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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 143.
SEWARD, ALASKA,TUESDDY, fUNE 20, 1933.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
•11 MEN HUMBLY
LOSE EYESIGHT HESBLT
LIME BNRRa EXPLOSION
v The explosion of a barrel of lime
^aboard the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey auxiliary vessel West
dahl yesterday will cost the eye
sight of two men—A1 Johnson,
boatswain, and C1 i f f o r,d Bothel
oiler—who were preparing lime for
survey markings.
Details as to the cause of the ex
plosion are not clear but it is said
'^that the lime had been left part
felly unslacked during the break-1
jast period and whpn they return
ed a short while later they found
that a crust had formed over the
top of the barrel. When they pok
ed a stick through this crust to
break it up the entire barrel ex
ploded and burned both men se
verely about the lace and arms.
The injured men were placed a
Jeoard the U. S. S. Discoverer and
v rushed to Seward for hospital at
tention. Little hope is held for the
recovery of the eyesight of the two
men but in the opinion of Dr. A. j
D. Haverstock it may be possible j
to save one eye of Bothel.
The lime, used to mark rocks;
with survey marks, was being pre
pared in the forward part of the
boat and when the explosion oc
curred it was with such violence
that it is said lime markings could
be observed scattered as far as the
stern of the vessel.
m FLUSHES |
4 It was revealed that almost $100,-1
000 ransom money was paid to j
the kidnappers of William Hamm, I
Jr., St. Paul brewer, before he was J
released.
* * * *
Raquel Torres, film star, an- j
nounced plans to wed in Los An-;
geles.
* * * *
Carmen Pantages. now Mrs. John
Considine, Jr., said she expected
♦he stork next November in Holly
wood.
» * * * *
The price of milk in Seattle and
(vicinity will not be increased, ac
cording to an announcement by
representatives of the State’s dairy j
ldustry. They have just finished!
a Seattle meeting to work out a‘
code of business operation under
the new Federal Agriculture Ad- \
justment Act
if: * * *
S. B. H. Hurst, well known Seat- j
tie short story writer, a resident of |
that vicinity for the past 26 years, j
died at his home on Bainbridge Is
land.
* * * *
Planes have joined in the wide
spread hunt for James Mattern,
dobe-circling flier, who is feared
> be lost on his dash from Siberia
;o Nome.
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More than 1,000 Stanford grad
uates received diplomas at the]
42nd annual commencement exer- i
cises at Palo Alto Monday. Former j
President Herbert Hoover, trusteej
of Stanford University, marched in |
the processional.
* * * *
Hit and run automobile drivers!
in San Francisco struck and .killed!
two men and injured two more.
Last evening’s meeting of the
Seward Rebekah Lodge marks the
beginning of that organization’s
summer vacation for a period of
two months. No meetings are to
be held during this two-months
period.
V LEGION MEETING
v Regular bi-monthly meeting of
Seward Post, American Legion, will
be held Wednesday evening at 8
o’clock in the Harriman building.
MILLIONAIRE RELEASED
I DULUTH, June 19.—William J.
Hamm, Jr., millionaire president of
a brewing company in St. Paul
was released today by kidnappers
at Wyomng, Minn., north of St.
Paul. It is believed that a part of
the $100,000 ransom demanded was
paid to the kidnappers. Hamm was
unharmed.
mrs. oiToif
OF MC ORUTH OIES
Mrs. Dave Clough, age 62, Takot
na and McGrath resident for years
I and wife of the well known lower
river district Roadhouse operator,
died last night after an illness of
several months. While Mrs.
Clough’s passing was expected, yet
the news was received with a shock
and deep regret for the loss of this
generous, kindly lady.
Mrs. Clough was flown to Sew
ard last week from McGrath by Pi
lot Art Woodley, accompanied by
Mrs. Oliver Anderson, wife of the
manager of the N. C. Co., at Me- j
Grath. Mrs. Anderson has remain-;
ed here since with her friend who!
has now been called to eternal
rest. Mrs. Anderson, during her
stay in Seward is a guest at the
home of Mrs. H. J. Amend.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow morning at 10:30 from the
Seward Undertaking Parlors, with
the Rev. E. E. Reisner officiating, i
Interment will be made in the
Pioneer’s plot of the Seward ceme
tary.
DEPARTURE UNCERTAIN
ORBETELLO AIRPORT, Italy,!
-June 20. —The 24 Italian hydro
planes which are poised here for a
flight to Chicago were still delay
ed from taking off Monday by un->
favorable weather. General Italo.
Balbo, air minister, flying leader, i
announced they would not start j
until the fuel supply ship reached *
the supply base at Cartwright, Lab- j
orador.
CONCEALED ASSETS
HOLLYWOOD, June 19.—Charges'
that he concealed assets in h i s!
bankruptcy case w7ere contained in'
a suit on file here against Clifton
A. Edwards, “Ukelele Ike’’ of the
stage and screen.
STOCK QU0T1TI8NS
NEW YORK, June 20. —Latest
stock market quotations are: Air
Red. 78.7, Amer. Can. 87.5, Amer.
Pow. Lt. 12.2, Am. Sugar Ref. 59.2,
Amer. Tel. and Tel. 123.7, Anaconda
Cop. 14.4, Aviat. 11.5, aBldwin Lo
co. 9.7, Beth. Stele 28.7, Borg. War
ner 17, Brunswick-Balke 7.5, Can.
Pac. 14 6, Case 77, Cater. Trac. 20.2
Chrysler 26.7, Curt. Wright 3, Dome
Mines 28, DuPont 72.6, East. Kodak
78.2, Elec. Pow. and Lt. 12, Fire
stone 20, Freeport Tex. 33.7, Gen.
Elec. 21.6, Gen. Mot. 25-2, Goodyear
32.3, Here. Pwd. 38, Hersh. Choc.
52, Int. Nick. Can. 16.2, Int. Tel.
and Tel. 15-7, Johns Manville 45,
Kennecott Cop 17.5, Lig. Myers 88,
Mack Tk. 36, McKeesport Tin 78,
Mont. Ward 21.5, Nash Mot. 18, Nat.
Bis 52.8, Nat. DiDstill. 71, N. Y.
Central 36.2, Nor. Amer. Aviat- 7.2,,
Nor. Amer. 31.3, Otis Elev. 19, Pac.;
Gas and Elec. 27.5, Pac. Tel. andi
Tel. 88, Phillips Pet. 12.7, Post. Tel.
22, Pullman 43, Radio 8.8, Rey. Tob.
Co. 42.3, Seab. Oil 28, Sears Roeb.
31.6, Sou. Cal. Edis. 24, Sou. Pac
21.8, Std. Oil 98.2, Std. Oil Calif.
32.5, Std. Oil aKs. 22, Std. Oil N. J.
351, Tex. Gulf Sul. 26.7, Timk. Roll
Bg. 27.7, Un. Carb. 37.5, Unit. Aire.
30.7, Unit. iBs 22.8, Unit. Carbon
23, Unit. Corp. 11.2, U. S. Indus.
Ale. 45.7, U. S. Steel 52.8, Univ. Leaf
Tob. 45.7, Vanadium 21.7, West. Un
51.1, Westg. Air 26, Westg. Elec.
Mfg. 42, West. El. 82.5, Weston El
ec. Inst. 10, Woolworth 41.7.
SECRET AGREEMENT \
PENDING TO CONTIIL
MONET FUlCTUNTlONS
LONDON, June 20. —The plea
made by France to the participat
ing nations at the London Econ
omic Conference calling for con
trol of production and markets for
not only wheat, but also luinber,
cotton, gold, silver and all basic
raw materials has injected a new
spirit into the conference delegates.
After-the French spokesman had
revealed F r a n c e’s opposition to
Roosevelt’s price raising program
and favored instead a control plan
several objectors to the French at
titude were heard. A strong object
or to the conference’s heeding the
French demands was the delegate
from Cuba. He said that the only
solution to the ditficulty la£ in
the slashing of trade barriers by
the downward scaling of tariffs.
Another angle for discussion was
opened up when U. S. Senator Key
Pittman, of Nevada, appeared be
fore a committee of the Conference i
and presented his resolution which |
would change the oresent metallic!
base standard for all currencies, j
Pittman, a silver advocate, favors
the inclusion of that metal with;
gold in the proportion of about \
four-fifths gold and one-fifth sil- j
ver as the ideal metallic basis for‘
the currency of nations.
Secretary of State Cordell
proposed tariff cuts in his address
to the Conference delegates. A |
secret agreement bv the Federal j
Reserve of the United States, the
Bank of England and the Bank of j
France was indicated as a step,
necessary to keep currency fluctua-1
tions within narrow bounds.
Indications are that the Confer-!
ence will last at least two weeks.
COMMODITY PRICES
UNO STOCK. ISSUES
NEW YORK, June 20. — The,
stock market opened the week with 1
leading issues scoring gains of from ■
one to four points in the early j
dealings.
The bullish influence was a fresh
fall in the dollar against foreign
currencies following President
Roosevelt’s rejection of the propo
sal for the stabilization of curren
cy as suggested at the London Ec
onomic Conference
Trading was at a fast pace and
the high spee-d ticker was swamp
ed right from the opening.
Among the big gainers were U.
5. Steel, American Telephone, West
inghouse, Auburn, Ingersoll Rand,
Consolidated Gas and American
Can. Commodity prices continued
strong. Wheat rose to a new high
for the year it being up three cents
a bushel. Cotton soared $1 a bale
and silver gained one cent an
ounce. All classes of stocks partic
ipated in the New York rally.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 4, New York 3.
Washington 10, St. Louis 4.
Detroit 9, Philadelphia 4.
Boston 5, Cleveland 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3, Chicago 0.
Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 5.
Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 7.
No Pacific League games
The Chamber of Commerce held
Its weekly luncheon and business
meeting today at noon at Camer
on’s Cafe.
EMERGENCY OPERATION
HOLLYWOOD, June 20, — An
emergency operation was perform
ed Monday op Jackie Cooper, hoted
boy actor. Little Jackie was strick
en suddenly with appendicitis, and
the operation was necessary to
save his life. A rapid recovery is
predicted for the young boy star.
PRESWiSEVELT
RECEIVES DRENCHING
AT SEA WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT, June 20. —With salt
spray flying in a wild gale and
with President Franklin Roosevelt
at the wheel, the Amber jack II,
slipped out of the Half Moon Har
b o r of Edgartown. on Martha’s j
Vineyard Island, Mass., and point-!
ed her prow northward to Pro
vincetown.
An 80 mile run was in store for
the Executive and his crew, con
sgnsiti of his eldest son, James, and
four friends.
Mr. Roosevelt described the trip
as being a grand vacation.
As he was testing his skill as a
yachtsman on the blustery Atlan-'
tic, off Cape Cod, he was drenched
by the stormy weather and the
party put into Nantucket.
- - (By Special Correspnodent) |
Captain Anderson arrived at Ka- j
shega with the “Polar Bear’’ the
morning of May 26. He took on a
considerable amount of furs in ex- j
change for groceries and other]
supplies for the store which Jacobi
Denisoff is running for Harry Ja-j
cobsen this summer. At the same;
time he loaded the fishing equip- I
ment of Herry Jacobsen and his
fishermen, John Rankin, George
Berennan and Mike Kudin. In the!
afternoon the Polar Bear docked
at the cannery storehouse to Ma
kushin Bay and took on a cargo of
lumber. This lumber will be used
by Jacobsen to erect a large salt
house at Raven Bav on the south
side of Unalaska Island.
Captain Anderson arrived at1
Dutch Harbor in early morning!
of May 27 where he took on oil.}
.A few hours later he dropped an- j
chor off the shore of Unalaska i
while his passengers attended to
some business affairs ashore. Late
in the evening he heaved the an
chor and sailed for Raven Bay. At
the time of his departure he was
uncertain whether hr would return
to Unalaska and pick up a load of
fishermen for Bristol Bay. Captain
Ryning was unable to take many
of them aboard the starr. Captain
Anderson plans to return to Ka
shega and the westward sometime
in July.
* * * *
The Aleutian and Western Paci
fic Livestock Companies are mak
ing several changes among their
employees this summer. Fred Fuhr
man who is at Chernofski will go
to Umnak with his brother, Mat,
who came in from Seattle on the
June trip of the Starr. Stacy will
come to Chernoski from Umnak;
McIntosh, now employed on the S.
S. Starr, will go ashore at Chernof
ski to work with “Turk” Monroe!
who came in from Southeastern
Alaska on the March trip of the
Starr. Mr. and Mrs. Kranich are
to go outside on the July trip of
the Starr for the vacation which
they have been anticipating for
so long.
* * * *
Sometime during the early morn
ing hours of May 20, Doria Kudrin
made her husband the wee gift of a
baby girl,—just what they had both
been wishing for! Doria and Mike
are Kashega’s youngest married
couple, and are very proud of their
frst-born.
I
MOOSE PASS: HOPE
m SUNRISE PEOPLE
HEADY FOR VISITORS
The hospitable residents of Moose
Pass, Hope and Sunrise are anx
iously awaiting the arrival of next
Sunday when the annual Alaska
Railroad excursion from Anchorage
and Seward will be held.
Advance scouts from Seward who
have returned to the city from
the Pass report that Supt. Jack
Ebing, of the B. P. R. has the
45-mile stretch of beautiful scenic
highway in almost perfect shape;
that motorists may 'peed 40 to 50
miles an hour over almost any part
of it; that Sunday all department
equipment will be off the highway
giving motorists a clear right-of
way and that signs, warning dri
vers o f short turns or new
stretches of road, will be placed in
position before Sunday.
The fishing is great in almost
all streams and lakes: mining act
ivity, both placer and quartz, is
under way full blast; big and little
game may be glimpsed, ilowers
are blooming and above all, the
magnificent sweep of a scenic pan
orama of snow-capped peaks glis
tening like crushed diamonds, with
lovely, green, tree-studded s 1 o pe s
and valleys, the rounding of every
curve unfolding a marvelous new
vista.
A wonderful country and ?. won
derful, friendly people.
A large number of Anchorage
people have made reservations for
themselves and cars, and interest
is beginning to be aroused in Sew
ard. E. L. Sweek, Seward agent for
the Alaska Railroad, should have
reservations in hand by tomorrow
(Wednesday) so that the Railroad
may plan accordingly.
CHICAGO, June 20. —Tony Can
zoneri ruled a two to one favorite
to defeat Barney Ross, Chicago
contender, when they meet here
Friday night in a 10-round bout
for the world’s lightweight cham
pionship.
* * * *
CHICAGO, June 20. — Louisiana
State’s upset of all sport dope by
beating the University of Southern
California 58 to 54, for the Nation
al Collegiate A. A. Championship,
wTas remarkable in that five world’s
records w’ere bettered and two were
tied.
• * * •
CHICAGO, June 20. —Owens ran
the 100 yard dash in 9.4; the 220
yard run n 20.7; and broad-jumped
24 feet nine and five-eights inches
in the Interscholastic championship
here.
* * * *
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.—Ber
lin ger won four events in the mid
dle state’s A. A. U. championships.
* * * #
AUTEUIL, France, June 20. —
Australia eliminated Japan in the
European zone Davis cup semi
finals, 3 to 0.
* * * *
EASTBOURNE, Eng., June 20. —
England gained a two to nothing
lead over Czecho Slovakia in the
Davis Cup play.
* * * *
RYE, N. Y. June 20. —Princeton
beat Harvard, 10 to 9. in the over
time period to win the Intercol
legiate polo title.
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The U. S. S. Discoverer, which
arrived in port this morning with
two injured men, was to leave at
two o’clock to resume work.
Several more earth shocks were
felt again yesterday. One severe
jolt stopped clocks at 8; 52.