MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 140.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HOOVER IS HL
STUD BEOOEfl.
DEWS OLD FRIEND
CHICAGO, June 18. (^—Presi
dent Hoover was pictured as the
ideal standard bearer of the Re
publican party by Joseph L. Scott
of California, his long time friend,
in nominating him for President.
He told the delegates that Hoover
is a “past master in that greatest
of all branches, engineering; that
I like to think of it as human en
gineering. He is the man who has
given and is giving his time, energy
and his whole being in service and
in behalf of his fellow man. He
is the ideal standard bearer of the
Republican party, believing in its
principals. His life typifies spirit
ual values, exemplifying undaunted
courage and a real American.
“Sprung from the grass roots of
the nation, he has been weighed
in the balance and not found want
ing because he has modestly and
fervently fulfilled his pledges.. His
shield is untarnished and his head
unbowed. We nominate him and
give him to you as your candidate,
our great California Hoover.”
L. B. Sandblast, of the Portland,
Oregon, nominated Joseph France
of Maryland for president saying;
“If you nominate this man you
will have advanced the interests
of this republic through certain
victory next Nevember for the
party.’’
Scott’s nomination speech caused
a noisy demonstration and the con
vention marched in a long and
brilliant parade in honor of the
Californian, wrho led, while all
shouted and danced as on a holiday
parade.
WET PLITFORM IS
ADOPTED 8! 8.0. P.
CHICAGO. June 16, (/Pi— Repub-!
lican party platform, including j
prohibition in the submission:
plank, was adopted by acclama- i
tion at the convention early i
Thursday after repeal, on a sub
stitute plank, had been voted down.
The convention adjourned at
1:17 a.m. and meets at 11 a.m.
Four hours of bitter debate pre
ceeded reentering the repeal sub
stitute and acceptance of the sub
mission plank.
NATIONAL REPEAL OF
DRY Ulllll CERTAIN
CHICAGO, June 16, (IP)— A na
tional repeal of the prohibition ex
periment appeared certain when it
was learned that the Republican
platform drafting committee had1
approved what in effect is a re
submission of the proposal.
News of the platform committees :
final decisions spread as the dele-!
gates adjourned the second day’s
session after hearing Representa
tive Bert. H. Snell of New York
sound the trumpets of expected
victory for the Republican party in
November.
EXPORT TRADE FOR MAY (
PULLS TO LOW FIGURE:
i
—
Alaska’s export trade for May,
1932, aggregated $1,277,997, accord
ing to the monthly summary of
commerce just issued by J. C. Mc
Bride, Collector of Customs for the
Teritory. Gold shipments made up
more than one-third of the total,
and were valued at $463,897.
The total value of all other pro
ducts, evcept silver and gold, was
$751,771. This is one of the small
est volumes of business for May
ever recorded.
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
J. L. Reed returned Wednesday to
his local offices from the Anchor
age court term which has adjourn
ed until July.
ADOPT PLANK
CHICAGO, June 16.—The resolu
tions committee adopted a plank
i calling for the submission of a new
amendment to State conventions
calling for federal control of liquor
as a substitute for the eighteenth
amendment.
SILVER PLANK IN
G. 0. P. PLATFORM IS
RAILED BY DELEGATES
CHICAGO, June 16, (/P)—The 19
word silver plank in the Republi
can platform was hailed by dele
gates from silver producing sec
tions as a distinct victory although
not as inclusive as some had hoped.
The plank reads:
“We favor the calling of an in
ternational conference for the con
sideration of monetary matters in
cluding the position of silver.”
Other features in the platform
in addition to prohibition, includ
ed the endorsement of Hoover
leadership in the economic crisis;
emergency loans to states, unem- i
ployment relief, revision of the
banking laws to protect depositors,
tariff protection for national re
: sources including products from
! forests, farms and oil wells; par
| ticipation in the world court, rigid
; laws against gangsters, racketeers !
and kidnappers, was the adminis
tration’s hand-fashioned platform
which bore stamp of Hoover poli11
cies from start to finish.
Members of the President’s cab- j
inet personally attended to the
drafting and took command of the
resolutions committee to see this!
handiwork was safely sent to the!
1 convention.
Aside from the prohibition plank ;
there was little argument
The committee plank regarding
Alaska read:
“We favor a policy giving to the I
people of Alaska the widest pos- '
sible territorial self-government i
and selection, so far as is possible,
of bonafide residents for positions
in that Territory, and placing its
citizens on an equality with this
in the several states.”
drifted for eight days
ABOARD THE SS. CIRCE SHELL. ’
Stanislaus F. Hausner, the Polish j
aviator clung to the wreckage of
his red monoplane for eight days
while it drifted far off the Portu- !
guese coast. At dusk on the eighth 1
day the sea became rougher and i
fog threatened. A few hours stood i
between the aviator and death
when the British tanker SS. Circe
Shell steamed slowly across the
horizon- When the boat came near
er a boat put out and rescued
Hausner.
IS
QUEBEC, June 16. —On her first
trip through the straits of Belle
Isle this season the Canadian
Pacific flagship Empress of Britain
again broke the record for Atlan
tic crossing. She arrived here
Monday, the new record for the
Cherbourg to Father Point crossing
now stands at four days eight hours
and fifty two minutes which is 25
minutes shorter than the best time
made last year.
The Empress of Britain thus not
only breaks her own records for the
St- Lawrence route but holds the
Pilot to Pilot by any steamship
record for the shortest time from
crossing the Atlantic either direct
or by any route.
A. H- L. Meyers, of Brown &
Hawkins Corporation, returned to
day from a brief business trip to
Anchorage. Mr. Meyers made the
round-trip via plane arriving here
today with Pilot Winchell, of the
McGee Airways.
As far as can be learned Anchor
age employees of the Alaska Rail
road plan holding their annual pic
nic Sunday in the Moose Pass re
gion.
DIKES DEFINITELY MYS
KILL NOT ICCEPT HONOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16,
(/Pi—Charles G. Dawes said he will
not accept the Republican nomin
ation for vice president if it were
offered to him.
His statement was made as he
relinquished the presidency of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion. He said he felt a “more expli
cit explanation of his position was
necessary after his previous state
ment and that friends were em
barrassing me” in nominating him
for the vice presidential candidacy.
FURTHER REMOVIl OF
COLO RESERVE CHIMED
NEW YORK, June 16, —Removal
of fears of further abnormal gold
withdrawal from the United States,
which has cramped the easy mon
ey policy of the Federal Reserve
System, was seen as another im
portant step in the return of con
fidence in this country.
Of the $5,001,000,000 on Septem
ber 16, 1931, the gold stocks of the
United States were, up to Wednes
day, $3,904,000,000.
DISAGREE DIAGNOSIS
LOS ANGELES, June 16, (A5) —
Physicians attending Aimie Mc
Pherson Hutton disagreed on the
diagnosis that she is suffering from
typhoid. One doctor said she is ill
from Neurrastenic and in a serious
condition.
FOX COUNTS TWENTY FIVE
NEW YORK, June 16. -—Jimmy
Fox, home run king of the major
leagues, basted out his 24th and
25th circuit clouts in the game
wherein his Phillies Athletics
trounced Detroit 10 to 5.
CANZONERI FAVORITE
CHICAGO, June 16. —Tony Can
zoneri, lightweight champion, and
Harry Dublinsky of Chicago yes
terday ended training for their 10
round non-title bout at the new
West Side Boxing club tonight
Canzoneri rules a 7 to 5 favorite.
INCREASE REPRESENTATION
CHICAGO, June 16. —Hawaii,
Alaska and the District of Colum
bia were granted an increase of
one member each in their national
convention representation. Each
of these Territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia wil be permitted
three instead of two delegates. The
increased representation was au
thorized at the meeting of the na
tional committee on rules.
HOOVER NOMINATED
CHICAGO, June 16, (/P)—
President Hoover received
the Republican nomination
for president on the first bal
1 o t, with a total o f 1,154.
Scattering votes were cast
as follows:
Senator Blaine of Wiscon
sin 13, Calvin Coolidge 4*4,
former Senator J. France of
Maryland 4, former Senator
Wadsworth of New York 1,
former Vice President Chas.
G. Dawes 1.
The Alaska delegates cast
two votes for Hoover.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE”
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.
UP) — Salty sea water instead of
sparkling wine came from half of
the bottles when the Italian em
bassy opened a new consignment
of choice liquors from Europe. The
shipment was landed at Baltimore
under diplomatic immunity.
FARMERS ARRESTED
HELSINGFORS, Finland, June 16,
(/P)—Military police arrested 230 in
surrectionist farmers in northern
Finland.
WELCOME, LOS ANGELENOS
*****
The welcome usually accorded the stranger
within the gates may take on a greater significance
in extending the hand of friendship to the Los An
geles Chamber of Commerce. It is a welcome winch
at once recognizes the rapidly growing acquain
tance and friendship between peoples and at the
same time carries with it a merited applause for a
spirit of achievement.
For no city in the United States has accom
plished more in material and ethical p rogress than
the City of the Angels. This progress has been won
by diligence and the capacity to advance where
others marked time, to build where others destroy,
and to bring into play forces which have been edify
ing to the world as well as contributing to the
growth of the United States.
If nothing else, this achievement should shed a
measure of inspiration and confidence upon those
laboring to conquer the frontier. And in its con
quering no greater boon could fall to our lot than !
to have the visitors, among us tomorrow, cast in
their lot and transmit to us some of the genius and
constructive ability expressed in the little pueblo
which grew into a grand metropolis and in growing
withstood every assault of fortune and storm of
uncertainty.
With Los Angeles’ spirit and genius plus our
great storehouse of golden wealth Alaska could
prove a wonderland.
VETERANS CONCENTRATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.
' (JP)—Flushed with success by the
passage of the bonus bill in the
House the beseiging army veterans
concentrated on persuading the
Senate to approve the two billions’
| payment. The Senate, it is believ
i ed, will defeat the bill. The fin
J ance committee economy bill is
; still deadlocked in conference.
SIGNIFICANT MOVE
BUENOS AIRES, June 16, (/P)—
A government decree granting a 50
per cent rebate in customs duty
on whiskey imported from Great
Britain and Northern Ireland was
seen as a significant move toward
reciprocity with Britain before the
economic conference.
AMERICAN DEFEATED
QUEENS CLUB, London, Eng.,
June 16, (JP)—Harry Hopman, Aus
tralian, defeated Ellsworth Vines
of Pasedena, 9-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, in
the third round of the Queen’s Club
tennis tournament
— 1 —• •
FAVORS DAWES
CHICAGO, June 16.—The Calif
ornia delegation is in conference
as favoring modification, but not
where the platform committees rest
prohibition repeal. Likewise, it was
said, a strong sentiment favoring
Charles G. Dawes for Vice-Presi
dent has developed.
HOOVER TURNS WET
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 16.
—It was learned upon authority
that the prohibition plank placed
before the Chicago G. O. P. conven
tion Wednesday night carried the
full approval of President Hoover.
HOSTILE MAJORITY IN
THE SENATE TOWARD
WASHINGTON, D. D-, June 16,
(£*)—The House today passed the
$2,400,000,000 Patman bonus bill,
as hundreds of veterans watched
from the galleries the results of
their march on congress. The vote
was 209 to 178.
As acting speaker, Rainey an
nounced the victory of bonus advo
cates the crowded galleries cheer
ed and applauded the veterans in
the first demonstration during the
hours of the bonus debate.
The measure, providing sufficient
currency inflation to meet the vet
erans payments, now goes to the
Senate where its opponents are
boasting a hostile majority.
HOLLYWOOD REALTY
OPERATOR WHS SHOT
TO DEATH BY BANDIT
HOLLYWOOD. June 16. —Mer
ton E. Jenks, wealthy Hollywood
realty operator, and associate of
Police Commissioner Thomas Walk
up, was shot to death last night in
a battle with a bandit in the Holly
wood hills. The only witness was
Mrs. Helen E. Moffitt, to whom
Jenks was showing some property.
She said an armed man leaped
from the shrubber;/ and pointed a
gun at Jenks. who grappled with
him.
“I ran to the car and started
away when I heard a shot,” Mrs.
Moffit said. Mrs. Moffitt was hy
sterical. The police said they will
question her.
Jenks was found staggering
along a nearby boulevard. “The ban
dits stole my car and my sweet
heart,” Jenks told J. L. Zeller, a
passer-by. “If I die tell my wife I
love her.” He died soon after
reaching an emergency hospital.
Zeller said Jenks mentioned two
bandits while Mrs. Moffitt insisted
there was only one. She said she
had known Jenks three years. Her
husband is an automobile sales
man.
PROHIBITION COSTS TOO
MUCH SMS rail's SON
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. — j
Charles Edison, son of the late *
Thomas A. Edison and head of the j
enterprise his father founded, to- :
day demanded repeal of the eight-!
eenth amendment, the San Fran- j
cisco Call-Bulletin declared.
“Prohibition has done much
good but at a price we cannot af
ford to pay,” Edison was quoted,
“I should prefer to see repeal.”
Edison is on a nation-wide busi
ness tour.
FAVORABLY REPORTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.
(/P)—Favorable report on the Ship
stead bill for Rivers and Harbors
development was voted 11 to 5 by
the Senate finance committee. It
seeks finance, through bonds, river
and harbor projects authorized now
or in the future. The bonds will
be issued as needed to pay for the
projects.
ASK PROTECTION
NANKING, June 16, (JP) — The
American legation requested Chi
nese authorities to provide protec
tion and an armed escort, if neces
sary, for 17 American missionaries
endangered by the activities of
General Lin Kwie Tangs, the re
bellion army near Kaichow.
CHIMIN C. 0. P. MEET
SITS REPUBLIGINS ONLY
PUTT ME RULING
CHICAGO, June 16.—The second
session of the convention opened
at 11:52 yesterday with Senator
Dickinson, as temporary chairman.
Representative Snell was chosen
permanent chairman. He told the
delegates that the solidarity of
their party “in the crisis means
salvation for us” He alternately
denounced the Democrats and
praised Hoover, but like Dickinson
in h i s keynote speech Tuesday
did not mention prohibition.
“By trial in actual responsibili
ty of conducting government the
Republican party became capable
of governing,v he said. “Outside
of the Republican party is confu
sion and chaos with only sound
united public sentiment represent
ed in this convention. The Demo
cratic party is fatally weak be
cause it is utterly lacking in team
work.”
Snell said the Democrats placed
in control of the House did well
enough as long as they followed
Hoover, but once they set out to
carry forward their own program
they exhibited colossal incapacity,
hopeless division and disintegra
tion with the result there was a
total collapse of their party ma
chinery.
“The Democratic party is a mob
of feud factions unable to bring
order out of chaos in their own
ranks. How can it be expected to
maintain order in government if
this country is to be governed with
judgment and prudence?”continu
ed Snell. “The Republican party
must do the job.”
Taking up the quickstep, the Re
publicans marched and shouted in
a 20-minute demonstration for
Hoover as Snell paid tribute to the
President- The demonstrators
were led by Rolph and included
the Wisconsin delegates for the
first time in 30 years, and which in
the convention adopted the report
of its credentials committee seat
ing Hoover delegates. It was urged
that the delegations from South
Carolina, Mississippi and Georgia
come over.
McGlinn, member of the Wash
ington State delegation on the
rules committee, reported that
Alaska had won an additional vote
in the convention. After a battle
it was decided that Alaska should
have three instead of two votes.
As a result Carl Theile, secretary
to Governor Parks, was assured by
the Washington delegate of the
support of Alaska’s home rule
plank in the resolution committee.
GERMANY TO PIY UP
LAUSANNE, June 16, (^—Mac
Donald tol dthe delegates of 13 na
tions in conference on reparations
on war debts that Europe cannot
act alone and must have the help
of the United States in solving the
world’s economic troubles.
“The United States encouraged us
and I believe it will cooperate on
some wider problems and join us
in devising a policy for encour
agement of trade enrichment to na
tions at this time for bold propo
sals.”
He expressed himself as clearly
in opposition to repudiation by
Germany of her war reparations
KENNECOTT COPPER
HAS GREAT ASSETS
Kennecott Copper offers those
who buy its stock at the present
price of from $6.50 to $7, a pro-rata
share in $52,000,000 working capital
as of last December 31, of unsold
copper be inventoried at 6 cents,
equal to $5.50 a share, of which
$2 75 was in cash and Government
securities. Thus buyers pay about
$1.25 for a share in mines, plants
and fabricating subsidiaries, com
ments the Wall Street Journal.