: uncovered.
O'Keefe Friday was charged with
another murder, the killing of
Charles M. Larken, also a gambler
aboard the ship. The charge was
i made by Thomas Cureley, an inves
I tigator for the Department of Jus
| tice.
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A RENEWED SEARCH
FLEMINGTON, N. J. July 23. —
i Eagerness to make a renewed
; search for the Lindbergh b a b y’s
i abductors and slayers was attribut
j ed to John Curtis, who was conviet
I ed of obstructing the hunt. The an
| nouncement was made by Lloyd
i Fisher, the Virginia boat builder’s
! attorney, as he made plans for a
fight to set aside the verdict of a
year’s imprisonment and $1,000 fine
against his client.
BANKS TAKEN OVER
MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 23, —
Three Milwaukee community banks
with combined deposits of $2,000,
000 were taken over by the state
banking commissioner. Banks clos
ed wereLayton Park State, Li
berty State and Security State. A
small run started on Liberty last
week and continued with increased
withdrawals. Financiers attributed
closings to hysteria recently exper
ienced in Chicago.
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DUCK BECUUTK
HIDE PUBLIC BY THE
Ul GftME BODY
JUNEAU, July 23, (Special to The
Gateway)—In accordance with the
provisions of the Alaska Game Law,
regulation No. 12, and amendments
to the Treaty Act. The regulation
just approved prescribes an open
season on ducks, geese and brant,
in Alaska, from September 1 to
October 31, announces the Alaska
Game Commission.
The daily bag limit cn ducks, ex
cept wood duck, ruddy duck, buffle
head duck, is 15 in aggregate of all
kinds but not more than five eider
ducks and not more than 10 of any
one or an aggregate of the follow
ing species: Canvasback, redhead,
greater or lesser scaup, ringneck,
bluewinged, greenwinged and cin
namon, teal, shoveller and gadwall
duck.
The possession limit is 30 ducks
in aggregate of all kinds but not
more than 10 eider ducks and not
more than 20 in aggregate of can
vasbacks and other species listed
in the preceding sentence.
Not more than 25 live duck de
coys may be shot over. There is
no restriction on the use of live
goose decoys in Alaska.
While not specifically stated, it
is presumed that the open season
! for Wilson snipe or Jacksnipe will
i be for the same period and that the
bag limit on geese and brant will
be the same as specified in said
regulation.
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IT COST IIDOLLAH
BELOIT, Wis., July 23. — E. F
Brafiigan, city councilman, an
announced here he would sue Rev
erand H. A. Studebaker for one
dollar, sum Branigan put on the
collection plate before a sermon in
which the minister ‘‘panned” city
government.
Branigan said he would base suit
in laws forbidding obtaining monej
under false pretenses.
“He made a political .speech when
the congregation was led to ex
j pect a sermon” he said.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. —Mrs
Allen B. Monks will be returned tc
San Diego by the police to answei
bad check charges.
Meanwhile, the search for he:
husband is being carried on by the
police in all California cities.
Mrs. Monks has claimed that hei
husband has been the victim of a
blackmail plot extending over sev
eral'years and that he is keeping
out of sight to avoid blackmailers
The Monks family is prominent in
New England society.
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
| MOSCOW, July 23. — The sixth
i anniversary of the death of Feli>
■ Dzerzhinsky, founder of the famous
Cheka, now known as G. P U., was
observed Wednesday throughout
the entire Soviet Union in eu
logies of his character and services
of the Bolshevik revolution. Dzer
zhinsky, Polish by birth, headed
the Cheka from the beginning oi
the revolution in 1917 until his
death in 1926.
PLAN RETURN HOPEWELL
ENGLEWOOD, N. J. July 23. —
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
plan to return to their home in
Hopewell, N. J., immediately aftei
the birth of their second child, ex
pected the latter part of August
Hopewell is the home from which
the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped
and since thos horror days the
Lindberghs have been making their
home at the Morrow home here.
ALEUTIAN LEAVES FOR
NORTHLAND WITH 111
SEATTLE, July 23, (/P)—'The SS.
Aleutian, of the A. SS. Co., sailed
from here this morning at 9 o'clock
and carried 111 passengers of whom
98 were cabin reservations and 13
steerage.
There are 28 passengers for Sew
ard and they are C. E. Johnson, O.
A. Seigler, S. A. Madrid, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Lenox, Miss F. C. White,
U. G. Crocker, Eugene Crocker, Roy
H. Kinsell, C. C. Garland, J. Martin.
Thomas H. Brickley, S. B. Manis,
John H. Edwards, C. J. McNaugh
ton, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Sherman,
Mrs. Jas. Kennedy and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. D. Corput, Ed.
Dearing, Roy Wise, Samuel Morris
Jr., Miss L- Coleman, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Morris, Lela Robertson and
five steerage.
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ITER GIRDED EDOM
USSKSSINS BY SOLDIERS
BERLIN, July 23, —A heavy mili
tary guard was ordered for Adolph
Hitler, German Fascist leader, when
it became known that an attempt
was to be made to assassinate him
The disturbances in political cir
cles continued despite the iron
hand of militaristic pre-war Ger
many which ruled the Heich. It
has been reported that General
' Kurt von Schleicher, defense min
ister wrould succeed Franz von Pap
j pen as chancellor.
RECTOR WILL FIGHT
MULin cm
LONDON, July 23. — Dr. Harold
| Davidson, rector of Stiffkey, Eng.,
packed them in at Wimbledon mo
tion picture house and won roars
of applause and laughter as a
: vaudeville performer.
He is appearing in vaudeville to
raise fur lor appeal from a de
cision a a Norwich consistorj
court finding him guilty of im
morality during social service work
among girls in London slums. Dr
Davidson was on the stage some 3C
years ago before he entered the
pulpit.
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
GENEVA. July 23. The World
Disarmament Conference, which
; has been in session here for man}
weeks, adjourned today for an in
i definite period after adopting a
resolution promising substantial re
ductions in armaments in later de
1 liberations. Russia and German}
i voted against adjournment.
GARNER GOES TO TEXAS
WASHINGTON, July 23. —Speak
er John N. Garner of the House
left by train for his Uvalde, Texas
home where he will spend a brief
vacation before starting his vice
presidential campaign o nthe dem
ocratic ticket.
EXPECT SOME AGREEMENT
GENEVA, July 23. —Despite the
failure of the world arms confer
| ence to agree on Hoover’s one-third
■ reduction, proposal, or any import
j ant measure of general reduction
agreement of some sort was pre
dicted to be signed this week, the
press has learned.
PETITION DENIED
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. —The
state suprme court has denied the
petitidn of Frank J. Egan, who
awaits trial for the murder of Mrs.
Jessie Scott Hughes, for a review
of the supervisor’s proceeding in
which he was ousted as public de
fender.
WINS A. A. U. CHAMPIONSHIP
CHICAGO, July 23. —Nearly 90
athletes of both sexes have won
places on the American track and
field team, but the greatest indivi
dual performer is Mildred “Babe”
Didrickson, of Dallas, Tex., She
accumulated 30 points single hand
ed, won the national A. A. U.
championship and smashed three
world’s record in contests held here.
NURMI CASE BE SETTLED
LOS ANGELES, July 23, —The
case of Paavo Nurmi will be settled
here either Sunday or Monday by
officers of the Olympic games asso
ciation. Nurmi has been charged
with professionalism and barred
! from competition in the Olympic
games. A rehearing will be held
as numerous complaints have aris
en because the famous runner has
been barred.
■BODl
REGARD CIVIL SERVICE
“COACHING" SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON, July 22. — The
1 following statement is made by the
\ United States Civil Service Com
j mission:
The Commission warns the pub
lic against paying money for
“coaching” courses in preparation
for Federal Civil Service examina
tions.
Schools which sell such courses
money under false pretenses. A pur
veyor of civil service course is now
under present conditions accept
under indictment in Iowa for false
! representation. It is expected that
other such cases of prosecution will
follow.
Comparatively few appointments
are being made in the Federal Civil
Service. Vacancies which must be
filled are filled by the transfer of
those in the service or the rein
statement of those who have been
in the service wherever practicable.
It is seldom necessary to an
nounce ain ’examination. I most
i cases large registers of eligibles ex
i ist as a result of examinations held
| during the past year- When an
j examination is announced, the ap
| plicants are usually hundreds of
| times in excess of the need.
Money paid for civil service
j coaching courses at this time might
J almost as v;ell be thrown to the
i four winds.
POLICE RESUME THEIR
' PROBE PARIS BERTH
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; PARIS, July 23. —Police resumed
i investigation of the death of Mrs.
Kay Whelan Gordon Ellis, who died
I last week apparently from an over
dose of sleeping potion.
After preliminary investigation
i the police closed the case. Suhse
' quent developments, however, caus
ed headquarters to reopen inves
| tigation.
Mrs. Gordon Ellis was a former
New York society girl, said to have
inherited $5,000,000 from her fa
ther, Frederick Whelan, cigar store
magnate- She married Dr. Gordon
Ellis. English dentist, but obtained
a divorce and custody of two chil
dren 10 days before death.
Brno FES ILL
HANDS PETBOLLE FMfllU
LONG LISLAND CITY, N. Y. July
23. —Battling Battalino, former
featherweight champion, lost his
fourth straight decision to the Pe
trolle family in a thrilling 10
round bout at the Morroco Club.
Frankie Petrolle, brother of Billie,
made it two straight over the Hart
ford fighter by capturing a well
earned decision and thus tied his
brother’s score against the same
opponent.
A knockdown, scored by Frankie,
in the fourth constituted a loss of
difference between the pair in the
finish. Battalino was down for the
count of eight.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8, Washington 4.
Only American League game.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 1.
Philadelphia 9, Brooklyn 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 6, Oakland 5.
POLICEMEN S GUNFIRE
RESULTS IN DEATH
OF TWO UP MEN
TACOMA, July 23, UP)—'The dead
ly gunfire of three policemen from
the trap they set to capture a hold
up gang which %iad been preying
on parked cars in the residential
| district, killed two men Friday
The holdup gang went to a decoy
automobile, which had been pur
posely parked near some shrubbery,
flashed a flashlight in John Paul
son’s face and demanded he “stick
'em up”* Another police official,
Detective Sergeant arry Amundson,
then leaped from the shrubbery
and demanded that the men sur
render. One of the holdup men
started to run while another swung
toward Amundsen with his revolver
raised.
Amundson and Police Officer
Percy Gregg opened fire and the
man dropped to the ground with a
charge of buckshot in his chest.
Officers in ambush with sawed-off
shotguns and the ones who had
just engaged in combat with the
second member of the holdup men,
shot at the running man. He was
caught in a crossfire between the
police officials and he fell.
A third member of the holdup
gang is believed to have escaped,
as when the officers were concen
trating their attention on the two
bandits, a car, which had been
parked nearby, drove rapidly away.
Both the holdup men who w re
killed were about 25 years of age
and were unidentified. They had
been credited with a score of hold
! ups in that district.
TIE STOCK
NEW YORK. July 23. —Latest
quotations cn the New York stock
| exchange were Amer. Smelt. 8,
; Beth. Steel 10, Gen. Foods 21%,
Radio 4, Union Oil 934, U. S. Steel,
pfd. 59x4, Am. Can 3378, Gen. Mot.
834, Trans-America 31. Westing
house 1834, Calif. Pack. 61. Western
Union 17. Amer. Tel and Tel. 7434,
United Aircraft 10V4, Can. Pac. 10
73, Gen. Elec. 1014, Stand. Oil, of
Calif., 2114, U. S. Steel 23%, Stand.
Oil, N. J. 2578.
TWO MEN SHOT
i NEW YORK, July 23. —Mouths
j sealed with adhesive tape, hands
i tied behind their backs, the bullet
I torn bodies of two men were found
on a truck farm at Bayside Queens,
Rhode Island, Friday.
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RATTLE DINNER PAILS
IS ft CHEERFUL NOTE
BOSTON, July 23. —Dinner pails
! are rattling again in the New Eng
! land states as the gates of mills
i and factories swing open.
Reports received by the New Eng
| land C o u n ci 1 Headquarters and
! other official sources presented a
i cheering picture of a slow but sure
revival in manufacturing and bus
iness generally in this group of six
states.
Orders were coming into textile
mills, shoe factories, hat factories,
velvet mills and jewelry shops call
ing for an increase in production.
The “Big Parade” of thousands of
workers appeared definitely under
way at last.
ELIMINATION GOES ON
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23- —
One hundred and two aspirants to
the United States boxing team in
the Olympic games opening July
^1 in Los Angeles, settled down to
the business of eliminating one
half their number via knockouts
and left jabs and other highly ef
fective methods at their disposal.
LONDOS IS VICTOR
SEATTLE, July 23, (A5)—Jim Lon
dos, recognized in many states as
the world’s heavyweight wrestling
champion, threw Abe Coleman of
New York, here Friday evening, for
two falls. Londos scored falls on
his headlocks and airplane spina.