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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 155. SEWARD, ALASKA,, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1932.
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Subordinating a series of daring
heroics exploits to a highly instruc
tive illustrative lecture, teeming
with important scientific facts and
valuable educational elements, Fr.
Hubbard. S. J., entertained a full
audience at the Liberty theater
Sunday afternoon.
The lecture was illustrated with
scenes collected with the * motion
picture camera last year and not
hitherto shown to Alaska audiences,
and some of the reels were given
their premiere.
The beholders of the pictures
saw the intrepid Glacier Priest and
his loyal companions crawl to diz- I
zy heights on the shell of active j
volcanoes, descend into furnaces of
heat and. like Dante, viewing his j
Inferno, stand silhouetted against {
a background as grim and as dan-j
gerous as it was awe-inspiring, j
Here they picked their way over;
terrain registering 250 degrees cen- I
tigrade, to emerge further onto!
moving, molten lava covered by
thin crust and play hide and seek
with death in the gas-laden vap- j
ors pouring from active vents like |
the hadean berth of a witch’s!
brew.
From a scenic view nothing ex
ceeds the motion pictures in dis
closing the price the scientist and
explorer pays for a grain of knowl
edge, which may be passed along j
to the more timorous seated in!
realms of comfort and safety. From
a scientific angle, data was accum
ulated which, while guiding those
who follow in carrying on the work
of solving the great cosmic scheme,
already adds materially to the store
accumulated, piece by piece down
the avenue of years.
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NOTED ASTRONOMER ID
LAKE GENEVA, Wis, July 5. —
The blind astronomer of Yerkes
observatory. Dr. Irwin Brand Frost, >
famous the world over for his
knowledge of astronomy, is pre
paring to retire.
Dr. Frost, who will be 66 next
month, has been director of Yerkes
observatory since 1905. Altho’ to
tally blind, for several years, Dr.
Frost continued his astronomical
work wtihout interruption except
for a few weeks last winter when
illness forced him to remain in
bed. For a time it was feared he
would not recover. The famous
scientist was graduated from Dart
mouth College in 1886, at 20 years
of age.
TOLEDO EOLFEI LMDS
CLEVELAND. July 5. (IP)—. Alfred
Sargent remembered all of his fa
mous father’s golfing lessons at
Canterbury and responded with a
record equalling 69 that shoved him
ahead on a neatly bunched field in
the opening of the 18 hole skirmish
for the Western Open Champion
ship.
Banking magic iron shots dead
to the pin* the 23-year old Toledo!
son of George Sargent, national
open title-holder in 1909, turned
the championship layout in 35 and
34 to tie the competitve course re
cord and beat a quartet of famous
shot-makers to the top of the scor
ing list by exactly one shot.
DYNAMITE, COMMUNISTS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4, —Los
Angeles police were warned by San
Francisco authorities to watch for
25 men, reported Communists, said
to be on their way south with a
large quantity of dynamite secret
ed in blanket rolls. The men were
said to be planning a demonstra
tion July 10 against the recent im
prisonment of William Z. Foster,
communist candidate for president.1
NO OBSTACLES
NEW YORK, July 4, —Alfred E.
Smith, in the manner of one who
is triumphant in defeat, arrived
home from Chicago and intimated
that he would place no obstacles in j
the way of Franklin D. Roosevelt, |
Democratic candidate for the
presidency.
DEMITS START
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CHICAGO, July 4, (^—Demo
crats were heading homeward Sun
day to bind up the wounds from
the fray which presented a solid j
front to carry the Roosevelt-Gar-!
ner pennant to victory.
They predicted that aside from |
the Roosevelt-Smith breach—the ;
unanswered question whether A1 j
Smith will support the nominee,,
few traces from the conflict con
flicts are left.
Like Smith, the delegations are
enroute home, silent.
Senator Walsh of Montana
another Smith leader, called
on his State to support the ticket
and pledged himself to work for
Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt party left Chicago
for Albany by train. Thousands
watched the departure.
Both parties face financial dif
ficulties as they enter the cam
paign. Rascob told the Democrats
they had $142,000 and the Repub
licans more, but that neither party
were in good financial shape for
a vote-getting drive.
DEAFENING'OVATION
CHICAGO, July 4, {If)—Govornor
Franklin D. Roosevelt received a
deafening ovation as he faced the
Democratic convention Saturday
where, resting his hands on the
flag-draped speaker’s dais, he be
gan his speech in acceptance of
the Democratic nomination for
President of the United States.
BUTTLE GUNS FOR IB
AGAINST IT PLATFORM
CHICAGO, July 4, ^—Irrecon
cilable prohibitionists, thru their
national board of strategy, on Sun-1
day, proclaimed war on both plat
forms and urged all friends of the j
18th amendment to “devote their
best efforts to the election of dry
candidates to both houses in Con
gress and State legislatures.”
The board said in part, in a state
ment isued after a long argument
over the phraseology, or whether it
would be issued at all: “We opposed
repeal; we opposed submission of
any repeal or modification propo
sal which would destroy or weaken
the national prohibition. We will
force to our limit our ability to pro
tect and defend the salutary gov
ernmental policy.”
The board gave no advice to its!
followers how to vote in the pres
idential contest.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 4, —
Efforts to unite all the third-party I
movements into one group and pre- ;
sent concerted opposition to both
Republicans and Democrats, was
launched here.
Almost 250 delegates from 17
States, representing seven differ
ent political organizations, form
ed the “Unity Party.”
Their platform deals chiefly with
monetary problems and only indir
ectly refers to prohibition, pledg
ing themselves to “retention and
observance of the whole constitu- j
tion.” j
Dropped matches and burning to
bacco ignited national forests in
1,872 places during 1931, says the j
forest service.
COMPROMISE RELIEF BILL
MUD DOTH HOUSES ^
WASHINGTON, July 5. (£*)—'The
! $2,100,000,000 compromise relief bill
has finally been approved by both
the House and Senate conferees.
However, indications are increasing
that President Hoover will veto the
measure. The bill will be taken up
by the House tomorrow.
The final draft is the same as
that of the tentative compromise j
of last Saturday carrying $300,000,- \
000 for direct relief loans to the j
States and $322,000,000 for loans j
through the Reconstruction Fin-1
ance Corporation to public and pri- j
vate interests.
ACCEPTS DEMO HONDOi
CHICAGO, July 4, (JP)—Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt formally ac
cepted, on Saturday, the Democra
tic nomination for the presidency.
The stadium rocked with a migh
ty demonstration as he appeared— ,
the 1932 standard bearer.
He smashed traditions and pre
cedents by flying to Chicago to
address the National convention. It
wTas the grand climax after Speak
er of the House, John N. Garner,
of Texas, had been nominated for
vice-president.
Roosevelt arrived about two hours
after Speaker Garner had been
named by acclamation. He reach
ed the stadium at 5:38 p. m., Chi
cago time, and was accorded a tu
multuous welcome. Previously he
had been greeted at the Chicago
airport by Mayor Cermak and
other dignitaries.
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HERMOSA BEACH, Calif., July
5. OP) —Mrs. Minnie “Ma” Kennedy
announced here that her marriage
with Guy “What a Man” Hudson
had “blown up.” Ma Kennedy, in
the announcement said, “You can
say for me that after a year of
fruitless attempts of establishing
Hudson in a permanent position it
has been decided for the mutual
advantage of both that he go his
way and I mine.”
Hudson, the husband of “Ma,”
walked up and interrupted his wife
and said that, “You can say for me
that if there is a separation or a
divorce in this family it is not be
cause I want it.”
LONDON, July 5- (IP)—The House
of Commons Monday night voted
223 to 31 to empower the British
Government with the right to im
pose a tariff of up to 100 per cent
on imports from the Irish Free
State.
This probable drastic step was i
taken in retaliation against Pres- |
ident Eamon De Valera and. the '
Irish Free State’s refusal to pay J
their semi-annual installments on
Irish land annuities amounting to
$11,000,000.
Great Britain is the principle
consumer of the Irish Free State
products and the tariff will pro
bably work greatly to the detriment
of the Irish Free State people.
IDE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, July 5 (/P)— Yes
terday’s quotations on the market:
Am, For. Power 2, Am. Pwr. Lgt.
4, A. Tel. & Tel. 7°%, Anaconda
Copper V/8, Chrysler Corp. 6%,
City Ser. Co., 2%, Col. Gas Elec.
6%. Cont. Motors %, Fox Fims. not
quoted; Goldman Sachs %, Mont.
Ward 41/4, Nat. Pow. Lgt. 8%, Ra
dio 3%, So. Pac. 7%, Std. Ofl Cal.
18%, Std, Oil N. J. 24%, Trans
America 2%, Union Oil Cal. 9%,
U. S. and Alcoa 16%, U. S. Steel
233/4.
LIBERTY HOT SELECTS
ITS SHU HIIS
KANSAS CITY, July 5. (JP) —
Col. Frank Webb, of San Francis
co, was nominated for the presi
dency, and Andrae N. Nordskog,
of Los Angeles, was nominated for
the vice-presidency as the stan
dard bearers of the Liberty Party.
The nominations were made late
Monday.
The Liberty party is a group
which seeks to overthrow both the
major parties. The party resulted
from a fusion of all the third party
elements who have formed a union
so that their efforts may be more
concerted.
SPSBKLE III SMITH'S EVE
SIID TO HI BED
CHICAGO, July 4, (JP)—Alfred E.!
Smith bore the bitterness of de-i
feat with grim silence; the spar
kle in his eye when he is in a pol
itical battle had vanished.
Saturday, he packed his bags
with the intention of leaving be
fore the arrival of Governor Roose
velt. He sought to keep the hour
of his departure a secret, that he
might start home without bright
lights and interviews.
Whether he will support the vic
tor remains a moot question.
COHSS TO HlSTEIf
ACTION RELIEF BILL
WASHINGTON, July 5. —With a
majority, of both houses confident
that President Hoover will approve
the Garner-Wagner relief bill, the
House and Senate plan to expedite
the measure upon reconvening to
day to hastetn aid for the destitute
and unemployed. The conferees
who are whipping the $2,000,000
plan into shape scoff at threats of
an executive veto.
They assert the bill now includes
as many wishes of the President as
are consistent with true relief. They
see the veto threat as inspired to
keep the conferees from straying
further from Hoover’s ideas.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5, —The
United States held a violent cele
bration of the 140th anniversary of
the signing of its Declaration of In
dependence with nearly 200 losing
their lives and at least -one thou
sand injured, in various cities. Care
less automobile driving on the holi
day accounted for more than half
of the deaths and fires took their
uusual toll and bootleg liquor caus
er more than the usual number of
fatalities. There were a number of
shooting affrays and drowning ac
counted for the fate of several
others.
DIDN’T PAY BILL
NEW YORK, July 5. — Captain ^
Charles Kingford-Smith and the
three aviators who flew the Atlan
tic with him two years ago, had
“a la carte traveling” down to the
last word, a clothier who supplied
them here on their arrival testified.
He is suing for a bill of $229.
BASEBALL RESULTS
July 4th games.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 2-12, Oakland 10-4. _
San Francisco 9-7, Seattle 6-0.
Hollywood 11-4, Sacramento 5-1.
Portland 7-0, Los Angeles 2-3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 8-9, Philadelphia 6-0.
Pittsburgh 9-6, Chicago 6-5.
Cincinnati 7-3, St. Louis 3-3; sec
ond game called in 13th innings
account of darkness.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5-12, New York 3-6.
Cleveland 4-1, Chicago 2-2.
Detroit 2-12, St. Louis 0-7.
DIED FROM FRIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4, (£>)—
Emile Schroder, 45, arrested for
questioning after he had ordered
a number of payroll checks print
ed with the name of a ficticious
Alaskan company, collapsed and
died Sunday; physicians said, from
fright.
MATTERN 'AND GRIFFIN
TARE OFF FOR FLIGHT
AROUND THE WORLD
NEW YORK, July 5. (/P) —James
Matetrn 27, and Bennett Griffin 36,
World War veterans and fliers of
national note, hopped off from
here at 4:01 a. m. Pacific Standard
time for Harbor Grace, Newfound
land, the first stop on their pro
posed ‘round the world flight,
i Mattern and Griffin are going
; to attempt to shorten the time for
| a ‘round the world flight and hope
j to complete their jaunt in six days.
The fliers will follow approxi
mately the same route taken by
Post and Gatty on their globe circ
ling flight. This route will take
them across the Atlantic ocean to
Ireland, then over to Europe, Sib
eria and from Siberia to Alaska.
From Alaska the fliers will cut ac
ross the country directly for New
York.
The weather conditions were said
| to be good for a flight of the na
ture they are undertaking.
Both fliers were unusually sec
| retive about their early prepara
| tions for the ocean flight.
They carried no lifeboats, para
j chutes, fire extinguishers or sig
; nal flares. Griffin wore a leather
j jacket and knickers and Mattern
j wore a business suit.
Aviator Mattern was the man
who piloted the refueling ship for
the Jones, Robbins flyers and has
had a varied aviation career as
an army pilot, pilot of drummer
ships and flying planes carrying
j cargoes of fresh fish from Texas
! to Mexico City.
VETERANS PLANNED TO
STAGE DEMONSTRATION
CAPITOL STEPS TOOAI
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 4, —
Leaders of the bonus expeditionary
forces, encamped on the capital
10.000 strong, on Sunday were ar
ranging another demonstration at l
; the capital as soon as Congress j
convenes Tuesday.
The demonstration held Satur
day proved abortive, as most mem
bers of the House and Senate were
i absent from their offices.
Though the treasury and the
larder of the army are virtually
depleted, the veterans maintained
! their usual stoical attitude.
Police continue to report the de
parture of hundreds daily, but j
leaders of the veterans discount1
most of these “desertions” and an- j
nounce the arrival of increasing I
replacements.
LESS DRY AGENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 4, (£>)
—Prohibition Director Amos W.
Woodcock said 75 prohibition
agents were definitely laid off as
a result of economies made neces
sary cuts in the prohibition bur
eau’s funds for the current fiscal
year. The prohibition director said
it is necessary for the bureau to
save $1,168\000 during the new fis
cal year, as compared with $300,
000 last year.
MAY BE ROBBER
HONOLULU, July 4, —Glen How
ard Lovell, 23, one of the three men
sought in connection with the rob
bery. of the San Francisco Fox
theater some months ago, was held
by police for extradition to the
mainland. He arrived here June 13 J
as a stowaway on an Army trans-j
port. He was detained and investi
gation revealed he was wanted in
San Francisco.
INDEPENDENCE DAY DEATH
TOLL TOTALS ALMOST 250,
HUNDREDS ARE INJURED
By Associated Press
Accidental deaths on the Pacific
Coast over the week-end, princi
pally drownings and automobile
wrecks, together with a dozen sui
cides, reached the total of more
than 38.
Eight were drowned off Tilla-*
mook, Ore., when a boat overturn
ed; two deaths bccured in an ac
cidental shooting at Sonoma, Calif;
at Roseburg, Ore., a window wash
er was killed; another was killed
in a detonating cap explosion at
Victoria, B. C., and eight were kill
ed along the coast by automobiles.
Deaths throughout the U n ited
States as America celebrated the
156th birthday cost 243 lives, whicbi
is about half of the 1931 total.
Only ten of the total of death
casualties were due to fireworks.
Automobiles caused 199 deaths,
drowning caused 90, and 26 deaths
were due to various other causes.
The middleswest led all the sec
tions in the number of fatalities,
there being 53 auto deaths, 31
drownings and about 50 persons
injured by fireworks. Butte Mon
tana headed the fatality list with
six deaths.
The fatalities at Butte were most
spectacular. Six copper miners sons
sons carried a case of dynamite to
the baseball park at dawn to cele
brate the Fourth. They each be
gan to place dynamite in news
papers to attach dynamite caps and
fuses and one of them fumbled.
Both of the boys’ arms were blown
off and other arms and legs were
i hurled through the air as far as
150 feet away.
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TWO PERSONS DROWNED
NEAR WISIILII JULY 4
| The Fourth of July took its share
of death toll in Wasilla when Mrs.
! Fleckinstein, sister-in-law of An
j chorage residents of that name, and
I Sam Beck were drowned. Mr. and
Mrs. Fleckinstein and Mr. Sam
Beck were returning by automobile
to Wasilla from a Willow Creek
i mine at Fish Hock, near Wasilla,
, when their car ran down an em
bankment into a ditch of water. Mr.
Fleckinstein was able to extricate
himself from the sinking car but by
j the time he had gone for help and
returned to the scene of the acci
j dent, al 1 but one wheel of the
1 automobile had disappeared be
j neath the water .
A similar accident occured also
j at Fairbanks when a young lad who
i was sailing about in a small boat
in the Chena slough was drowned
by the overturning of his craft.
. The name of the boy was not learn
; ed.
j At Anchorage, a less serious acci
dent took place when an automobile
j in which a woman and two men
were riding was wrecked, but with
no vital consequences. The lady
W'as taken to the Anchorage hos
pital for attendance to minor in
juries.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 4, —
Fifteen thousand world war veter
ans comprising the bonus expedi
tionary force, entered today the
critical phase of a demonstration
unique irr American history.
The fear of a food shortage, long
impending, became an actuality at
breakfast time. Perhaps half the
men had sugarless coffee and corn
meal mush for braakfast, and at
dinner consisting of string beans,
cauliflower and one slice of bsead.
Officers of the army admitted for
the first time that the food situa
tion is acute and that they did not
know what they are going to do as
regards rations. , >