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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 304.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BELIEVED PROGRESS
HIE, TEASE MESSAGE
AFTER CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 23, —
“The President and Governor
converged at length and it is be
lieved progress has been made.”
That was the terse message re
leased for publication Tuesday nite
following the White House confer
ence between President Hoover and
President-elect F. D. Roosevelt.
Governor Roosevelt was accom
panied by Professor Moley of Col
umbia University, and the Presi
dent. by Ogden Mills, Secretary of
Treasury.
The conference, behind closely
guarded doors, continued for about
two and one-half hours.
Economic views were undoubted
ly discussed which may effect mil
ions of people. It was one of the
most unusual of conferences in the
history of the nation.
Governor Roosevelt's arrival at
the Capital city was welcomed by
at least 10.000 people, the air being
white with fluttering handker
chiefs. Hand shakes and friendly
greetings were exchanged on every
side.
The Governor and his party were
to entrain this afternoon for Warm
Springs, Ga., where he plans to re
main for several weeks, vacationing.
SM UNEMPLOYMENT
CINCINNATI, Nov. 23, — In an
epochal step the American Federa
tion of Labor’s executive council
again submitted a plan of compul
sary unemployment insurance, pro
posing that it be adopted by every
state, and to be paid for by em
ployers. and administered by a
state commission.
The benefits would not be denied
the man who is out of work be
cause of a trade dispute or if he
did not belong to a union.
The plan will be introduced in
the December session of Congress.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23. —Peter B.
Carey, president of the Chicago
Board of Trade, denounced the
Federal Farm Board as the most
“destructive and wasteful govern
ment bureau and it has injured
agriculture beyond measure”, he
fa id.
“It’s bureaucratic blundering has
cui tailed or destroyed our foreign
markets for wheat, it pegged prices,
piled up surpluses, and killed ex
port trade, it encouraged other
countries to increase wheat pro
duction. it created resentment and
inspired retaliatory tariffs against
our wheat. The result has been
the lowest wheat prices in history.” j
FIEMN OF HITIEH
PARIS. Nov. 23, —Elevation of
Adolf Hitler to the Chancellorship
of Germany will pave the way for
a restoration of the old monarchy
system, it was predicted by the
daily newspaper “Fre Novelle.”
The newspaper article pointed
significantly to the prominent part !
which the ex-Crown Prince of
Germany has played recently in
German Fascist affairs.
Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, exiled these
many years at Doom, Holland, is
plotting a return to power in case
Hitler is victorious, the newspaper i
declared.
GREATER BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 23, —
Greater business activity was
reached in September and contin
ued through October, the Federal
Board reported in its monthly
business.
HONORED FIVE TIMES
CHICAGO, Nov. 23, — Avery
Brundage, noted American athlete
and Olympic champion, was re
elected president of the National
Amateur Union of America for the
fifth time.
MARSEILLES, France, Nov. 23, — i
Leon Trot/kv, Soviet exile, passed I
a few odd hours on French soil !
yesterday, under quarantine, after
arriving here on a liner from Italy. !
Frankly regarding the fallen
Communist leader as a man whose
ideas are contagious, the French
government kept him under con
stant surveillance, while he jour
neyed from this port to Lyons,
where he was to board a vessel for
Denmark.
Guards were under strct orders
not to allow Trotzky to talk to any
one wnile he was on French soil.
He has been in exile in Turkey re
cently. where he was a virtual pris
oner.
U JUMPED TO
OEM, SEU STUDIES
CHICAGO, Nov. 23, —A mn, be
lieved to be James Rockwell, leaped
to his death from the rotunda of
a six-story building, his body just
grazing that of a boy in the street.
Two notes were found on him,
one addressed to J. J. Hackett of
Hollywood, telling him of a $600
bank account, and the other to a
sister, Mrs. Ellis R. Martin, giving
her specific instructions regarding
the undertaker to take charge of
his body.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 22-—Thou
sands of military reserves repre
senting all classes of the last 10
years, began reporting for active
duty as the government started its
organization of full military
strength for a supreme campaign
against Paraguay.
The gloom of the past few
months was noticeably lightened
by dispatches from the Chaco front
reporting new Bolivian victories in
the vicinity of Fort Samklay, where ;
a Paraguayan regiment was believ
ed to have suffered heavy losses.
The women’s auxiliary organiza
tions reported many new volunteers '
and enrollments.
ROCK HILLS, S. C., Nov. 22, —
Another name was added to the
membership roll of the Caterpil
lar Club, mysterious and growing
organization composed of those
aviators who have been forced to
bail out in their parachutes to save
being killed in the crash of their
planes.
J. S. Buckman, aid mail pilot,
cheated death by taking the leap
when his plane crashed while he
was lost in a heavy fog.
EMPLOYES ORDERED
TO TAKE I VACATION
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, — The
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York
announced yesterday that it had
ordered sill employes to take a va
cation of one day a month with
out pay, and officers two days per
month under similar circumstanc- j
es, to aid in the “share a job” i
movement, to prevent wage cuts,
and to assist the unfortunate em
ployes, who are in stressed circum
stances
SETTLEMENT EFFECTED
IN m-UOST SUIT
DM UPdTION
WILMINGTON, Dei., Nov. 23, —
A settlement was effected in the
Federal district court, of the gov
ernment’s anti-trust suit against
the Radio Corporation of America
and other defendants.
The case against the General
Motors Corporation, American Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company,
and Western Electric Company,
Inc., was dismissed at the request
of the government and an injunc
tion decree was issued against the
other defendants.
The General Electric Co., the
Westinghouse Electric Co., who
own controlling stock and interest
in the Radio Corporation of Amer
ica, are to divest themselves and
their respective subsidiaries, from
a controlling interest in the Radio
Corporation.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 23, — Fif
teen thousand army blankets will
| be moved within the next few days
from the Presidio at San Francis
co, to the State labor camps to be
issued to unemployed men who are
in need.
M. B. Pratt, State Forester in
charge of these camps, announced
that through the efforts of Gover
nof James Rolph Jr., Secretary of
War, Patrcik Hurley had author
ized the commander of the Presidio
to furnish as many of the blankets
and aimy cots as he deemed nec
| essary for the unemployed men in
: the camps.
The order for blankets have been
I approved and it is expected that
1 more than 1,500 cots will be auth
orized. These supplies are being
transferred from San Francisco by
the California National Guard.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. —Arturo
Toscanini, world famed conductor,
will conclude his appearances with
the New York Philharmonic Sym
phony Orchestra for this year at a
I concert next Sunday afternoon, it
j was announced.
He will sail for Europe November
30, but will return in February to
conduct, another two-months be
; ginning March 1.
FASTEST QUARTER MILER
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, —“Big Ben”
Eastman of Stanford University,
lanky .and bespectacled runner,
probably will be recognized today
by the Amateur Athletic Union, as
the fastest quarter-miler of all
time, thereby officially ending the
annual meeting of the A. A. U. The
convention approved Eastman’s
time of 48.4 seconds for the 440
yard dash.
EIGHT REBELS KILLED
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov.
22.—Eight rebels were killed and 25
wounded in an engagement at To
coa, the government announced.
Federal forces defeated 150 rebels
near Guaymas on the north coast.
The eastern, western and southern
districts were reported as quiet, j
DRUG RUNNERS SEIZED
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Nov. 22.—
Several bundles of marihuana, a
dangerous drug, were seized by cus
toms officials here from a member
of the crew of a steamer who tried
to smuggle it aboard for delivery
at New Orleans. The seaman was
dock worker were arrested.
Tuesday’s young blizzard from |
the “Heart of the Frozen North,” ;
blew itself out wth a final snort at
2 ack emma today and the SS Alas
ka, delayed 18 hours, ran up her
sails and scudded down the bay.
JUNEAU, Nov. 23, —'“That they
might give thanks to the Almighty
God for the many blessings bes
towed upon them, our forefathers
established the custom of setting
aside one day each year for this
j purpose.
Following this tradition the Pres
ident of the United States has set
1 aside Thursday, November 24, 1932
| as Thanksgiving Day and recom
i mends that as this years marks the
200th anniversary of the birth of
George Washington, the Father of
our country, whose immeasureably
services to our liberties and our se
curity are blessings perennially re
newed upon us, that our people re
fresh their memory of this first
Thanksgiving Day when the people
of the United States in rendering
sincere and humble thanks to him
who is the benefit author of all
good that is for his care and pro
tection of the people of this coun
try previous to their becoming a
nation and for their tranquility
union and plenty enjoyed later and
beseech the Lord and Ruler of the
nation to guide them, to perform
their several duties properly and
punctually and to render our na
tional government a blessing to all
the people.
“Therefore, I, Karl Theile, acting
Goverror of the Territory of Alas
ka, in conformity therewith, do
hereby summon the people of the
Territory to the observance of this
anniversary and urge that all re
frain from their usual tasks and
assemble with friends and neigh
bors at their accustomed places of
public worship thereto, and give
give thanks to God for the numer
ous blessings that we have enjoyed
during the past year and invoke
His divine guidance for the future.
“Bearing in mind those who be
cause of misfortune, are in need of
our assistance, let u^ share accord
ingly to our ability in these re
quirements that no one shall suffer
want.
“Let us not be unmindeful of the
generous harvest of treasures we
have gleaned from our bountious
mountain and waters, as our pray
er of thanksgiving is offered in
profound gratitude to Him for His
abundant care.
“Given under my hand and the
seal of the Territory of Alaska in
Juneau this 21st day of November
in the year of our Lord, 1932, and
of the indeoendence of the United
States, the 157th.M
Karl Theile, acting governor and
Secretary of Alaska.
BANGKOK, Siam, Nov. 22. —A
new constitution for Siam which
has the approval of King Prajad
ipok, was made public, removing
the possibility that the monarch
might abdicate the throne.
The new constitution provides
for the appointment of an execu
tive committee by the ruler and
permits him to dissolve the legisla
ture.
GIVE WOMEN EQUALITY
BOGOTA. Colombia, Nov. 22._
Complete recognition of the civil
rights of married women is pro
vided in an administration meas
ure passed at the first reading of
the Senate. Colombia will become
the first Latin-American country
to grant women total equality with
men if the measure is passed by
both branches of Congress.
SHARE A JOB
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, —All but
i1,000 of the 3,000 workers in the
New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn,
were under orders to participate in
the “share a job” movement, be
ginning today. Instead of laying
off any of these men. they will be
alotted special vacations without
, pay.
The Gulf of Alaska set a day’s
I world record Tuesday, if the radio
I announcer was telling the truth,
i when he reported the lowest bar
ometer reading in the entire West
ern hemisphere, and points East,
was registered. But he neglected to
say what it was.
SUCCEEDS SEN. JONES
SEATTLE, Nov. 23, —Major Elisha
Grammar, prominent lumberman,
ws named by Gov. Roland Hartley
to fill the congressional office of
late Senator Wesley Jones.
miSIC ENDING TO
HUFFY BOYS ENROUTE
ROME, Nov. 23, —Stark tragedy
yesterday overwhelmed a singing
group of boys, members of the Fas
cists Youths’ Club, enroute to a
happy celebration, closely packed
in three trucks.
The boys sang the Fascist an
them as the cars bore them swiftly
along a highway near Rome. At a
grade crossing near Mascarese, su
burb of Rome, one driver, unable
to hear the whistle of a train, due
to the singing, drove directly into
the path of the locomotive.
Eleven were killed and 22 injur
ed in the crash. It was one of the
| worst accidents of the kind, to oc- '
■ cur in Italy in many years, it was i
I stated
CHICAGO. Nov. 22, —Alphonse j
Capone gets as much mail as any- j
one else in Atlanta prison, includ- J
ing the warden, said U. S. District j
Attorney Dwight H. Green, upon'
his return here. «
Most of the ex-Chicago gang-j
leader’s mail is “fan mail,” said!
Green, and the rest are appeals for j
financial aid from him.
Capone has become a model pris- :
oner, Green continued. He jumps
: at orders and never sulks, in hope
j that he will receive time off for j
! good behavior, from his 10-year
sentence for income tax fraud.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.—The
love of a mongrel for his youthful
master triumphed over the mad
ness of rabies. John and Leo Hen
derson discovered their pet “Bing,”
foaming at the mouth.
Ignorant of the terrible signifl- 1
cance of the foam, they washed
out the dog’s mouth and tried to
help him.
The parents, horror - stricken,
learning what happened, called the
boys into the house and put in a -
call for the police, who shot the pet
‘•‘Bing’ wouldn’t bite us even if
he was sick,’ sobbed Leo, aged 9.
“We loved each other. Why did
they kill him, Mother?” said the1
boy.
LONDON, Nov. 22.—George Bern
ard Shaw voiced denial that he will
visit America though he admitted 1
he will “look in” at San Francisco
and New York during his forth
coming world tour.
“You cannot go on a world cruise
without banging into America, but
I am not paying a visit to that
country. I shall look in at San
Francisco and New York and pass
through the Panama Canal.”
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, —Gains I
balanced Tuesday’s losses and farm
equipment followed the grains up
and down. German issues were un
certain
Wall Street had its eyes on the
Hoover-Roosevelt conference a t
Washington and permitted the fin
ancial market to shift for itself.
Stocks tumbled from one to four
points; wheat gained one cent per
bushel and cotton held steady.
HITLER IS HIE TO
OBTAIN CO-OPERATION
FORMATION CABINET
BERLIN, Nov. 23, —President von
Hindenburg yesterday commission
ed Adolf Hitler, Fascist leader, to
formulate a cabinet and a program
of action to meet Germany’s dom
estic crisis, but strings were at
tached to the request
Instead of the usual mandate to
form a cabinet, the President gave
Hitler a mission to attempt within
a limited time, to submit his cabi
net nmes and a program “backed
by authority or at least a majority
of the Reichstag.
The President, according to those
close to him, was loath to place
Germany’s fate in the hands of the
Fascist leader, without attaching
strings to the situation. The plan
was the outcome of a 15-minute
conversation between Hindenburg
and Hitler.
The Nazi leader declared himself
ready to proceed and he said he
was determined to muster enough
support from other party leaders
in the Reichstag to give his organ
ization a majority.
In other words, the President
gave the Nazi leader a chance, but
a chance which political observers
believe is nearly impossible. Hitler’s
object is to muster enough sup
port to drive Communism from
Germany, bring the Republican
elements together and bring mili
tary and commercial equality with
other nations, so desired by the
citizens of Germany.
Up to a late hour last night, Hit
ler after spending all day seeking
cooperation from other parties,
had been unsuccessful and Hinden
burg was said to be betting some
what impatient.
PUT SEISE SIFTED
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 22. —The
alleged Republican plot to slur
Governor Roosevelt by circulating
cards during the last campaign,
bearing his endorsement of the
Klu KIux Klan, were being sifted
here today.
Benjamin Newman, a printer,
testified before the House Cam
paign Funds Committee in session
here, said he had printed 5000
cards for a Republican boss named
A. Leggistein.
THE ms SOUGHT
BUCHAREST, Roumania, Nov. 22,
—A living threat of death walked
the streets of Bucharest, spurred
on by a frantic population.
Police were seeking three escap
ed lepers from the colony at Tigil
esti, near here. The lepers boldly
called at the Ministry of Health,
and presented a petition complain
ing of conditions at the colony,
and then vanished before the po
lice arrived.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. — Green
Bay’s astonishing march toward
another National professional leag
ue football title finally was check
ed for the first time this season.
The champions ran into a club
that could beat them as they sur
rendered to a very alert New York
’’Giant” team here, 6-0.
In nine previous games, Green
Bay has won eight and fought the
Chicago “Bears” a tie in another.
Crowds, almost the size attend
ing the amateur games, are wit
nessing the games this season.
H. S. Balderston, president of the
Bank of Seward, the city’s best
and strongest financial house, res
ponded to the call to duty and left
on the SS Alaska for Valdez where
he was called as a juror.