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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 19.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1933.
PRICE IEN CEMS
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DEATH SENTENCE IS
PASSED OK LIE DUSK
SESSIONS 0
WASHINGTON. D. C . Jan. 24. —!
The death sentence for Lame
Duck sessions of Congress was'
sealed yesterday. The famous Nor- j
ris lame duck amendment has
been ratified by 38 State legisla
tures and now becomes part of
the Constitution.
The 36th State was Missouri,
winner of a race between several
State legislatures for the honor of
making the amendment effective. j
The House of Representatives,
meeting several hours ahead of;
schedule time, won from Massa
chusetts.
It is designed to end forever
such sessions of Congress as the
one now raging tumultuously as
a hangover from the elections of
1930 while new members elected,
last November wait at their homes,
powerless to act upon their man
dates from the voters.
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TO MEXICO DESIGNING
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah.. Jan. 24. i
—J. Rubin Clark. Jr.. American
Ambassador to Mexico, will leave
Mexico City February 14 to return
to this city to resume his law
practice, friends here reported.
Clark succeeded the late Dwight i
W. Morrow as Ambassador in Oc
tober, 1930. He previously had
served as private counsel to Mor
row. Clark is a Republican.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 23. —Al
bert Grumbs explained to police
that he wears women's clothing
because it keeps away rneumatism.
“Young women never have rheu
matism." he said when police
burst into his room where they
found him garbed in women’s
clothing. The paint on his face
was to make him look very cheer
ful in these depressive times, he
added.
The police took Grumbs and
another man to the station where;
they were fined $500 for illegal!
possession of liquor.
REQUESTS SUSPENSION
OP FORCE MEASURES
GENEVA, Jan. 24, —The Peru
vian government asked the League
of Nations to order suspension of
all measures of force in the dis
pute between Peru and Colombia
over the border territory of Leticia.
Such suspension would safeguard'
the League’s jurisdictional power
w pending arbitration of the dispute. |
JAPAN STRIPS BIG GUNS
FROMJEAVY WARSHIP
YOKOSUKU, Japan, Jan. 24, (/P)
—The battle cruiser Hiyei, Japan’s
sacrifice to the 1930 London nav
al treaty, shorn of her big guns, 1
has become an innocuous training
ship at the gunnery school here.
The Hiyei belonged to a class of
four 26 330-ton ships which critics
rated the most formidable group
afloat.
The 1930 pact, which doomed
five of Great Britain’s capital
ships and three of America’s, stip
ulated that the Hiyei should be
‘ stripped of offensive power.
HORSES SHOCKED
DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 23.—De
tectives arrested Albert Fry, 26,
and John, Runge, 30, for question
. ing in connection with an alleged
race horse racket. They confiscat
, ed an “electric saddle” loaded with
batteries, which they believed may
have been used to shock horses in <
races.
WHY SAVE HIM?
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 —A last effort
to save James Iggie Vareoha, 17
| year-old murderer and attacker,
from death in the electric chair
j February 17, was made by Clarence
Darrow in the filing of a writ of
error seeking to invalidate the
death sentence.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.—
The twentieth amendment to the
constitution abolishing the lame
duck Congress and advancing the
inauguration of the President from
March to January, became the law
of the land.
The long fight to prevent repudi
ated legislators from participating
in Congress and thwarting the will
of the people came to an end with
the ratification of the amendment
by Missouri.
GRANTED DIVORCE
LONDON. Jan. 24.—Lady Doro- i
thy Mills, well known author and
traveler and the first English wo- j
man to visit Tim'ouctoo, was grant
ed a nisi decree of divorce from
A. S. Mills. The suit was not de
fended.
AGENT OF SflNDINO
MEETING EMISSARIES i
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 23, —Dr. J.
Zepeda, representing Augustino C. [
Sandino, Nicaraguan insurrection- [
ist, postponed his scheduled de
parture for Nicaragua where he
hopes to open peace negotiations
with President Juan B. Sacasa. 1
Zepeda said he hoped to leave
tomorrow by airplane for the State
of Jinotega. Nicaragua, to confer
with Sandino before proceeding to
San Rafael del Norte to meet the j
President’s emissaries.
OBLIGATION "OF ALASKA !
HD FUNDS IS STILL
POSSIBLE, IT IS SAID
No delay in starting a season’s
activities will be encountered by
the Alaska Road commission on
account of the unavailability of
the money appropriated for next
year, it was made known at Juneau.
The commission, since its transfer
to the Interior Department, had
some doubt if it could legally ob
ligate money prior to the date the
appropriation was itself available
for expenditure.
The question was submitted to
the solicitor of the War Depart
ment who has just held that the
Commission still has the authority
to obligate its funds in the same
manner as it did when it was an
agency of the War Department,
that the congressional act author
izing the obligation of its funds is
part of the code and it still ef
fective.
Under the act the commission is
authorized to obligate monies in
advance of the appropriation actu
ally being made by Congress, but
in a sum not to exceed two-thirds
of the amount appropriated for its
use the preceding year.
LINK BRIGHTON'S FORGE
BRIGHTON. Eng., Jan. 24, f/P)—
Brighton police have a new con
tact with headquarters.
Pocket-size radio transmitters
have been issued, the sets having
a range of six miles in corwded
areas and 14 miles in open areas.
They weigh one and one-half
pounds and may be fitted into a |
tunic pocket.
When headquarters wants a par-;
ticular constable, he is warned by
the ringing of a tiny bell and the j
message is received by earphone. '
Seward bachelors have the first
opportunity to get their oar in on I
this. Look at the classified column!
ENTIRE FLEET PACIFIC
STEAMSHIP CO. SOLO
AT PUBLIC AUCTION!
SEATTLE. Jan. 24.—The entire!
fault bonds issued by the Pacific I
I Steamship Company was sold at:
| public auction yesterday on the
i steps of the main postoffice for
| $518,937.
The only bid was made by Henry;
D. Corrigan of the bondholders’'
j committee.
The auction was to satisfy de
fault bonds issued by hte Pacific j
Steamship Company.
Among the boats were the H. F. |
i Alexander, Ruth Alexander, Emma j
Alexander, the Admiral Chase, Ad- [
miral Sebree. Admiral Evans. Ad-;
miral Watson, Admiral ?.Ioser and j
Admiral Rogers.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 24.—
A long stride toward modifying the
Volstead act was taken when the
Senate judiciary committee favor
ably reported the Collier--Blainei
bill to legalize beer and light wine j
of 3.05 per cent alcohol by weight.;
The vote was 8 to 6.
Chairman Smoot of the finance j
committee, to which the amended
measure was referred for consid
eration of the revenue raising pos
sibilities of the $5.00 a barrel tax
on beer and wine, announced that
hearings would be held next week.
vmw STORM IT ’
SYDNEY KILLED EIGHT
SYDNEY, N. S. W., Jan. 24. —
Eight persons were killed and
widespread damage was caused by |
a violent storm striking Sydney
and the surrounding country.
Dam bursts at Stanwell Park
caused a deluge to descend on \
week-end campers including one j
family, a father, mother and three
children and two other boys.
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INJURF.O WRESTLING
‘BRUSSELS, Jan. 23.^Jack John
son, former heavyweight boxing.
champion of the world, is recover
ing from severe bruises and phys
ical collapse suffered -when he
was thrown from the ring during a
wrestling match here with Sailor
Consant of Belgium.
Sailor Consant was awarded vic
tory when Johnson was unable to [
return to the ring.
JM MUST ILTER
COURSE, ASSERTS LEADER
TOKIO, Jan. 24, —The opposi
tion party leader in addressing the
Diet Monday at the opening of
Parliament, warned the govern-1
ment against its military activities
which he said was dragging the
nation further into a gloomy sit
uation concerning its relation to
the United States.
The spokesman predicted an
armament race and a world war
unless the present Japanese course
is altered.
LABORER HELD
FRESNO. Calif., Jan. 23.—J. R.
Lemons, 32, Madera county ranch
laborer, was held in the county jaiL
charged with murder as the result j
of his asserted deliberate running
down of a school boy cn the high
way near Madera.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK. Jan. 24, —Stocks
an drails were off 0.57 in Monday’s .
market. Utilities were off 0.20 and
bonds 0.06 points. The dollar was 1
weak. • l
NEW YORK SOLON
SOLVES IRE ORIGIN
OF TECHNOCRACY
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 23. —
The origin of technocracy was as
cribed by Congressman Loring
Black of New York to a “flock of
dithering young scientists who
wondered what this great world
was all about and finished by giv
ing the world the jitters.
“Their plan,” added Black,” sug
gests the dreams of an ostrich
after a formal dinner in a scrap
iron head. They poured into a
sausage mixing machine some
Marxian philosophy, Mussolini’s
rantings, single taxidermy. Vol
stead gin and it all came ou+ bal
oney.”
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HONEYMOONING
LONDON, Jan. 23. —Montague
Norman, 61-year old governor of
the Bank of England, and his
bride, the^ former Mrs. Priscilla
Worsthorne, blonde divorcee, were
married Saturday at the Chelsea;
registry office and honeymooned
yesterday and today in a rustic
cottage.
ENGLAND EXPERIENCES
G0LDESTJ1P IN YEARS
LONDON, Jan. 24, —England ex
perienced the sharpest weather of
the winter with temperatures low
er than since 1898.
Even the South where temper
atures registered 15 degrees, which
is unusually cold for those regions,
was visited by the cold.
For the first time in years it ’
looked as though there might be
skating on some of the lakes and
ponds near London.
PHOHI GAVE BSREFOOT
8JRTENDER 01 SHOES
MILWAUKEE. Jan. 23, —Harry
Wilson was tending bar bare-footed
at the Blackstone Tavern when
prohibition agents made a raid.
“I can't afford to buy shoes with
business the way it is.” he explain
ed.
Agent Lundquist removed his i
own shoes and gave them to Wil-!
son. Lundquist was driven home i
by another agent.
OFF FOR HONOLULU
SAN PEDRO. Jan. 24, —Eight
scouting vessels of the Pacific
fleet leave the local naval base to
day for Honolulu to join the an
nual maneuvers.
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SIGNS 1933 CONTRACT
NEW YORK, Jan. 23, —George
Davis, outfielder acquired from
the Phillies, signed his 1933 con
tract, it was announced by the
New York Giants.
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ADVENTURE ENDS
STOCKTON, Calif-, Jan. 23.—
William Farley, 26, West Virginia
adventurer, died in a hospital here
of injuries incurred when he slip
ped and fell under the wheels of
a Western Pacific freight train.
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TRANSFER WIVES
YOKOHAMA, Jan. 24.—Police
advis d American consular offi
cials to transfer their wives from
the consulate and placed a guard.
Striking Japanese employes of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company
had been dispersed near the con
sulate. Police arrested 145 de
monstrators.
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ATHLETIC ACES
NEW YORK. Jan. 23, —Eddie
Tolan, Leo Sexton and George
Saling, Olympic champions all.
and Joe McCluskey, America’s
leading distance runner, draw the
lions share of places on the All
American track and field team se
ior.tor) hv Darnel J. Ferris, secre
tary and treasurer of the Amateur
Uhletic Union.
PRINCESS TAKES CHANCE
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The Prin
cess Alice A. Obiensky, former
Muriel Astor, was married in New
ark, N. J., to Railuna von Hof
mannstahl, writer and poet, and
son of the late celebrated dramat
ist and poet, Hugo von Hofmann- i
stahl.
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ZURICH, Switzerland. Jan. 23, - I
The Bank of International Settle- !
ments renewed the credit of 90,000,
000 shillings to Austria at a meet
ing of the board.
Gates McGarrah. American
president of the bank, presided.
The extension was made following
assurance that considerable amor
tization would be worked out dur
ing the next term.
Credit to Hungary and Jugoj
Slavia also was renewed.
BRIDGE R AYING !N i
PUBLIC UNLAWFUL
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 23.—
Jail terms for women bridge play
ers in public cafes are provided in
the draft of a bill to be submitted
to Parliament following the revival
of the card craze here.
Authorities said the fad resulted
in the crowding of the cafes all day
and most of the night with women
devotees.
GERMAN IMPERIAL
FUGS IVINC1CMN
BERLIN, Jan. 23.—For the first
time since the establishment of the
German republic, the olcl Imperial i
flags were flown from public build- ’
ings in Thuringia.
This is in accordance with a de
cision of the Thuringian govern- j
ment to officially fly the Imperial j
flags alongside the state colors in i
commemoration of Empire Day.
TROLLEHS TURN 11. i
PAUL 001F0I1 THE
ALASKA FISHERIES JOB |
Taking the position it was not j
called upon to endorse any candi
date for that office, the Alaska j
Trollers Union at Ketchikan re - ■
cently declined to lend its sup-;
port to William L. Paul in his ef- j
fort to be appointed as United
States Commissioner of Fisheries.
It also, turned down a resolution
recommending the retention of
Commissioner Henry O’Malley, who
has received the endorsement of
Seattle members.
Mr. Paul was endorsed by the
Ketchikan Seiners Union a short
time ago, after it had refused to
follow the lead of the Seattle Un
ion in supporting Commissioner
O’Malley.
The Trollers Union appointed a
committee to confer with Delegate
Elect Anthony J. Dimond on fish
ing matters when he arrives there
early next month.
MUMMIES CIltGH COLD:
00GE GIVES THEM HUT
TURIN, Italy, Jan. 24, (/P)—Mus
solini has ordered a steam heat
ing plant to protect Turin’s Egyp
tian mummies from the rigors of
winter.
His attention was called to their
plight by museum frequenters, who
said that the mummies actually
suffered from the cold, growing
brittle and chipping.
This is the first time in the long
history of the local museum that
heating arrangements have been
undertaken.
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Seward 22 above, Anchorage 4
above, Healy 17 above, Nenana 20
below, Fairbanks 30 below.
NEW YORK. Jan. 23. —Busi
ness h°s been proceeding at a
level about 15 per cent above the
low point attained last summer. It
has been holding its own through
out the nation since the first of
the year, but it is plainly waiting
for the working out of some of the
major adjustments, such as bal
ancing the debt structure against
current gross volume and prices.
The decision of the President
and President-Elect to invite
Great Britain to send over an en
voy to discuss the British debt
to the Treasury, shows the -way
the wind is blowing. Many think
that, from the standpoint of bus
iness, it is especially important
to deal with domestic debt, of far
mers and business men.
President Hoover has made some
unusual suggestions to Congress
for facilitating voluntary debt
scaling down where a majority of
creditors agree.
JflS, HEEO NAMED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.—Jas.
Reed, retired naval construction of
ficer and management expert, was
voted general manager of the Gold
en Gate Bridge at a preliminary
meeting of the directors in the
Palace Hotel.
The vote, 8 to 4. was informal,
but was to be confirmed officially
by resolution at a meeting later in
the city hall.
SECRET SERVICE MAKES
PLANS GUARD ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23, —
White House secret service men
already are making plans for the
constant guard they must main
tain over President-Elect Roosevelt
after March 4.
The law provides the Treasury
department agents shall keep con
stant guard over the President and.
his family.
When the President doesn't want
this constant guard, and few Pres
idents do, then Richard Jervis and
his helpers have their troubles
ROME, Jan. 23, —A striking ex
hibition of reproductions ,of pre
historic rock drawings, organized
by the German Professor Leo Pro
beus, was opened in the Colonial
Museum here.
Incisions in the rock as repro
duced were of the most primitive
characters.
Professor Probeus said he found
them during excavations in the
vicinity of Fezzam and other sec
tions of the Italian Sahara desert.
Some of them date back to 10.000
years before Christ, he estimated.
ONLY HDVEHTISED
MS PROFITABLE
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 24.— Re
tailers should stock only articles
advertised locally by the manufac
turer, Leslie M. Barton, Chicago
advertising and marketing expert,
told members of the Malwaukee
Advertising Club.
“The day of long profit, nonad
vertised substitutes for well-known
merchandise is gone.” Barton said.
“Because newspaper advertising
never was more valuable to the re
tail merchant than it is today,”
Barton said, “every merchants’s
expenditure in advertising should
involve a sum important enough
K~c,r a more comparable rela
tionship to the other factors in
cu ual to the operation of
business.”