VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 517.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932.
PRICE 1’EJN CENTS
L. A. JOHNSON ELECTED
NATIONAL COMMANDED
OF AMERICAN LEGION
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1G, —L.
A. Johnson of West Virginia was
elected national commander of the
American Legion for the forth
coming term, at yesterday’s con
vening of the convention.
Mrs. O. A. Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, won the coveted honor as
national head of the A. L. Auxil
iaries.
The full power of the Legion is
now behind the payment of the
bonus and repeal of the 18th
amendment which resolutions were
adopted Thursday.
The looked for censuring of the
President for the bonus army evic
tion at Washington, failed to mat
erialize; instead, the War depart
ment was mildly rebuked.
Federal dry agents continued to
prowl about Post headquarters and
trenches in search of liquor and
captured 4,500 quart rounds of beer,
300 whiskey bombs and “high ex
plosives” of other brands.
“We must keep Portland clean,”
the agents apologized.
Veterans cheered all “yes” on re
peal and bonus, and booed all “no”
of the opposition.
MANILA. Sept., 16,—Waving red
flags and carrying banners reading
“Long Live The Soviet Republica”,
511 self-described communists pe
titioned the Philippine Senate for
a dole while seven of their leaders
visited Manuel Quezon, president
of the Senate, in his officees.
One of them, Guillermo Capado
cia, from the Island of Negros, as
serted. “We want to run the Amer
icans out of the Philippines; Que
zon de Mandedo, do you think you
can do it?”
The latter counciled moderation
in the petition, asking for doles
ranging from $1.50 to $6.00 weekly.
WILL NOT RENIG
LONDON, Sept. 16, —Great Brit
ain is preparing to'meet fully her
December war debt payment to the
United States, and will not invoke
the suspensory clause before the
deadline, the press was informed.
DEFINITELY OUT
SEATTLE, Sept., 16,—Governor
Hartley has definitely lost out in
his attempt for a third term, Lieut.
Governor Gellantly winning over
Hartley by a two to one vote. Sena
tor Jones was also an easy victor.
CONDEMN POLICY
BERLIN, Sept., 16,—The Social
Democratic members of the Riech
stag passed a resolution condemn
ing what they called the militarist
policy of the government of Chan
cellor Franz von Papen. They de
clare it rises against the peril of a
race among nations. The refer
ence was to the recent demand by
Germans for arms equality.
VETERANS ON TOP
BALTIMORE, Sept. 16, —Three
veterans emerged on top in the
National Amateur golf champion
ship. These were Francis Ouimett,
Chick Evans and Jess Gilbert. Two
youngsters survived for the finals,
Johnny Fisher and Johnny Good
man.
CHANGES SETTING
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, —
—Mrs. George Jessel, wife of the
actor who Wednesday was in Reno
has changed her mind and is now
going to Mexico for her divorce,
upon the advice of her friend, Vin
cent Ricardo.
NEED THE MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 16, —
Bert E. Stone had to give his bride
v $10 because he went too fast while
driving to his wedding, Jones ex
plained to the Judge .why he was
speeding. “The fine is remitted, but
you are directed to pay the bride
the $10,” the Judge said.
PLANE THOUGHT LOST
ROME, Sept., 16,—The monoplane
“American Nurse” enroute from
New York to Rome, was feared a
victim of the tlantic. It is hours ,
overdue and has not been reported ,
seen on the European coast. Italian ;
officials did not believe the plane j
had fuel for more than 40 hours;
flight. This period has ended,
IF PINS TO SUE
CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, Sept.,
The United States was point
edly advised not to meddle in Far
Eastern affairs by Hsieh Chisi
Chis, premier of the newly-formed
State of Manchukuo, in a state
ment issued here.
The statement was handed to the
press immediately after the formal
signing of the treaty between Man
chukuo and Japan binding the two
governments closely regarding all
affairs and in protection of their
mutual interests in the Orient.
PORTLAND, Sept., 16,—Flying in
the face of President Hoover, who
Wednesday night said that cash
1 payment of the bonus would be a
I calamity, the American Legion
Convention demanded full and im
mediate payment of the bonus by
the over-whelming vote of 1167 to
! 109.
The convention also adopted a
resolution asking outright repeal
of the National Prohibition Law
j and repeal of the 18th Amendment
by a vote of 1145 to 133.
THE STOCK MARKET
I NEW YORK, Sept. 16, —Bulls and
i Bears waged a spirited battle on
f Thursday with the former win
ning. The market closed at one to
I four points higher.
TRAMPLED TO DEATH
REDDING, Penns., Sept. 16, —
A race horse stumbled on the track
here, threw its’ jockey, then fell
itself. Other horses, unable to
swerve in time, also became tang
led, with the result the jockey was
trampled to death; his neck was
broken.
“20 GRAND” RUNS AGAIN
BELMONT PARK, Sept. 16, —For
the first time in a year “Twenty
Grand,” acknowledged to be the
outstanding thoroughbred since
“Man ’O War” will return to the
track.
SAVED FROM DEFEAT
BALTIMORE, Sept- 16, —A nine
foot putt saved rancis Oimett
from defeat in yesterday’s golf
tournament for the National ama
teur title. Johnny Fisher, the col
lege flash, was one stroke above
him at the finish.
NO PAYMENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16, —
Three European nations advised
the Treasury department they
would make no debt payments due
the United States December 15.
Esthonia, Poland and Latvia noti
fied their intention to postpone
i for a period of two years the pay
i ments of principal totalling $1,
| 252,000.
LASKY RESIGNS
NEW YORK, Sept., 16,—Jesse
Lasky, vice president of Paramount
Picture Corp., with whom he has
been affiliated for 18 years, re
signed.
STORM PASSED
1 TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept., 16,—
; A Gulf storm that moved inland
j over the Florida coast between
i Apalachicola and Dead Man’s Bay,
; proceeded on a Northeastward
j course over South Georgia but left
‘ little damage and no casualties.
FOUR PEDESTRIANS
SHOT BY HOODLUMS
CHICAGO STREET ERASE
CHICAGO, Sept. 16, —Four ped
estrians fell with bullets in their
bodies as police chased a car of
hoodlums through the loop in man
ner reminiscent of earlier Capone
days.
Home-going crowds dodged be
hind doorways and scuttled around
corners when the shooting started
at Michigan and Jackson Boule
vards and continued in a running
gun fight through some of the
busiest streets in the United States.
The injured were shot by stray
bullets, variously in the abdomen,
the back and the shoulder. None
were seriously wounded. The hood
lums escaped.
Admiral Murray has been ap
pointed Governor of Newfoundland.
* * * *
The Franco-German situation
was another step ahead in unhappy
relations yesterday when it was
said it would be practically impos
; fible to get the people of France to
| agree to occupy part of Germany,
I and cn the other hand, the almost
1 defiant attitude of Germany toward
i asking for equal armament.
\ * * * *
The visit of General MacArthur
to Europe and at present to the
Polish “corridor”, is causing con
i siderable comment as to teh
| purpose of his trip. Yesterday he
| cancelled his press interview. It is
1 believed he is looking into several
I matters at the request of President
| Hoover.
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Japan will adhere to the open
door policy in the new Manchurian
; State and denied she had defied
i the nine-power treaty.
* * * *
j The Chinese legation in Wash
ington, D. C., asked the State De
partment to nullify recognition of
Japan's new State in Manchuria.
More trouble is brewing in the Far
East, Washington observers ob
serve.
* * * *
President Hoover called upon the
Nation to prevent distress this com
ing winter, the last winter of the
depression, and see that every man,
woman and child has enough to
eat, sufficiency of clothing and a
roof overhead. To this end he set
in motion another great relief plan
the details of which were not learn
ed. Dawning hope is seen on the
horizon, he said.
* * * *
Two men were killed and a by
stander wounded in Boston when
the former shot it out. Dead are; J.
Connor and Russell Lyons
* * * *
\ The Hutchinson family and air
plane crew are enroute to Aberdeen
Scotland, from Greenland where
they made a forced landing on an
ice floe from which they were res
cued by the trawler Lord Talbert.
* * * *
At Madeiro, Calif., a lone bandit
walked thru the back of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co., and held
up the employees to the tune of
$40. Making a safe exit he then
stuck up a motorist taking the car,
shoving the gears into high and
sped off into oblivion.
* * * *
China has sent protests to all na
tions of the world that Japan, in
invading and seizing Manchuria,
has violated the nine-power pact.
Sunday will be a national day of
mourning. European powers are
worried over the situation and are
awaiting America’s lead, feeling
that not only is the world disarm
i
|
i
ament plan threatened but world
peace as well. At the present mo
ment the United States government
is engaged in diplomatic relations
with England and France endeav
oring to ascertain their attitude.
* * * #
i Three hundred striking coal min
j ers were dispersed at McAllister,
I Okla. They went home peacefully
i and signified their intention of re
1 turning to their chores. c
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 8, Washington 7.
St. Louis 3, Phillies 2.
Cleveland 7, Boston 2.
Chicago 8, New York 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 3; Brooklyn 0.
Chicago 8, New York 7.
Phillies 7, Cincinnati 4.
Pittsburg 3, Boston 2.
PACIFIC COAST
Sacramento 2, Hollywood 5.
San Francisco 0, Portland 0; tie.
Missions 4; Oakland 3.
Seattle 3; Los Angeles 1.
flOROTHY MIlIeTIE LEFT
OUT QF THIRD WILL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 16, —
Dorothy Millette, the mysterious
woman in the life of Paul Bern,
and whose body was found in the
Sacramento river late Wednesday,
was left out of Bern’s third and
last will, it was revealed in Los
Angeles.
Miss Irene Harrison, secretary to
the film director who committed
suicide to “atone” for some wrong
he had done to Jean Harlow, his
glamorous platinum blonde bride,
produced his last will naming Miss
Harlow his sole heir.
IMPORT AND EXPORT
CHANGUDON, Manchukuo, Sept.,
16,—Manchukuo recognized as a
separate nation by Japan for less
than 24 hours, announced it was
i imposing export and import taxes
on Chinese goods.
The tax will be effective Septem
ber 25, the government announced.
Customs Houses will be established
at Shanhaiwan, located at the
Great Wall between China proper
and Manchuria and at other im
' portant points of entry.
REJOINING TEAM
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, —“Babe”
Ruth left his bed Wednesday and
will rejoin his team nekt week. He
is fully recovered from his recent
appendicitis attack.
GETTING TOGETHER
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, —A modi
fied tariff is proposed between So
viet Russia and the United States
which holds promise of being suc
cessfully concluded tp the benefit
of both countries.
THE LAW DESCENDS
SOUIX CITY, Sept., 16,—A small
army of officers routed a group of
farm strike picketers with clubs,
destroyed their roadside camp with
fire and arrested 15 of them. It
was the most drastic action taken
so far against produce trucks com
ing to Souix City.
ADVOCATES EQUALITY
LONDON, Sept., 16, —Arthur
Henderson, foreign secretary in the
last Labor Cabinet and now presi
dent of the World Disarmament
Conference, advocated equality of
armaments for Germany, in a
speech to the National Peace Coun
cil.
SUING ESTATE
CHICAGO, Sept. 16, —A local flo
rist, Charles Mango, has brought
suit against the McCormick estate
for $3,000, the alleged cost of flow
ers for the funeral of Mrs. Mc
Cormick.
WHY CHANGE MIND?
POONA, India, Sept., 16,—Mahat
; ma Gandhi is still determined to
;: begin his fast unto death he told
; official visitors who saw him in
| Yeroda jail. When asked if
| he had changed his mind over his
! determination to refuse food until
Great Britain adjusted the Indian
r Communal program to his liking,
. he said, smiling, “Why should I
change my mind?”
DISTINQUISHED VISITOR
Gen. A. D. McRae, member of
! the House of Lords, England, was!
today’s prominent arrival from the
States on board the SS. Yukon.
General McRae is remaining until
Saturday conferring with Attorney
L. V. Ray on matters concerning
Willow Creek mining property con-1
tinuing on to the Interior Saturday.!
mmm~
KEEP HANDS OFF
LONDON, Sept., 16,—The British
Government will, release Mahatma
Gandhi from Yarovena prison if
India’s “Great Soul” undertakes a
hunger strike with the intention of
ending his life, the Indian office
announced.
Coincidental with this announce
ment, Gandhi sent a cablegram to!
a friend in London, declaring thatj
he regards his proposed fast as
“God’s call to me.”
There is no prospect of his aban
doning the idea, the little National
1st said, except that Great Britain
change the terms of its communal
settlement for India.
NEWS FLUSHES
The United States expended
j about 50 times more per soldier
than any other nation in the World
War, Frajnk Hines informed the
Portland Legion convention.
* * * *
The missing third and last will
of Paul Bern was found in the le
gal files of the Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer studios, and left the bulk
of his estate to Jean Harlow, his
actress wife.
■if ^ V
When the body of Dorothy Mil
lette, common-law wife of the late
Paul Bern, was found by a fisher
man in a slough of the Sacramen
to river, evidence revealed the body
had been immersed in water for
several days. No shoes or coat were
worn.
* * * *
Chile was upset Wednesday
when Carlos Devillo, or some such
tongue-twister, who 24 hours pre
viously had resigned as president,
succeeded in having his successor
kicked out. Chaos, however, still
reigns. In fact the country has been
without a government for fore than
36 hours.
* # * *
The “Flying Hutchinson Fam
ily” were still undecided what their
next move will be- In the meantime
they continue to enjoy the hospi
tality of Greenland’s Governor. The
British trawler, Lord Talbert, which
rescued the family of four and the
crew of like number, is still stand
ing by ready to convey the party
to whatever destination they may
decide.
* * * *
President Hoover, in a statement
' Wednesday, said htat if the United
States government paid off bonus
claimants now instead of when
they fall due, in 1945, the govern
ment will be paying about two and
one-half billions of dollars more
because of the compound interest
1 which must be paid and that the
tax payers cannot stand this extra
- crushing burden.
* * * *
In his first address on his nation
wide campaign tour, Governor F. D.
Roosevelt, at Topeka, said that
when he is in the White House he
intends to cut away all dead tim
ber—useless jobs—in every gov
- ernment bureau. WTendesday night
* at Michigan and Jackson Boule
the same thing in different lang
uage. Roosevelt also said farmers
must be able to labor at a profit
and that he will make readjust
ments in foreign tariff shedules
* * * *
i Wm. Hale Thompson, the Windy
[ City’s, mayor until a couple of years
t ago, and who is now campaigning
: for Len Small, let out the following
> blast yesterday. “If there is any
l funny business at the November
i election we will use mail trucks for
, patrol wagons and the rotunda oi
: the City Hall. There has beer
enough skullduggery going on.”
BATTLESHIP SPEEDS
SOUTH WITH SICK
ADMIRAL DN BOARD
WASHINGTON, Sept., 16, —The
Battleship West Virginia sped thru
Pacific waters last night in a dra
matic race to get medical aid for
Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringel, one
of the Navy’s highest ranking offi
cers, stricken aboard his flagship.
Admiral Luke McNamee, Com
mander of the Pacific Fleet, asked
authorization for Mrs. Pringle and
her daughter to take passage
aboard the ship with her husband.
Reports to the Navy Department
said Pringle’s condition was ex
tremely critical. Specialists famil
iar with his condition were asked
to meet the boat when it reaches
San Pedro. The nature of Pringle’s
illness was not divulged.
NEW YORK, Sept., 16,—Charley
Grimm’s pennant-bound Cf.iicago
Cubs maintained their five and one
half game National League lead
over the runner-up, Pittsburgh Pi
rates, by beating the New York
i Giants, while the Pirates triumph
ed over the Boston Braves.
The Cubs now can take the pen
nant by winning six of their re
maining 10 games, even if the Pi
rates win all of their remaining 11
contests.
i FOREST FIRES AGAIN
MENACING DISTRICT
| SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept.
16, —Forest fires which have been
; raging throughout this area for
the past two weeks and which, on
| Tuesday, were thought to be under
| control, were again menacing
I farms and other timber Wednesday,
j Three hundred men have been
j rushed to the new attack; 225 miles
I of brush and forest have been
| burned over thus far.
500 KILLED
PARAGUAY, Sept. 16, —Para
! guan forces are reported to have
; killed more than 500 Bolivian sol
| diers and officers in the last seven
I days of fighting.
LIKE WHISKEY BETTER
QUEBEC, Sept. 16, —Government
reports covering the last fiscal
year reveal $2,000,000 more reve
nue from whiskey tax than from
gasoline.
PECULIAR RULING
WASHINGTON, Sept., 16,—Gam
bling losses incurred by American
citizens in legalized foreign gam
bling casinos are allowable deduc
tions from gross incomes if there
; is satisfactory evidence the tran
sactions producing the losses were
entered into for profit; so ruled
the Internal Revenue Bureau.
SEARCH FRUITLESS
’ ROME, Sept., 16, —An all day
search thru Western Italy by land,
sea and air, disclosed no trace of
the airplane “American Nurse”
missing on a non-stop flight from
New York to Rome with a woman
and two men. Commercial airplanes
' joined with military planes in
! searching over the Italian Penin
sula and Sardinia.
OPEN NEW PLANT
MEXICO CITY, Sept., 16,—The
‘ Ford Motor Co., opened a new as
1 sembly plant here which -will in
' crease its production four-fold; the
capacity of the new plant is 100
cars per day.
SUBSTANTIATED IDENTITY
; SACRAMENTO, Sept., 16, —Cor
; oner Jack Garlick said there was
i; no doubt but what the body found
* J iyi a nearby slough is that of Doro
: thy Millette, Paul Bern’s phantom
[ bride. A San Francisco clerk of a
l hotel where Miss Millette lived,
[ substantiated the coroner.