MEMBER ASSOCIATED RKESS
VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 242-243.
Seward 30 above, Tunnel 20
above, Anchorage 21 above, Curry
25 above, snow; Broad Pass 10
above, snow; Healy 12 above, Ne
nana 20 above, heavy snow; Fair
banks 20 above.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HANDS OFF! BE
POLICY OF U.S. A.
GENEVA CRISIS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17, —
The United States undertook to
steer entirely clear of any Europ
ean political entanglement that
might arise out of Germany’s ac
tion in withdrawing from the Dis
armament conference at Geneva.
Delegate Davis was instructed
to pursue a strictly hands-off pol
icy toward anything hinting at
European entanglements.
w He was told that it was for Eur
ope alone to decide. The belief was
expressed there was little hope for
real arms reduction accomplish
ments unless Germany rejoins the
parley.
HIGH SCHOOL,
THREE HOUSES
, BUILT WASILLA
Members of the KFQD radio
audience may have heard that
mining operations in the Willow
Creek district are still going as
strong as ever.
The recent storms covered the
mountains with new snow down
to timber line but up to October
8 there w'as no snow or frost in
the Matanuska Valley and the
many auto roads wrere in the best
condition ever, with the Alaska
Road Commission connecting up
the Palmer-Fishhook road with
*ihe Moose Creek coal district.
There are no idle men in the
district, thanks to the Alaska Road
Commission, and a few trappers
have even bought outfits, indicat
ing what the future will soon bring.
Wasilla has added three new
houses and a high school to its
buildings, and, to enhance the
busy atmosphere, 12 car loads of
general freight were unloaded at
4 Wasilla recently.
f J So reports Subscriber G. Stanley
Herning, Wasilla business man.
MINERS ON THEIR WAY
JUNEAU, Oct. 17, —Pilot Gene
Meyring, in his seaplane searching
for Fred and George Cameron and
Fred Alexander, prospectors, land
ed on Wolf Lake and found they
h£d started afoot for Teslin lake
with ample food supplies. They are
enroute to Juneau.
WOMAN CONVICTED
JUNEAU, Oct. 17, —The grand
jury indicted Blanche Ridley for
the slaying of ole Tortset at Ya
kutat October 6.
Woman's Murderer
Sought San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 17, —A
former convict was sought by po
lice as a suspect in the slaying of
a middle-aged woman whose dis
sected body was found in San Diego
Bay.
• Search for the suspect known
only as Tom Jones, was started af
ter the body was identified as that
of Mrs. Laura Ella Straw, about 55.
Police said the man had been living
at her home since she found him
penniless several weeks ago and
befriended him.
V » DEPOSITORS RELIEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17, —
President Roosevelt announced the
creation of a deposit liquidation
board to bring immediate relief to
depositors of closed National and
State banks by lending approxi
mately a billion on the assets of
fiiose institutions. Funds will be
forthcoming from the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation.
United States District Attorney
J. L. Reed departed Monday for
Valdez on official business.
t
RETURN to work
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 17, —
Approximately 1,200 miners return
ed to their johs in five coal mines
in this area yesterday after an
agreement affected through Fed- j
eral mediators.
.
Foreign Fear
Sends Dollar Up
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, —The
German disarmament crisis caused
repercussions in many quarters
yesterday. Foreign investors, fear
ing that trouble in Europe will
grow, shipped money to New York,
forcing the dollar up and causing
stocks to drop one to eight points;
wheat and other commodities de
clined sharply.
The dollar, however, later in the
day, lost some of its gain.
DEMONSTRATE SYMPATHY
VIENNA, Oct. 17, —Students riot- j
ously demonstrated their sympa- ;
thy for and with Germany.
Farmers Will Hold
Wheat Better Price
BISMARCK, Oct. 17, —Governor :
William Langer signed a proclama- !
tion prohibiting shipment of wheat !
from North Dakota effective mid- ■
night Wednesday and continuing
indefinitely.
He said this action was taken in
an effort to restore to farmers
buying power with which to main
tain a livelihood and to stimulate
trade and commerce among “our
people.”
He said wheat prices are too
low. The legislature empowered
this action recently.
Hitler Endorsed
Strongly, Germans
—
BERLIN, Oct. 17, -When the Ger- j
man nation marches in November
to give Hitler her unanimous en
dorsement, it may unwittingly put
an end to the German presidency.
There are indications that the
President, after the nation over
whelmingly endorses Hitler and his
policies, mav decide the moment
has come when he can lay aside
the cares of office and retire to his
home, thus making Hitler supreme
ruler in name as well as in fact.
President Von Hindenburgh said
j there was no doubt but what Ger
! mans are now massing behind Hit
(ler and his new moves.
I March Leader
Gave Self Up
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17, —Arth
ur Smith, self-styled General of
the Khaki Shirts, surrendered to
police after one of his followers
charged him with fraudulent con
versions in connection with the
recent mar^h on Washington.
Smith boasted 10,000,000 would
join the march but only a few ap
peared and police dispersed them.
United States District Attorney
J. W. Kehoe, and Mrs. Kehoe, left
Monday for Valdez court head
quarters.
Football Scores
Oregon 6, Washington 0.
Stanford 0, Northwestern 0.
Calif. 23, Olympic Club 0.
So. Calif. 14, St. Marys 7.
Michigan 40, Cornell 0.
Yale 14, Wn. Lee 0.
Princeton 45, Williams 0.
Pittsburg 34, Navy 6.
Oklahoma 9, Texas 0.
Alabama 18, Mississippi 0.
Arkansas 19, Baylor 7.
Minn. 7, Purdue 7.
Dartmouth 14, Main 0.
Notre Dame 12, Indiana 2.
MSGOODHOPE
WRECKED; BIG
LOSS OF LIFE
NOME, Oct. 17, —Special to The
Gateway—The motorboat GK>od
hope, Capt. Henry Ivanoff, which
about two weeks ago rescued two
shipwrecked Russian scientists at
Little Diomede Island, Alaska, was
found Friday night capsized off
the shoals eight miles north of
Cape Prince of Wales.
There was no trace of passen
gers, officers or crew, tho Eskimos
found a smashed lifeboat and a
number of mailbags on the beach.
The US Revenue Cutter North
land is at the scene of the wreck
searching for survivors.
According to authentic informa
tion sent to The Gateway from
Nome the following persons per
ished on the Goodhope:
Capt. Henry rvanoff, Engineer
Murphy Apodruk, Deckhand- Ed
George, Deckhand Roy Allok, all
of Nome. Elmer Henderson, a stu
dent of Whitman College, Walla
Walla; three native girls bound
for ShishmarefT, Clara Foster, j
Catherine Aden and Bertha lok- I
tongak.
Thus far the body of only one |
girl has been recovered. The Cutter !
Northland is still standing by j
searching for possible survivors. i
WORLD PEACE
SITUATION NOT
HOPELESS, SAH
GENEVA, Oct. 17, —Solemnly in
voking the duty imposed on hum
anity by great wars dead and
wounded, President Arthur Hen
derson, of the Disarmament Con- j
ference, addressed the assembly
and brot almost frenzied applause
from a tremendous crowd.
He demanded unceasing efforts
toward preventing the world from
being plunged into barbarism by
another conflict.
Mr. Henderson said: “My mes
sage is a struggle for disarma
ment and this struggle must go on
and a covenant of the league shall
not be treated as a scrap of paper.
We will not break faith with the
dead who fell. There should be no
more war. I believe that the situa
tion is far from hopeless and rup
ture in the league may yet be
averted.”
Claire Windsor’s
Love Theft Sait
Enters New Phase
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17, —Alfred
C. Read, Jr., young Oakland brok
er, habitually represented himself
as an unmarried man to facilitate
many courtships, attorneys for
Claire Windsor, screen actress,
charged.
One of the asserted romances be
gan in San Francisco and included
an all night champagne party at
San Jose, it was charged.
In support of her motion for a
new trial of the alienation of af
fections suit which resulted recent
ly in a $75,000 verdict in favor of
Mrs. Marion Y. Read, Miss Wind
sor’s attorneys produced affidavits
from three pretty girls, all of whom
declared that Read had made love
to them while representing him
self as an unmarried man.
ADJOURNED 10 DAYS
GENEVA, Oct. 17, —The Disarm
ament parley, scheduled to start
yesterday, was adjourned for 10
days. United States Ambassador
Norman Davis averted a more ser
ious breach between allied powers
and Germany by persuading the
conference members to adopt a
i softer attitude.
PREPARED TO LEAD
ROME, Oct. 17, —Premier Benito (
Mussolini, author of the recent 4- j
nation treaty guaranteeing the
peace of Europe for 10 years, is j
prepared to lead an effort to ar- j
range a compromise between Oer- j
many and the World War allies, it
is indicated.
Russia Prepares j
For War Japan |
PEIPING, China, Oct. 17, —Rus- j
sia has strengthened her Far East
ern defenses in preparation for a (
passible war with Japan, a Soviet j
Russian spokesman said.
The spokesman, a member of the !
Russian embassy, admitted he had j
informed his government that Chi- J
nese travelers arriving here re- :
ported that three Russian airplanes
reconnoitered Jehol for three
hours, flying off to the northward
when Japanese anti-aircraft guns
opened fire.
Rope Dangled
From Airplane j
COLLEGE POINT, N. Y., Oct. 17, !
—Efforts were, made yesterday to j
warn Major Alexander P. De Sev- j
ersky that a length of rope about
100 feet long was dangling from
the tail of his amphibian.
Seversky took off from College j
Point for the Antacostia Naval Air
Station near Washington to dem- j
onstrate his record-breaking am- I
phibian.
Soon after the takeoff observers ,
noticed the rope and fear was ex- j
pressed that in landing it might
become entangled in the rudder
while Seversky was flying or at
tempting to make a landing.
Woman Was Stripped
For Fan Dance
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 17, —
Sacramento has its own fanless
fan dancer.
Police records show the arrest of j
Mrs. Dorothy Smith and the Emer
gency hospital report said she
was “very nervous and intoxicat
ed.”
Radio patrol car officers report
ed they found the woman stand
ing on a street corner clad only in
| a fur neckpiece, diamond ring and
a smile. She later began to scream
; and jumped up and down like a
mountain goat.
Exchange Members
Be Questioned
j
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17,—
Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the
Senate Banking Committee, an
nounced subpoenas will be issued
to compel the appearance of 1,375
members of the New York Stock
Exchange.
i The Exchange refused to re
quire its members to answer the
committee’s questionnaire.
ASSAILANTS SENTENCED
I BERLIN, Oct. 17, —The two as
sailants of Roland Velz, American,
who was struck in the face when
he failed to salute the Nazi em
blem, were sentenced to six months
in jail. They were charged with
assault and battery.
OREGON SPECIAL SESSION
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 17, —Governor
Julius Meier announced a special
session of the legislature will con
vene November 20 to consider un
employment relief, liquor control
and truck and bus legislation.
The Richardson highway is said
to be closed at Thompson’s Pass,
Mile 26 from Valdez, on account
of snow.
NRA CAMPAIGN
SHOWS RESULTS
EARLY STRIDES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17,—
To date the Roosevelt recovery
program has cost the Federal treas -
ury about three-quarters of a bil
lion dollars.
Its results have touched every
corner of the country, though just
beginning to reach its stride.
More than 2,000,000 men have
been put back to work. More than
$100,000 in cash has been paid by
the government into the pockets of
farmers.
Some 340,000 idle young men
have been giver! useful and health
building work in civilian conserva
tion camps and have sent $40,000, -
000 home to their families.
MANY ALASKANS
GO SOUTH ON
LINER YUKON
The southbound list of reserva
tions on the SS Yukon, out of Sew
ard Monday morning, included the
following:
For Seattle—Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Johnson, Mrs. Hilmer Olson, Mrs,
Hugh McDonald, J. E. Kinnaley,
Herbert Steddin, Chas. J. Taylor,
Mrs. Carl Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. E
J. Cronin, J. T. Toman, A. Reed,
Jos. Henderson, Mrs. Henderson,
H. Peterson, S. R. Rodoni, B. Cop
rovilla, O. F. Wernand, C. B. Olson,
O. M. Grant, Raymond Neimi, F.
Mortimer, F. Murray, Mrs. L. Sep
pala, S. Seppala, James Hagen,* F.
Mann, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Graff,
Len Clark, Mrs. H. Boe, A. F. Davis,
Arved Olsell, Wm. Mogeau, Glenn
Wachol, T. Bolstad, Chester Skin
ner, E. Selig, Floyd Selig, Mrs. Ray
mond Kapusta, Raymond Kapus
ta, Mrs. C. H. Fellows, Clifford H.
Fellows, J. A. Black, Nolan Hudson,
Chas. Holky, Mrs. R. Haughan, Mrs,
H. Saindon, H. Saindon, Mildred
Saindon, E. K. Kunkle, H. L. Kun
kle, T. K. Manley, E. H. Carlson,
W. A. McMahon, Roy Smallwood,
Roy Smallwood, Jr., Ray Stearns,
Mrs. Theo. L. Hansen, Theo. Han
sen, Mrs. J. H. Cox, Doris Cox,
M. E. Hansen, Sam Clow, Robert
Seitz, J. H. Seitz, Frang Englehorn,
C. B. Mack, Albert M. Keizer, T.
Brooks, J. H. Coakley, C. E. Mag
uire, H. Hangsness, D. S. Kentner,
Paul Hjellen, Paul McDonald, J.
O’Shea, Fred Andreak, Otto Mor
gan, Donald Jacobsen, L. W. Lock
wood, Elmer Kalen.
i To Cordova—John Coats, A. W.
Paulson, Alex Smila, Edw. Olson,
i T o Juneau—Hawley Sterling,
| Mrs. T. McCaflferty, H. I. Lucas.
I To Valdez—Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
i Kehoe, J. L. Reed.
To Ketchikan—John Stangerk.
Waters Too Cold
For Swimmers
VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 17, —Ice
cold waters balked attempts of
three marathon swimmers in the
18-mile Port Angeles-Victoria swim
yesterday, all three failing to make
the crossing.
Thousands of persons watched
from pleasure craft and steamers
along the route. Stan Witty, Vic
toria, swam a mile and half before
quitting. Paul Choteau, Paris, was
pulled from the rough Puget Sound
waters after covering four miles.
ASSAILED ‘BUCK-PASSERS’ '
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17, —
President Roosevelt assailed “buck
passers” who leave all government
departments to provide relief to
the needy, and appealed to all to
give to local organizations carry
ing on welfare service. The Presi
dent spoke at the openiner of a four
weeks charity drive for the needy.