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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 190.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 15, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PEGGING GRAIN
PRICE CHANGES
’ NOT DES1REABLE
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. — The Asso
ciation of Grain Merchants on the
Chicago Board of Trade adopted a
resolution last night concurring in
the action of the board of directors
of the grain mart in deciding to
remove minimum price level regu
lations now in effect.
The board of director's set Aug
ust 15, or today, as the date on
which the minimum price levels
would be withdrawn and the com
mission men’s action after a secret
meeting yesterday was interpreted
as endorsing this proposed with
drawal.
KILLER OF INFANT
* TRIED KILL SELF
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 15. —By
hurling himself against the steel
bars of his cell door. Frank Fabian.
21. physical culture instructor, tried
to commit suicide yesterday at the
city prison. Fabian attempted to end
his life soon after confessing the
murder of a month old infant, the
illegitimate offspring of his affair
with a domestic.
Fabian was considerably bruised
irorn the impact against the un
ending bars.
TRY LEARN TRUTH
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 15. —An
attempt to learn the truth about
the National Recovery Administra
tion campaign was started today
when questionnaires were sent to
110.000 employers in the California.
Nevada and Utah area, asking them
how many new employees they had
added to their personnel since the
campaign was launched.
FOXX SETS A
NEW RECORD
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Aug. 15. —
'immy Foxx. hard hitting first
baseman of tire Philadelphia Ath
- sties, yesterday established a new
American League record of nine
runs batted in during one game.
He established the record in the
sixth inning of the game with the
Cleveland Indians when he singled
with two mates on base, bringing
:n the run which tied the record
held by five players, and the run
which set the new mark.
The Athletics beat the Cleveland
ream 11 to 5
Mel Holben. former local restaur
ant man, has opened up a lunch
room in the Atwood hotel in Seat
tle, according to word sent to Sew
ard. It is said that he is doing
quite well.
A Seattle reader writes that the
Gateway is enjoyed very much and
that as each week bring’s the mail
:n Seattle from Alaska, that the
Gateway is read by many former
Alaskans who find this their clos
est tie to Alaska.
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OFFICIAL VISIT
Among the passengers leaving on
:he SS. Aleutian Saturday from
Seattle was Walter F. Meier, of Seat
tle, who recently was elected Grand
Exalted Ruler. B. P. O. Elks, who
• :s making his first official visitation
to any part of the United States
by coming to Alaska. He is en route
to the Interior where reception
plans are being made to receive
the national head of the Elks. Mr.
Meier has been in Alaska several
times before and has a host of
friends in the Northland.
BANDITS FORCED OUT
MUKDEN, Mancuria, Aug. 15. —
Chinese irregulars and bandits have
been forced out of Doronor, in
jchahar province, by Manchukuo
volunteer troops, according to ad
vices received here .The punitive
expedition recently was sent ag
ainst the irregulars.
DAUGHTER 0 F
SENATOR HAD HER
MARRIAGE VOIDED
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 15. — The
daughter of the man who wrote
I the Eighteenth Amendment has
; had her marriage with a New York
real estate broker dissolved because,
she said, he would not let her bear
children.
Annulment of the marriage of
Janet Sheppard Graves and William
A. Graves, former dramatic art
student, in Superior Court came to
light as Miss Sheppard was disclos
ed as an aspirant for film honors
in Hollywood. She and Graves met
when they were students at a school
in New York.
H e r complaint charged that
Graves refused to allow her to be
come a mother despite an agree
ment before their marriage Nov
ember 25. 1932. that it would be de
sireable to rear a family.
Named the prettiest girl at the
University of Texas in 1931. Miss
Sheppard is the daughter of United
States Senator Morris Sheppard.
PEACH ORCHARD
WORKERS STRIKE
FRESNO, Calif., Aug. 15. —Oper
ations in some of the world’s largest
peach orchards were seriously
handicapped today when approxi
mately 1,500 fruit pickers went on
strike, demanding higher wages and
shorter working hours.
The walkouts were accomplished
peacefully. Ranch managers blam
ed agitators who have been inciting
the workers for the past several
days for the strike.
Early settlement of the strike is
expected as the ranchers are will
ing to concede a little to the pickers
as their crops must be picked soon.
DISCOVERER EN ROUTE
The MS. Discoverer. Capt. Heinie
Berger, was to sail from Anchorage
last evening at 11 o’clock for Cook
Inlet Ports and Seward. The ves
sel will make a special trip to Cor
dova from here when it arrives. The
Discoverer is about a day behind
its announced schedule owing to
heavy shipment on the Cook Inlet
Capt. Berger brought some 2,000
cases of salmon from the A1 Jones
cannery at Kustatan for transship
ment on the Alaska Railroad to the
States.
GUARDSMEN RECOVERING
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 15. —Stricken
with acute gastritis from food eat
en at the Ashland Guard Camp,
24 Nebraska National Guardsmen
were recovering today.
MENJOU LOSES
HIS THIRD WIFE
DIVORCE COURT
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. — The
short-lived romance of Adolphe
Menjou and his third wife, Kather
ine Carver, ended in the divorce
court Monday when the actress was
awarded a decree on her charges of
cruelty.
Wan from a week’s severe ill
ness, -which twice had prevented her
appearance in court, Miss Carver
testified briefly to the debonair film
player’s alleged use of profanity in
her presence.
!:RECEPTION WILL
I BE GIVEN FRIDAY
\ GOV. TROY, PARTY
! A telegram from the Hon. John
IW. Troy, Governor of Alaska to P.
jC. McMullen received this morning
(states that the Governor and his
| party will reach Seward Friday
j evening and hope to spend Satur
day here.
i The Governor and his party
which includes Collector of Cus
toms J. J. Connors and Mrs. Con
nors. Mrs. H. F. Morgan, daughter
of Governor Troy, and M. H. Sides,
Deputy Collector of Customs have
I been in Nome for the past four or
five days. They returned to Fair
banks yesterday. Wednesday they
|will go to McKinley Park, continu
ing on to Anchorage Thursday.
An informal reception affording
a large number of the citizens of
Seward the pleasure of meeting our
distinguished visitors has been ar
ranged for Friday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. McMullen at Carl Orlan
der’s bungalow, at Woodrow.
About one hundred and fifty
guests have been invited to call be
tween the hours of eight-thirty and
ten.
HALIBUT AREAS
SOUTHEAST TO
BE CLOSED SOON
Closing of the halibut fishing
season on the Northern Pacific
Ocean as far North as Cape Spen
cer Light on August 25 midnight
has been ordered by the Interna
tional Fisheries Commission, ac
cording to a notice sent to Seward
by J. P. Babcock, chairman and E.
W. Allen, Secretray of the Fisheries
Commission.
The closing will affect both areas
No. 1, or all convention wa
ters southeast of a line running
northeast and southwest through
Willapa Bay Light on Cape Shoal
water and No. 2, or all convention
waters off the coast of the Dominion
of Canada and the United States
of America between area 1 and a
line running south one-quarter east
from Cape Spencer Light.
It was announced in the Fisheries
Commission bulletin that the .take
in Areas No. 1 and 2 has been so
heavy this season that the limit set
for the fishing season this year will
have been reached by August 25.
The Commission calls attention to
the fact that the regulations in ef
fect provide that if, by voluntary
j curtailment of landings, or other
wise, it “shall at any time become
| evident to the National Fisheries
, Commission that the limit will not
be reached by such date it may
[substitute- another date.”
Word from Southeastern Alaska
j states that the effect of the order
Infill be to tie up a large percentage
of the Juneau, Wrangell, Petersburg,
| and Ketchikan halibut fleet. The
| larger vessels fishing West of Cape
Spencer in area 3 will be permitted
I to operate- for some time yet.
The take in area 2, up to July 31.
i last, was in excess of 4,000,000
ipounds larger than for the corres
j ponding date of 1932, according to
|the Commission records. Area 3, in
|the Western district is about 500,
000 pounds less than last year for
j the same period.
j The closing order is issued under
authority of the Convention be
tween the United States of Ameri
ca and the Dominion of Canada for
the preservation of Halibut Fishery
of the Northern Pacific Ocean and
Bering Sea.
LEGION MEETING
The regular bi-monthly meeting
of the Seward Post No. 5, The Am
erican Legion will be held tonight
at eight p.m.
LITTLE RELIEF
• LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. —Little
relief was forecast for this area to
day as the high temperatures con
tinued. Two deaths have resulted
from the heat at the Dalles, in Ore
gon, and another death resulted at
Stockton, California.
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POLITICAL SKEIN
OF CUBA BEING
‘IRONED’ OUT
i
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 15. —Recon
struction, politically, morally and
physically, is underway here fol
lowing unraveling of the Cuban
political skein by the resignation of
; the Liberal leader, Machado.
' The people have quieted and al
, most all rioting has subsided. The
| strike, which paralyzed the country,
i is passing and the chaotic condi
tions are being straightened out.
Politically, the Island republic, is
still in somewhat of a confusion. A
provisional president, not a member
of the Liberal party, has been cho
sen and he is now busily engaged
in selecting a cabinet.
The warships dispatched by the'
United States have continued on to
the Panama Canal as the moral ef
fect of their dispatch was sufficient j
to cause the prompt straightening:
up of many difficulties. Sec. Swan- j
son. of the U. S. Navy Department
said that the warships were not ne
cessary longer as the “whole thing
will soon blow over.”
LETTUCE PICKERS 1
WANT MORE PAY
SALINAS. Calif-, Aug. 15. —Fili
pino lettuce workers will strike un
less their demands for higher wages
are met by contractors and field
owners, according to P. H. Caron
gay, president of the Philippine La
bor Council.
Carongay said that at least 1,000
lettuce pickers would join the walk
out which was scheduled for today.
The Filipinos want 30 cents an i
hour rather than the 20 cents nowi
being paid.
Nothing was said about the hours
and it is therefore taken that they
are satisified with the present hour
schedule. , .
CONFERS WITH JOHNSON
: WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. —Presi
jdent Roosevelt conferred yesterday
iwith Hugh S. Johnson to review
what has been accomplished under
the. ‘‘Blue Eagle” banner. It was
j stated that from 200,000 to 500,000
| men had found employment since
I the Blue Eagle campaign was laun
ched.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gust Peterson, and
daughter Alva, former local resi
dents, have a fine home at Hobart,
near Renton Wasington, according
to word received in Seward. They
are all fine, it is stated, and they
send their best wishes to their many
Alaskan friends.
Mrs. Harry Staser, of Anchorage,
left that city recently for Girdwood
to join Mr. Staser, who is actively
engaged on his quartz mining pro
perty at the head of Crow Creek.
John Melberg. discharged from
the Seward General Hospital the
other day, and who left on the
train Sunday for Anchorage, left
the latter city by plane for his
home at McGrath.
BASEBALL SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 11, Cleveland 5.
Boston 5, Detroit 6.
No other games played.
FRISCO BAKERS
BE ASKED WHY
OF HIGH PRICES
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. —
San Francisco bakers may be asked
by the federal government why the
bread prices here are the highest.
I of any large city in the United
| States.
Press dispatches from Washing
ton yesterday said Dr. Frederick C.
Howe, consumers’ counsel of the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration, indicated he would inquire
into the bread prices of Cincinnati,
Mobile, and perhaps San Francisco
Dr. Howe’s duty is to see that
food prices do not go too high and
if they appear to be high to check
up on the apparent excessive price.
VESSEL CRASHED
INTO NEW PIER
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. —In
a thick fog that shrouded the bay
yesterday the Sidney M. Hauptman
crashed into the trestle of the Gol
den Gate bridge off Fort Point do
ing $10,000 damage to the new
structure.
Lights gleamed faintly and the
siren was blowing, but the Haupt
man, according to Coast Guards
men. was 2,000 feet of her course.
Shipping inspectors will hold a
hearing as to the cause of the ac
cident and inquire into report that
the vessel was off her course.
SHIPS REMEWED
ORBETELLO. Italy, Aug. 15. —
The 23 planes of the Italo Balbo
plane squadron, which survived the
historic flight to the Chicago Expo
sition and back, reached their base
at Orbetello yesterday and were re
viewed by King Victor Emmanuel.
Thousands of persons were at the
port to witness the planes and to
greet the Italian air heroes.
STOCK MARKET
DRIFTED LOWER
NEW YORK. Aug. 15. —The stock
market yesterday showed a tenden
cy to drift lower with losses of
fraction^ to 'one (or two points
scattered over a wide front. No
special groups of stocks took the
brunt of the downward trend. La
test available quotations are Alas
ka Juneau 27%, Am. Tel. and TeL
126Vi. Am. Rad. 15%, Chrysler 37%,
Col. Gas and Elec. 19%, Gen. Mot
30%, Kennecott 20Vs, New York Cen.
43"%. Radio 8%, United Air 35%,
United Corp 9%, United States Steel
52%, United Gas 4. Westinghouse
42%, Bar Silver 355s, Copper 9, and.
lead 4.5.
MANY ATTENDED
Many former Seward residents
attended the Pioneer picnic giver
in Playland, Seattle, on July 30, ac
cording to word received in Seward
Among the names recalled off
hand was Chris Larsen, Reginald
Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Krefting,
Mrs. Cecil Clegg, Mrs. St. Marie, Mrs,
H. Harman, Mel Holben and Bro
ther and Beulah, Harvey Sullivan, of
Valdez, D. E. Stubbs of McKinley
Park, and others. It is said that
about 2.000 persons attended the
picnic.
ECKNER INVITED
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. —Dr. Huge
Eckner, commander of the German
Graf Zeppelin, has been invited to.
fly his ship to the Chicago World’s
Fair. The flight is sought to give
expression to the symbolic friendly
feeling between Germany and Am
erica.