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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 105.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEFINITE SIGNS OF
INCREASED BUSINESS
' DECLARES PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 5 —
An appeal for higher wage scales
to off-set commodity prices was
directed by President Roosevelt to
the employers of the nation.
In a brief notable speecn before
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, President Roosevelt
said htere are definite signs of a
slight business upturn in which
labor people should share. Without
discussing legislation details, the
Presndent indicated his approval
of plans now under consideration
for national control of production.)
competition, prive levels and wag
He promised full government:
support in driving out “cut-throat” :
business operators.
cm PUNS TO
KNOCK "BLOCK1' OFT
CNHON SUM
GENEVA. May 5.—Primo Car
nera, Italian heavyweight boxer,
sailed for New York on the SS.
Rex to prepare for his forthcoming
bout there with Jack Sharkey, the
champion featherweight.
A crowd of boxing fans were at;
*t,he pier to give Camera an en- j
thuiastic sendoff. He was accom- j
panied by his Italian manager, J
Luigi Soresi. Camera said he j
would start training at Compton1
Lake N. Y., as soon as he arrived
in the States.
f The bout is scheduled for June
29. “I am certain to whip Sharkey
and win the championship.” Car
nera told his friends
14 YEAR OLD GIRL!
MONTEREY. Calif.. May 4—Po-!
^ice and sheriffs offices of Monter- j
ey and Salinas and army officers
of the Presidio here cooperated in
searching for eGorge Jameson, 27.1
private, connected with the 110th
Cavalry band, who was reported
to have run away with a 14-year-:
old Monterey girl, Henryetta Ben-,
ezides.
County clerks were asked t-o be
on the lookout for the pair, and
a child-stealing warrant was is
sued for Jameson’s arrest.
GUARANTEES JOB
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 5,-0.
A. Cargill, attorney and bondsman
for C. C. Julian, received a letter
irom a man in Seattle who “guar
antees to return the elusive oil
promoter to this country”. Legal)
technicalities apparently do not
bother the Seattle man, who claim
*ed “connections in Shanghai to
accomplish the act”, and gave
high class references.
HEADS PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5,—j
^George Peek, of Moline, 111., has!
virtually been decided upon as!
head of the sweeping farm meas
ure program. Peek, a farm equip
ment manufacturer and long-time
student of agricultural problems,
was one of those who participated
in the White House conferences on
the application of the bill designed f
to raise the price of farm com
modities.
CROSS STATE LINE
LANCEDALE, Ala., May 4. —
When customers from the Ala
bama side of the Chattahoochee
\river wish to buy cigarettes and!
gsmoking tobacco for less money i
than is possible in the “Iron”!
state on account of the high tax, |
they walk 100 yards to the river,
cross the planked way leading
jto a new building, and get their
favorite brand in Georgia.
INEVITABLE
LONDON, May 5,—While resent
ing abolition of the oath of alleg
iance by the Irish Free State gov
ernment, Great Britain’s indigna
tion was somewhat tempered by
realization that such action was
inevitable. The government has
given up hope of reaching an un
! derstanding with President de Val
j era.
AMERICA BITTERLY
ATTACKED IN DEBATE
OF E
LONDON, May 5. —The United
States was bitterly and publicly
attacked during debate in the
House of Commons after Phime
Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald
had reported on his visit to Wash
ington. revealing that war debts
would be barred from discussion
at the World economic conference.
Sir Stafford Cripps, former sol
icitor general, branded the deci
sion of the United States to pay
the interest on her gold bonds in
paper currency as “contrary to
every criterion of honesty.”
The United States hoped to win
the financial leadership of the
world from England after the war,
Sir Arthur Samual taunted, but
with the American default on her
Liberty bonds, no one would again
look t oher for leadership.
RATION-WIDE FARM
STRIKE ON Mill 3
DES MOINES, la. May 5. —
The National farm holiday asso
ciation voted to inaugurate a
nation-wide farm strike May 13.
Farmers representing agricul-:
tural groups in 24 states passed a
resolution calling the strike de-'
signed to starve America into
granting their relief proposals. j
The delegates were inspired by
their dramatic and picturesque;
leader. Milo eRno, who shook his
iron-gray hair, waved his fists
and shouted his protests against
depression prices.
INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—
The Senate authorized its bank
ing and currency committee to in
vestigate the general conduct of
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.j
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ENROUTE TO CONFAB
YOKAHAMA, May 5.—Viscount;
Kikuhiro Lshii and the Japanese;
delegation to President Roosevelt’s!
economic conference sailed for the'
United States.
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SENATE CONFIRMATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—
The Senate confirmed the nomi-!
nations of Hugh S. Gibson to be
ambassador to Brazil; Warren De-|
lano Robbins to be Minister to
Canada, nd Lawrence A. Stein-'
hardt to be Minister to Sweden. !
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MILLIONS CACHED
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5,—
Cached over the country is $20,- j
000,000 in gold which Attorney
General Cummings said would be
sought out by the government thru
prosecutions and possibly by pub
licizing the owners names.
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PRIZE ALIBI
LOS ANGELES ,May 4,—Willie
Harris, negro, gave Judge William
McKay the prize alibi for a traffic
violation. “Judge, that streetcar
was on the wrong side of the
street”, he said.
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ENTRIES FOR BIG RACE
INDIANAPOLIS, IndM May 4.—
Entries for the 500-mile interna
tional automobile sweepstakes to
be held here May 30 were rushed
to 59 after the receipt by the au
thorities of seven additional en
tries.
HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS
SAVED FHDAA DEATH
IN HOSPITAL FIRE
SAYRE, Pa., May 5,—R u s h i n g
through smoke and flames, physi
cians, firemen and volunteers res
cued 266 patients from the Robert
Packer Hospital when the institu
tion was swept by a $750,000 fire.
Every patient was removed safe
ly, but Charles Mayo 79. died in
Tioga Hospital, Waverly, N. Y.,
soon after his rescue. Mrs. Ray
Lewis, who was in the maternity
ward, gave birth to a son a few
minutes after she was sped to a
church parish house.
The fire started in the main sec
tion of the wooden building pro
bably from a cigraette. A tele
phone operator gave hte alarm
One of the first heroic rescues was
made by Dr. John Gillan. of Min
neapolis, who dived thru flames
to reach a patient trapped in a
room.
HONUS WAGNER DAY:
“FLYING DUTCHMAN"
HONORED ATiOOKLYN
BROOKLYN, May 5,—It’s going
to be Honus Wagner Day in Brook
lyn as the Pittsburgh Pirates come
here to play their first series of
the season against the Dodgers, i
The famous “Flying Dutchman”, I
now a Pirate coach, has been hon-1
ored in one way or another in’
nearly every National Club he vis
ited so far, but Brooklyn intends
to out-do the rest.
Honus is to receive the keys of
the Borough at a reception on the
Borough Hall steps shortly after
noon, head a parade to Ebbet’s
Field for the game and to be guest
of honor at a dinner at Coney Is
land in the evening.
SHARKS ATE SKIPPER
SIRS INN HARDING
—
HOLLYWOOD. May 4, -Annj
Harding, film star, telephoned
friends here from Havana, Cuba,
where she is visiting, that a sail
boat in which she was riding in
the harbor there, had capsized and
the master of it, in attempting a
rescue, had lost his life among the
sharks.
The actress said the accident oc- I
curred while she, her secretary,
Marie Lombard, and Alexander
Kirkland, film actor, were sailing
about three miles off shore.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 1, 4, N. Y. 2, 5.
Cincinnati 4, Boston 0.
Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 1.
St. Louis 5, Phillies 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Phillies 1, Chicago 2.
Boston at St. Louis postponed on
account of cold.
Washington 5, Cleveland 6.
New York 5. Detroit 4.
PACIFIC COAST
S. F. 6. Hollywood 7.
Sacs 11, Oakland 0.
Seattle, Portland rained oot.
L. A. 8, Missions 4.
$500 GOLD NUGGET
SEWARD, Alaska, May 4, —
$500 gold nugget with considera
ble quartz sticking to it, indicat
ing it had broken from a vein and
had traveled but a short distance,
then the death of the prospector
who found it, has added consider
able interest here and undoubted
ly has added another lost mine to
the long list which has engrossed
the' attention of adventurers thru
out the world. '
SHORTAGE OF SALMON
PORTLAND, May 5,—The grow
ing strike movement among trol
lers and gill-netters is menacing
the Pacific coast with a shortage
of fresh salmon.
SEARCH FOB LITTLE
GIRL SHIFTED ANCIENT
INDIAN SETTLEMENT
HARWICH. Mass., May 5. —The
ancient Indian village of Mash
pee became the center of a tense
search for kidnapped Peggy Me j
Math.
State troopers sped there on an
unexplained mission. Scnoes of
the year-old Lindbergh kidnapping
case intruded upon the search
while her parents waited, appar
ently in vain, for word from the
abductors which might lead to ne
gotiations to ransom the 10 year
old girl.
Despite widespread activities of
police, department of justice men
and the coast guard, no trace of I
Peggy or her captors has been j
found.
ON BOUNDING MAIN
SAN PEDRO. Calif., May 5—Un
daunted by high seas and strong
winds, the fleet was at sea after
12 hours spent behind the break
water here- The fleets maneuvers,
which started Monday, were inter
rupted by a storm.
PRESIDENT ON TRE
AIR SUNDAY NIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 5,— ;
President Roosevelt will give an!
account of his stewardship to the
people of the Nation in an address
from the White House Sunday
night at 9:45 o’clock, Eastern;
Standard Time.
The President will review his
administration from March 4 to
the present time. He will discuss
what has been accomplished thusj
far and what he hopes to accom-:
plish before the special session of
Congress adjourns.
ENROUTE TO £ONFA§
TOKIO, May 5,—Viscount Ham
jiro Ishii departed for his confer
ence with President Roosevelt to
defend Japan’s role as a defender
of peace in the Orient and to urge
American recognition of Maschu
kuo.
ON ROAD RECOVERY
NEW YORK, May 4. -Helen Vas-1
co, who recently underwent an eye
operation after a sensational court
controversy over the right of the
State to force medical attention
over protests of the child's parents,
will be permitted to leave thei
Medical Center Friday.
WHEN AND HOW'
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 4,—A
committee of disinterested” physi
cians was attempting to decide
when and how Albert Baskett, San
Francisco advertising man, receiv
ed the skull fracture which result
ed in his death in the county hos
pital here last week.
SUSTAIN VETO
SACRAMENTO, May 4. —Sup
porting Governor Rolph in his op-,
position to state partnership with;
legalized gambling, the assembly
unanimously voted to sustain the
executive veto on the race track
gambling bill u7ith vote to uphold
the Governor 73-0.
LIKE AIR CHANNEL CROSSING
PARIS, May 4, (/P)—Ten of every
100 travelers from London to Paris
cross the English channel by air
plane.
Jack Hewitt, brother to Arthur
Hewitt, formerly of Anchorage but
now of Seattle, has been renewing
acquaintances here during the
time the SS Redondo has been in
port and on which vessel he is an
officer.
RESOLUTION
DES MOINES, la., May 5,—The
j National farm holiday association
I adopted a resolution favoring im
I mediate payment of the cash bon
us to World War veterans thru is
suance of Treasury certificates.
The resolution was regarded as
a gesture to enlist the veterans
with organized labor in a coopera
tive endeavor to make the Nation
al farm strike effective.
HUNDREDS OF FEE!
DURANGO, Colo., May 5.—Car
son Mountain, Colorado’s famous
ambling peak, shifted to within1
400 feet of the Animas rive’* in
the vast upheaval over an area es
timated at 25 square blocks.
A new loop road around the mov
ing mountain was ordered closed
by the county commissioners when
traffic to the shifting mass be
came increasingly heavy. The
mountain formerly was easy to
climb- Today, however, its face
became a cliff.
A second area, the top of the
peak, threatened to crash into the
canyon between Carbon and Park-;
er Mountains, on the side away j
from the Animas river.
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EXPECTED TO PASS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 5,—
Majority Leader Byrns of the
.House announced today that he
expected the House to pass the
administration securities control
bill before adjournment tonight.
WILL MAKE mm
II FREE LAND SOON
DUBLIN, May 5,—Pres. Eamon
de Valera’s first full declaration of!
his interest to make Ireland a re- I
public and his hope to “have this;
a free land soon” was enthusiasti
cally acclaimed in legislature of
the Irish Free State. i
The Dail Eireann and the gov-j
ernment took an important step,
in that direction Wednesday when
they scrapped the oath of alleg
iance to the British crown required
by treaty of all Dail members be
fore they took their seats.
OR ELSE—
PARIS, May 5,—France wants at
least a 50 percent reduction of
her war debts to the United States,
it was revealed by Senator Henry
Berenger, chairman of Foreign Af- j
fairs Commission, during a debate
on the French budget in the Sen
ate.
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“HIT EVERYONE”
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5,—
Navy Department officials, it was;
learned, are considering a proposal
to place one-third of the United
States fleet in reserve commission
for a period of six months. As
sistant Secretary Henry L. Roose
velt revealed the economies in
naval operation expenses would
“hit everyone.”
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TAKE-OFF TUESDAY
LOS ANGELES, May 5,—Col. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, said
they would leave shortly for Wash- i
ington, probably next Tuesday, j
where the flyer will be available |
as a witness in the trial involving,
Gaston B. Means, former Depart
ment of Justice agent during the j
Harding administration.
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NO REGRETS
NEW YORK, May 4,—Pearl S.
Buck, the novelist, is quitting her
life as a missionary with neither
rancor nor regret, she said in her
first extended pronouncement
since her resignation was accept
ed by the Presbyterian Board of
Missions.
1
BLOCK C. S. GOODS
PARIS, May 5,—A concerted
move among European nations to
erect higher tariff barrier against
American good: as retaliation to
threats of inflation of the dollar
in the United States, caused an
xiety among American merchants
here.
A survey showed that a number
cf the chief countries on the con
tinent were planning, or had tak
en, steps to counteract the fall of
the dollar in foreign markets. The
French government, for example,
threatened to put a 15 percent
surtax on American goods if the
dollar permanently depreciates
more than 15 percent.
JOCKEY RECEIVED
SKULL MID 01E0
BALTIMORE, May 5. —Buddy
Hanford, one of the country's
leading jockeys, died at the South
Baltimore General Hospital after
being injured in the sixth race at
the Pimlico track.
Hospital attaches said he receiv
ed a multiple fracture at the base
of the skull and died about five
minutes after being brought to
the hospital.
Hanford was riding Apprehen
sive, one of Mrs. F. Ambrose
Clark’s foals, when the horse
stumbled and fell. A patrol judge
ing on the ground until he was
reported that Hanford lay groan
picked up- Hanford had been slat
ed to ride Trace Cali, of the Aud
lev Farms, in the Kentucky Derby
today.
200 WOMEN CRAZY
ABOUT THIS CHAP
NEWARK, N. J., May 4.—Halwyn
Drake, director of the Halwyn Mo
tion Picture Co., described in crim
inal court as having “at least 200
women crazy about him.”
His counsel made the statement
in arguing, that Peggy Wiskowski,
attractive office worker, gave
Drake $1,975 because of her love
for him. Miss Wiskowski, however,
insisted the money was a loan as
yet unpaid and Drake was held
under $3500 bail for the grand
jury.
SCIENTIST DIES
MOSCOW May 4.—Ivan Ivano
vitch, professor of experimental
biology, died without having ob
tained any results in his efforts
to interbreed apes with the human,
species, it was learned here. The
eminent scientist, who had sought
by his racial experiment to estab
lish the “missing link” in the ori
gin of the human race, died at
his home at Kent, aged 59.
AGAIN THREATENED
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 4,—
Mrs. Nell Donnelly, a victim of kid
nappers a year and a half ago,
has been threatened in a third ex
tortion attempt, it was revealed
here. The garment manufacturer
turned over to police a letter de
manding $10,000 and containing
threats of personal harm if the
money was not forthcoming
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CEASE PROSECUTION
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.—Fed
eral authorities served notice they
would no longer prosecute petty
liquor cases where the evidence
is gathered by police of the Bay
District. The reason given was
that such cases clutter up the Fed
eral courts and “invite corruption
and graft, encouraging such prac
tices by officials.”
nUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT I. 0. 0. F. HALL