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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 203.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BRITISH HIVE FORNUli
FOR BRE1KING OF FOE
IIIULO 0ES0L0CK
LONDON, Aug.. 30, —James H.
Thomas, British Dominions’ Secre
tary. announced that the British
Empire had arrived at a formula
whereby the deadlock between
Great Britain and the Irsih Free
State could be ended.
Secretary Thomas said that the
formula would be presented to
President Eamon de Valera today
and if the plan is acceptable to
him, an early settlement of the
controversy is expected.
The plan provides for the sub
mission of the difficulties of the
two empires to a tribunal. All that
remains to settle the controversy
is for the Irish Free State to accept
the tribunal’s findings as final.
Great Britain in return has an
nounced that she will tear down
the high tariff barriers which she
recently raised as a retaliatory
measure against Ireland.
WULKER OUSTER TRIAL
IS BEEN POSTPONED
ALBANY. N. Y, Aug., 30, —Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt consulted
with Defense Attorney John Cur
tin Monday to consider the advis
ability of postponing the Walker
ouster trial for several days on ac
count of the death of Mayor Wal
ker's brother, George F. Walker.
In Monday’s session it was agreed
that the ouster charge should be
limited to acts committed during
the mayor’s present term in office
and not in previous terms.
GOUFIE REDED IFTEB
LIVING APART 29 YEARS
_
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—Forty-three
years ago Oliver D. Taylor took a j
bride in a little Idaho town, but af- j
ter years of wedded life they were
divorced and for 23 years lived
apart- In the twilight years of
life they have found each other
again. Today at the home of one
of their three daughters, who lives
here, the man, now 73 and his for
mer wife, aged 70, will be married |
again. Among their guests will be
six of their grandchildren.
SHANSI OFFICIALS TO
TRY SUPPRESS HCOTT
SHANGHAI, Aug., 29, —Y i n g
Shukung, councillor of the govern-1
ment of greater Shanghai, called j
upon the Japanese consulate gen-,
eral and pledged the Chinese auth- j
orities to the “utmost efforts” to
suppress the activities of terror
ists in the boycott on Japanese,
goods.
Extremists have employed recent
Japanese military movements in
Jehol province as propaganda to:
agitate the anti-Japanese feeling
here.
A CLOSE RACE
DALLAS, Tex., Aug., 30, — Con-1
flicting reports were being made;
as to the result of the Texas run-:
off election of last Saturday. Some,
unofficial tabulations indicated
that Governor Sterling was leading
“Ma” Ferguson by over 3,000 votes,
while other unofficial reports said
that “Ma” was leading Sterling byi
over 200 votes.
$600,000 DAMAGE
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug., 30,1
—Damage estimated at $600,000 re
sulted from the waterfront fire
of Sunday night which is believed
to have resulted from the explosion
on one of the small craft. Twelve
small craft were burned to the
water’s edge before the flames
were halted. About half of the
* property was protected by insur
ance.
CROONER BE DIVORCED
NEW YORK, Aug., 30, — Persis
ted rumors that Rudy Vallee will
soon leave his recent, bride appear
to be well founded, for Monday the
crooner’s attorney announced that
Mrs. Vallee would depart for San
ta Monica, Calif., her home. The
attorney explained that the cause
of the separation was purely a case
of geography. Mrs. Vallee finds that
she cannot stand the Eastern cli
mate while Rudy feels he cannot
leave his lucrative position in the
East.
MELLON SAYS PENDULUM
WASHINGTON, Aug., 30, —Am
bassador Andrew Mellon visited
the White House Monday to confer
with President Hoover.
The veteran treasury official of
two Republican administrations, af
ter his conference, made the state
ment that he believed the present
rise in commodity prices would be
sustained.
Mellon was emphatic in saying
that the “bottom had been reach
ed” and that the pendulum was
now swinging back.
Mr. Mellon also said that present
prices were still too low and he ex
pected to see them rise to justified!
levels.
SECRET UNDERST1NDING
HINTEDJIPUN, EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Behind ;
Japan’s startling big stick policy
in the Far East is believed to be a!
series of understandings, tacit or
otherwise, between Nippon and
Great Britain, France and Russia. ■
Before the new Japanese Diet For
eign Minister Uchida officially an
nounced what amounts to a pro
tectorate over Manchuria, and de
fied the League of Nations, the
United States and all the signato
ries of all peace pacts there to in
terfere.
HEAVIEST QUAKE IN
YEARS ROCKED DISTRICT
MANILA, Aug., 30, —Residents of
Baguio and La Union, in the moun
tains 200 miles north of here, sur
veyed the damage wrought when
the most severe earthquake in sev
eral years rocked the district a few
days ago.
Thousands of dollars in damage
was done but no casualties have
been reported. A landslide block
ed the main highway into the area.
Since the the quake many resi
dents have been sleeping in the
streets, fearing a recurrence.
AIMEE IS STILL ILL
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 30, —Evan
gelist Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton is still too weak to continue
her work. When she made a person
al appearance Sunday at the Ange
las Temple, the strain was too much
for her and she collapsed. She was
revived afterward but will have to
take another prolonged rest.
STRIKE FAILING
LONDON, Aug., 30, —The strike
ordered here for some 200,000 tex
tile workers appears doomed for
failure as by Monday night over
half of the workers had returned
to their looms. The dispute arose
over hours and wage cuts.
NEW HEAT MARK
CHICAGO, Aug., 30, —A new heat
mark of 93 degrees was officially
recorded here Monday. This is only
four degrees under the record high
mark set in July of this year.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 10-4, Chicago 3-3.
Cleveland 6, Boston 3.
Phillies 8-7, Detroit 3-10.
Washington 7, St. Louis 6.
No Pacific Coast or National
League games were played.
NEW RECORD TIME
SET UP BENDIX RACE
ACROSS CONTINENT
NEW YORK, Aug., 30, —As was
expected a new record was set on
Monday by the winner of the Ben
dix trophy race in flying the dis
tance of 2,000 miles between Los
Angeles and New York and touch
ing at Cleveland.
The winner of the race, Jimmy
Hazlet, traveled at an average speed
of 245 miles per hour and complet
ed the race in 10 hours and 19 min
utes. He beat the old mark held by
Major James Doolittle by 55 min
utes.
A purse of $15,000 was at stake,
$7,500 and a gold plaque to the win
ner; $4,500 and a silver plaque to
the runnerup, and $3,000 to the
flier coming in third.
An added purse of $2,500 was to
be awarded to the pilot who could
land at Cleveland and continue on
to New York in new record time for
the trans-continental dash. Hazlet
became eligible for this $2,500 prize
when he touched his wheels at a
Cleveland airport.
Jimmy Wedell, noted speed pilot, ■
came in a few minutes behind Haz
let to take second place.
FOUND GUILTY
SALINAS, Calif., Aug., 29, —Ed
ward Romera, of Monterey, 76 years
and the father of 25 children, was
found guilty of manslaughter by a
superior court jury. Romera shot
and killed Olaf Olson, a bridge
worker. The jury recommended le
niency. *■
I
INTENSE ELECTION DAY
FEVER IN CALIFORNIA:
VOTERS MARCH POLLS
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 30, —Today
is election day in California and it
is predicted that about 70 per cent
of the registered voters will turn
out to choose their favorites from
the thousands of candidates who
aspire for public office. •
This is the first California elec
tion in which over a million Demo
crats have registered and the re
sults of the election will be a good
indication as to how the national
elections in November will go, say
political observers.
An idea of the number of candi
dates can be gained from the fact
that in Los Angeles County there
are over 1,000 seeking office.
200 MEET WITH HERB
WASHINGTON, D- C., Aug., 29, —
More than 200 leaders of the na
tion’s business, finance and indus
try, united with the Government
under President Hoover’s leader
ship for another offensive to rout
depression and build up employ
ment.
BRITISH VAMPS PROSPER
LONDON, August 30, (A5)—Police
here have warned tired business
men seeking rest at south coast
resorts that “seaside vamps” have
been getting much hush money
this year from victims who suc
cumb to the lure of these smartly
dressed and often charming wo
men.
ALASKA AT THE CAPITOL
Mrs. Anna Borak, of Fairbanks,
is concerned as to the whereabouts
of her son Paul John Borak, who
served in the World War, returned
to Alaska and then dissappeared.
It is not known whether the young
man is still living and the parents
have written to Delegate Wicker
sham to aid them in trying to lo
cate the whereabouts of Paul John.
The matter has been taken up
with the Veterans Bureau and the
Director of Compensation is now
trying to find out through the re
gional office at Seattle whether
his application had been received
for additional compensation under
the recent law. When this report
is received a through search will
be made of the Central office re
cords to get such data as may be (
available
* * * *
Several weeks ago Delegate Wick
ersham received a petition from J.
C. Allen, Secretary of Igloo 8, Pio
neers of Alaska, asking for addit
ional mail service to Second Ass
istant Postmaster General W. Irv
ing Glover, who has just written
the Delegate as follows: “The in
vestigation just completed discloses
that the proposed increase in win
ter desired have been authorized;
also the contractor, the Alaskan
Airways, Inc., has been permitted |
to provide the service from Fair- j
banks, as requested.
Bartley Howard, president of one
of the early coal mining companies
in the Matanuska region, was in
Washington a few days ago in con- j
nection with perfecting his title to!
certain holdings along the Alaska
Railroad. These he arranged to
sell to a syndicate of capitalists
at Fellows, California. They con
template opening up the proper
ties on a large scale. They are locat
ed on Moose Creek. The intention
is to create a market and ship coal
to California ports- There will be
ample capital to assure develop
ment on a policy that will mean
considerable revenue to the Rail
road in shipping the fuel to tide
waters at Seward, and make neces
sary the construction of coal bunk
ers at that locality.
* * * *
There may be a reason- -and
possibly it is political - - but every
few days some report is wafted in
to the office of the Delegate from
Alaska from the far-off territory,
that it is entirely without truth or
reason. The latest is that wages on
the Alaska Railroad have been cut
but that the wages on the Gover
ment operated railroad in Panama
have not been disturbed. The late
est declaration is absolutely un
true, as the Wlar Department, oper- j
ating the Panama activity, states;
that the recent Congressional Act
made it mandatory that reduction
in wages be affected. The employ
ees took the matter up /with the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
and their attorney submitted a let
ter stating that in his judgment,
and under the wage agreement
made with the Government, the cut
of 10% made in the wage scale was
fair and legal. So the insidious ru
mor circulators in this instance are
about as near correct as was the
learned politican who recently de
clared that “Anchorage and the rail
belt is practically solid for the Dem
ocratic ticket.”
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In accordance with petitions re
ceived from Fortuna Ledge and the
lower Yukon river district Delegate
Wickersham has taken up with the
Post Office Department the de
sirability of establishing an aero
plane mail service that is furnish
ed from Nov. to April. What they
really want is an extension of the
air service which is now provided
for the Kuskokwin valley down to
entire Bethel extended so as to take
in the lower Yukon valley. It is only
45 minutes by plane from Bethel to
Fortuna Ledge, while the entire
distance from Holy Cross south
and then north to St. Michael ,
could be easily covered in one day.
* * $
In answer to an inquiry as to how
many people live on the Aleution
Islands a Washington evening
paper gives the following infor
mation: “The population is about
3,000. This group is a chain of about
80 small islands belonging to Al
aska Territory separating the Sea
of Kamchatka from the northern
part of the Pacific Ocean, and ex
tending nearly 1,600 miles from east
to west. The total area is 6,391
square miles.
+ * * *
Nearly 350,000,000 acres of the
public domain in Alaska remain
unsurveyed. And here lies potential
mineral wealth of considerable
value, according to studies made by
the Gelogical Survey.
NO WORD
OSLO, Norway, Aug., 30, —No
word has been heard from Clyde
Lee and John Bochkon, enroute to
here by plane across the Atlantic,
from Harbor Grace and the United
States. About the only persons who
have any hopes that the fliers are
safe are their friends and relatives
who cling to the hope that they
may have been picked up by a
small vessel without radio, or that
they are safe at some point where
they are out of communication.
BRITISH AVIATOR SOON
BE WINGING HOME AGAIN
NEW YORK, Aug., 30, —Captain
James A. Mollison, British aviator,
took off here early Monday morn
ing to fly to Harbor Grace to pre
pare for a takeoff on a flight to
recross the Atlantic Ocean.
The flier encountered a terrific
electrical storm on his hop out of
New York and failed to re^ch Har
bor Grace Monday. He planned to
arrive there today and await fav
orable weather reports.
Captain Mollison said that the
storm which forced him down 18
miles from Harbor Grace, was “ter
rible.”
MMIS POLICE
MOST REDUCE 00 DOIT
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 29—It’s re
duce or resign for Minneapolis po
licemen who are oversize. City of
ficials decided too many police
men are too fat, so word was sent
out they would either have to re
move their “bay windows” or their
star. “It looks as if they want a
bunch of blinking gigolos,” a desk!
sergeant grumbled, envisioning te
dious setting up exercises and 18
day diets. .
JURIES CUT TO EIGHT
MIAMI, Okla., Aug., 30, (A3)—For
the next year juries of eight in
stead of 12 persons will hear civil
cases in Ottawa county District
court as an economy measure.
The plan was agreed upon at a
meeting of the Ottawa County Bar
association, the Board of County
Commissioners and _the Taxpayers’
league.
Eight-man juries for criminal
cases in which the defendants are
willing also are included in the
scheme.
MENACE OF ARCTIC ICE
HIRED SOUTHERN CHILE
MAGELLANES, Chile, Aug. 30, (/P)
—Unusual cold weather this winter
following last year’s bitter season,
has caused shipping circles here
in the world’s southernmost city
to speculate whether the Antarctic
ice is creeping northward.
If it is, the mariners fear that in
years to come it may block the
Strait of Magellan.
Persons arriving from Desolation
Island and other points to the
south, say the inlets, bays and open
sea are filled with icebergs, altho
many of the channels have never
had ice in them before. The few
settlers are frightened and consid
erable livestock has been lost.
Here in Magallanes the winter
sports season is in its “grand
finale.” Milder weather is not ex
pected until September, later than!
usual.
PROTECTS BY A RUSE
LONDON, Aug. 29.—An idea for
protecting milady’s jewel box was
evolved by an Englishman carry
ing $1,000 worth of gold to jewel
ers to sell, and who, being afraid
that the tin box would be stolen
labeled them with a sign reading:
“Box Contains Dangerous Germs
for Experimental Work. Everybody
gave it a wide berth.
PICKETING FABMERS
ARE GETTING BEYOND
CONTROL OE OFFICIALS
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug., 30, —
The Chamber of Commerce of
this city has notified Governor
Green that the picketing farmers
have gotten beyond their control
and that they no longer can be held
accountable for their acts.
Meanwhile, the picketeers, who
have succeeded in having all pro
duce shipments, via cars and trucks
stopped, have made an appeal for
the railroads to join them in mak
ing their strike successful by help
ing them stop the flow of produce
which will continue to keep the
commodity prices down.
The means taken by the farmers
is well evidenced by the fact that a
milk truck, which attempted to run
a gauntlet of farmers’ Monday, en
route to Chicago, was fired upon
and forced to come to a halt; the
milk in the truck was then dumped.
HOME LOAN SHARES
BEING SOLD IN DRIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 30, —
A campaign to sell $128,000,000
worth of shares in the Home Loan
Banks has been started by govern
ment officials who are hopeful that
the full amount will be subscribed
within a short time. If all of the
bonds are not subscribed the Fed
eral government will subscribe for
the remainder.
Portland has been chosen as the
location of the head bank on the
Pacific Coast Home Loan Banks.
SAN PEDRO, Aug., 29, —Hal
O'Brien, an able-bodied seaman,
is in the hospital here suffering
from partial paralysis of his right
side because he ate a second piece
of pie during a storm at sea.
The seaman ate the pie at dinner
aboard the fishing vessel Santa
Cruz while a heavy storm was buf
feting it about off the coast of
Mexico, when a seed became lodg
ed in his throat from which he
suffered a hemorrhage.
CALIFORNIANS WIN
NATIONAL DOUBLES
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Aug., 29,
—Ellsworth Vines, Jr., and Keith
Gledhill of California won the na
tional doubles tennis champion
ship by defeating Wilmer Allison
and John Van Ryn in a one-sided
match at Longwood.
The scores were 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
Fred Perry, of England, and Sar
ah Palfrey won the national mix
ed doubles championship over Vines
and Helen Jacobs, of California;
the scores were 6-5, 6-3.
GOLD PRODUCTION DOWN
RENO, Nev., Aug., 30, (/P)—Gold
production in Nevada in 1931 was
7,000 less than in 1931. The total
mineral production, according to
statistics just completed, was $10,
000,000 less in 1931 than the pre
ceding year.
LAUNDRY WORKERS’ STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 30, —
The Laundry Workers’ Union of San
Francisco is planning a walkout
to protest a 15 per cent wage cut.
FIRST “BATTLE” WON
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug., 29, —
President Hoover and his financial
aides informed banking and indus
trial leaders of the nation that the
first phase of the battle against
depression had been won. He said
credit is available but in many in
stances, or sections, it is flowing
inadequately in directions not so
conducive to immediate consump
tion of goods and employment.