Bernard
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 37.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HOOVER'S FAREWELL
ADDRESS STRESSED
FOREIGN RELATIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 14,—Pledging
the support of Republicans to the
incoming Democratic administra
tion for the National welfare of
the country and renewing his plea
for retention of the gold standard
and international solidarity. Presi
dent Hoover addressed 1,500 guests
of the National Republican Club,
in the Waldorf Astoria, the occa
sion being the 47th anniversary
observance in honor of Abraham
Lincoln.
The hope of the Republican
party lies in the young people, he
said, who will be the standard
bearers of the 1936 campaign and
confident the party would be re
turned to power in 1936.
He dwelled at length on the
“economic cloud hanging over us”,
of the neceessity for amicable for
eign relations; the present econo
mic war caused by depreciated
currency which threatens to en
gulf the entire world and ‘\ve
must not be the major victims of
it all”.
“Gold has been frightened into
the pockets of a fewr”, he said,
“but a place should be found for
silver. The United States can pro
tect itself better than perhaps
any country in the world".
Waves of fear and of emotions
have been spreading but America
is “strong and courageous” Pay
ment of war debts has been ex
agerated, however, some tangible
form of compensation should be
made. “We cannot build on mu
tual improvershment.”
The problem before the wTorld is
to halt the economic conflict and
this can be solved by national uni
ty, not partisan solarity, and with
cooperation wTith the nations of
the world. The problem is to revive
confidence and hope, he said.
In conclusion the President said
that devotion to the prepetuation
of mankind, is manifest the spirit
handed down “to us by Abraham
Lincoln”.
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DENVER, Feb. 14,—While police
sought Louis (Diamond Jack) Al
terie. former Chicago gangster, for
questioning in connection with the
$60,000 ransom kidnapping of Chas.
Boettcher, 2nd., wealthy Denver in
vestment broker, relatives took the
first step yesterday to comply writh
the kidnappers’ demands on how
the ransom was to be paid.
Boettcher, warm friend of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, wTas kidnap
ped Sunday night by two men who
accosted the broker and his wife
as they drove into the driveway of
Boettcher’s home.
DENVER. Feb. 14.—An offer to
pay in full the $60,000 ransom de
mand for release of her millionaire
husband who was kidnapped Sun
day night, was made by Mrs. Chas.
Boettcher.
Charles Boettcher, 2nd, wras seiz
ed by two men wiio hid them
selves in the shadow of his garage
awaiting his arrival home.
UNITED RESISTANCE
PEIPING, Feb. 14,—Any attack
on Jehol province will encounter
the united resistance of all China,
Acting Premieer T. V. Soong an
nounced after conferences with
Marshal Chang Ssueh Liang Soong
who said he came here because of
the threat against Jehol “which is
as integral a part of China as
Nanking”.
NO DEFENSE LEFT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14,—Sena
I tor Arthur R. Robinson, Indiana,
told the Senate that requiring the
Navy to cut its expenditures five
percent in the pending economy
; program would make it absolutely
' impossible for the United States to
j defend itself in case of war.
GOVERNORS J1N0 POLICE
! DISMISSED US
m OF PRUSSIA
j BERLIN, Feb. 14,—Twenty-four
; provincial governors and police
i chiefs in various parts of Prussia
I were dismissed by Wilhelm Goer
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I
ing, minister without portfolia, and
replaced by members of Chancelor
Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist
party.
The National Socialist news
paper ascribed the order to the
government’s determination to
cleanse the administration of
various elements. Most of those
removed were social democrats;
others were centrists and others
populists.
FOR T1NING GIMPS
AND DESTITUTE DOTS
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. —The
Senate appropriated an additional
$22,000,000 for citizens military
training camps and for the care
of destitute and transient youths
during the next fiscal year.
The approved amendment, otfer
! ed by Senator Couzens, Rep. of
Michigan, to the pending War De
partment appropriation bill, would
permit any young man between 15
and 21 years of age to receive a
year’s shelter at any citizen mili
tary training camp upon proof
that he was unemployed and that
he had been so for at least six
1 months.
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REPORT FAVORABLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. —The
Senate Foreign Relations sub-com
mitteee considering the St. Law
rence Waterways Treaty with Can
ada favorably reported the treaty
| to the Rules committee, the vote
! was 5 to 2 in favor of ratification.
I
SANCTIONS POLIO!
TOKIO. Feb. 14. —Backing his
I government’s Far Eastern policies
j to the fullest degree, Emperor
I Hirohito of Japan sanctioned the
| Japanese withdrawal from the
I League of Nations unless world
i powers keep their hands off Man
| chukuo.
The Japanese Emperor, whose
j word is law and whose power is
| almost absolute, charged Count
Yasuya Uchida, Foreign Minister,
with the task of delivering his de
cision to Geneva.
JUDGE TELLS ’EM
i BOSTON, Feb. 14—Federal Judge
i James A. Lowell declared that he
! would not send any man to jail for
violation of the prohibition laws
as the laws will be repealed in two
; years.
IILSUliSw luEfiUL I L Ui Ui
LONDON, Feb- 14,—Prime Minis
| ter MacDonald sought to authorize
I Sir Ronald Lindsay to bear to
I President-Elect Roosevelt, a new
I British formula for the Washing
| ton debt negotiations. A formula
j intended to aid Roosevelt in plac
I ating a Congress emphatically op
! posed to revision and angered by
| Britain’s no swapping reservation.
Ambassador Lindsay sails for
Washington this week.
THRILLING CHAPTER
“ACT OF GOD, REEVE VISITED
ISOLATED VILLAGE” SAYS
BEESON
There have been many stirring
sagas of the North; tales of hard
ships, of suffering and of heroism
enacted in the bleak wastelands.
And the saga of Pilot Bob Reeve
and his plane passengers, Mr. and
Mrs. Ole Hay and two children, is
another such epic; another glo5
rious chapter to be enscribed on
the pages of history of Alaska’s air
men who have charted Northern
skies and won the admiration of
a world for their record of ach
ievement in a frontier whose peo
I pie, in a few years have become
1 known as the most air-minded in
habitants on the globe.
Pilot Bob Reeve, hero of a battle
with a blizzard two weeks ago
when he carried the Hay family,
including a baby, from Seward to
Nome, when forced down in 45 be
low zero temperature in the rug
ged mountains, won a race with
death across Alaska yesterdav af
ternoon wrhen he landed at his lo
cal base.
BRIEF SUMMARY
Leaving Nome for the return hop
to the Seward Airport, Reeve flew
to Shagtulik on Norton Sound,
south of Nome. Frank Beeson, fox
farmer, was near death from two
serious ailments. Reeve loaded him
into his plane and dashed for Mc
Grath, thence to Susitna, Anchor
age and Seward. The hospital re
port today was that' Mr* Beeson
was brought in for treatment just
in time and that many more days
without care would have meant
the end of the trail.
“The best way to keep out of
trouble is not to get into it.” That’s
the thought constantly in the
mind of Pilot Bob and the follow
ing of that practical advice has
permitted him to fly hundreds of
thousands of miles in the Western
hemisphere, over the Andes and
pampas of South America and
snow-locked, sky-piercing peaks of
Alaska.
So when he saw storm clouds
closing in while winging his way
to Nome from Seward, he picked
out the best available spot in a
well-protected mountainous gulch,
set his plane down and made his
passengers as comfortable as cir
cumstances permitted, while the
elements roared overhead.
Thus begins Pilot Bob Reeve’s
log which contains a record of the
possible saving of two lives.
OFF ON EPIC HOP
Leaving his Seward base with
the Hay family he landed an hour
later at Anchorage to pick up his
special equipment consisting of 40
pounds of “iron” rations, sleeping
bag, snow shoes, ax, rifle, ammu
nition and other necessary articles.
The following morning, Monday,
the party took off reaching Me
Grath after detouring Rainy Pass
thru Simpson Pass. They remain
ed at McGrath that night. Per
fect weather reports were received
next morning from the Yukon,
Bering Sea and Nome countries.
So they took off altho some low
clouds were visible between the
Yukon and McGrath; not anxious
to fly with such a low ceiling and
having knowledge of better weath
er a short distance ahead, Reeve
detoured the low clouds and hit
the Yukon about 50 miles west of
Ruby. He then layed a compass
course west of Norton Sound
EMERGENCY LANDING
There was about a 3,000 foot
ceiling and it appeared to be im
proving in the west so Reeve pro
ceeded directly on this course un
til about 30 miles from Norton
Sound when the ceiling suddenly
closed in, a storm coming up with
considerable snow and bad winds.
Reeve immediately decided to re
trace his steps to Nulato on the
Yukon, to land there and wait
until the storm subsided.
He retraced his course about 40
miles while the fury of the storm
grew apace. At this time he was
in a range of mountains along the
southern tributary of Katell river,
and flying at an altitude of from
5,000 to 8,000 feet. These moun
tains are not even shown on maps,
! so desolate and remote is the re
gion. The storm grew worse. Reeve
detected the wings were inclined
to ice so instantly decided to make
an emergency landing and wait
I out the blijzard, rather than risk
! getting back to the Yukon and the
possible chance of running out of
fuel.
COMPASS USELESS
Reeve says he must have been in
a highly magnetic area because
his compass was spinning like a
top, it being impossible to locate
any definite direction, altho he
did know the general direction on
account of the river which ran
from northeast to southwest. Reeve
has always carried a small pocket
compass for just such emergencies
but he found it to be similarly af
fected.
Calling Ole Hay’s attention to
| the compass, they landed on a
j small stream in a wooded gulch. It
! was snowing hard and bitterly cold.
! Reeve lit the fire-pot to keep Mrs.
Hay and children, John, aged sev
en years, and baby Olga, but seven
months old, warm in the plane
cabin, while Mr. Hay and himself
got a camp fire going and shelter
erected. A shelter was improvised
from the linen wing covers. They
then moved the family to the
camp, some 200 yards from the
plane.
CHILDREN WERE SNUG
The children were wrapped in
snugly in the sleeping bag and
over them was placed the motor
cover.
The party then broke out the
rations for a meal of hard-tack,
sausage and tea.
The temperature continued to
drop, registering 45 degrees below.
The men spent the night cutting
down 53 spruce trees, averaging
about eight inches in diameter,
cutting them up into eight foot
| lengths and dragging them to the
' fire thru three feet of snow where
Mr. Hay cared for the fire
! and family. Bob says the ax blade
; flew off the short handle at least
! 25 times and one time he was forc
| ed to dig in the snow for almost
| an hour before he found it. The
next morning the camp site re
| sembled the winter quarters of a
| milling herd of moose.
HOT TEA FROZE
The coldest mark was reached
between 5 and 8 o’clock the follow
ing morning when hot tea, three
feet away from the fire, froze with
in a few minutes.
Reeve was astounded, he said,
at the fortitude of the family, but
he realized he could not remain
there indefinitely because of the
children. He decided to make a
try getting away at the first op
portunity. At about 3 p. m. the
storm lifted and, after 25 hours
in camp, and after taking a bear
ing on the south from the sun and
with a compass magnet managing
to stabilize his compass in a
southerly direction, they took off
without any difficulty and Reeve
pointed toward the coast, arriving
| at Shagtulik, on Norton Sound, in
[ about 50 minutes.
The wind wTas blowing a gale—
about 35 miles and hour—but he
landed safely on a narrow creek
in front of the small Indian vil
lage.
MAZEN’S TOOK CHARGE
Here Mr. and Mrs. David Maz
en took immediate charge of the
family which, wrhile somewhat ner
vous from the unusual experience,
I showed no ill effects whatever; it
i was considered remarkable that
Olga, the infant, should have sur
j vived the terrible cold without
j frosted lungs or other ill-effects.
I Reeve says it certainly was a trib
i utd to the hardy Nordic strain.
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That night, over the radio, they
heard Broadcast Station KFQD,
“J. P.”’ announcer, at Anchorage,
broadcasting the message that
the party was missing, having fail
j ed to arrive at Nome. The party,
I in the meantime, had dispatched
(Continued on fatm Three)
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
LONDON, Feb. 14,—The Anglo
American debts discussion at
Washington will become a prelimi
nary world economic conference
under the final instructions Am
bassador Sir Ronald Lindsay re
ceived last night prior to sailing
on the majestic today for Wash
ington.
INAUGURAL MSS
OP ROOSEVELT WILL
URGE THREE POINTS
.. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 14,—President
Elect Roosevelt’s inaugural address
will emphasize the need for great
er powers to permit him to carry
out his govermental reorganization
plan, associates here said.
Congressmen disputed in Wash
ington over a move to give Mr.
Roosevelt almost dictatorial au
thority over governmental expen
ditures.
Mr. Roosevelt is working on his
address while he cruises southern
waters. A balanced budget and
speedy farm relief will be asked in
the inaugural speech, it was un
derstood.
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DISI5TK FLOODS
PIEPING, Feb. 14. —Disastrous
i floods were reported to be threat
ening two provinces of China, one
of which was still crushed by the
effects of an earthquake in which
70,000 lives are estimated lost.
Wholesale destruction of life by
flood was feared in the distant in
land province of Kansu, where the
earthquake occurred last Decem
ber. Shantung province, on the
Yellcwr Sea, also was threatened,
ice floes from high mountain gorg
es sending the Yellow River level
rapidly upward.
NEWFOUNDLAND STORM
ST. GEORGE, Newfoundland.
Feb. 14,—Widespread destruction
is reported to fishing villages along
this coast where a second 80-mile
gale struck. Communication is
practically impossible. It was re
ported a church on a cliff toppled
into the sea.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 13. —Mar
garet Santell, 18, underwent an
operation at Ancker hospital for
removal from her stomach of a
seven-inch table fork wrhich she
swallowed accidently.
The girl said the fork “just
slipped” when she placed the han
dle of it in her throat. It lodged
in her stomach with the handle
down and the prongs pointing up
ward. She said she suffered no
pain.
FIRST BASEMAN SIGNS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14,—Ells
worth Dahlbren, Mission’s first
baseman, sent in his signed con
tract.
aafml' PROJECT
COMPLETED 0) RUSSIX
LENINGRAD. Feb. 13, —Com
pletion of the White Sea and Bal
tic canal zone, one of the out
standing engineering feats of the
century, has been announced of
ficially by the Commissariat of
sea and river transportation.
As its name implies, the canal
connects the White Sea and the
Baltic by providing a sea level
waterway from Soroka, on the
White Sea, to Leningrad, on the
i Gulf of Finland.
NATIVES ACCUSED OF
ATTACKING WOMAN IT
HONOLULU, Feb. 14.—Four na
tives accused of attacking Mrs.
Thalia Fortescue Massie were freed
when the charges \ver° not pressed
and preparations for a new trial
dropped.
The first trial ended with a jury
deadlocked on the question of con
victing or acquitting five defend
ants. A new trial had been order
ed. Shortly afterward, one of the
defendants, Joe Kahahaw'ai, was
kidnapped and slain.
Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, Mrs.
Granville Fortescue and two en
listed men were convicted of man
slaughter in connection with his
death. They served one hour in
custody of the sheriff, then w'ere
released.
DEMOCRATS PLAN OF
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14,—Presi
dent Hoover was represented by
Republican Congressional lead
ers as unalterably opposed to
Democratic plans to invest Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt with so-called
“dictorial” powers.
Mr. Hoover conferred with House
Republican Floor Leader Snell and
Representative Wood (Rep.) of In
diana, ranking party member on
the appropriations committee, on
the drastic proposals.
Briefly, the plan proposed by
Speaker Garner w<|uld give Mr
Roosevelt “unlimited” authority to
reduce appropriations, including
veterans expenditures and an un
checked authority completely re
organizing the federal government.
■ The House enacted a protest
against the plan by sending the
Treasury postoffice appropriation
bill to conference, a preliminary
for final passage.
BERLIN, Feb. 14.—Clashes be
tween Nazis and Communists letL
nine men dead and 40 injured over
the week-end. Several of the in
jured were expected to die.
The most serious fight occurred
at Eileben, Saxony, where two
Nazis w:ere killed and 12 Commun
ists wounded. Nazis stormed a
building housing a Communist
bookshop, from which the Nazis
charged. Communists opened fire
on a Nazi parade.
WATER AND SMOKE
CAUSE BIG EIRE LOSS
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feeb. 13, —
An $80,000 fire damage was sus
tained to the upper floors and
roof of the Williams Building on
the corner of Granville and Hast
ing Streets, the heart of the finan
cial center.
Most of the loss was caused by
the water and smoke.
Another fire occux*ed at a pier
where the M. S. America was lying;
the damage was estimated at $5,
000.
REFUSE RECONSIDER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, —The
Supreme ‘Court refused to recon
sider its recent action declining
to pass upon the refusal of the
Federal Radio Commission to
grant a new lease to radio station.
KGEF of the Trinity Methodist
Church at Los Angeles over which
the Rev. Robert P. Shuler broad
casted.
CITY VS HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT 8 P.M.