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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 192. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933. PRICE TEN CENTS
GANGSTERS WERE
MARCHING ON
CITY OF DALLAS
DALLAS, Texas. Aug. 17. —Armed
guards were rushed here last even
ing to frustrate any attempts that
might be made to spirit Harvey
Bailey, known gangster, who is al
leged to be the leader of the kidnap
pers who kept Charles P. Urschel,
of Oklahoma, captive for many
days.
It was reported to the authorities
ihat several cars of gangsters, all
armed, were en route to the city
and that they planned to take Bail
ey from the authorities and the
city.
Bailey pleaded “not guilty” to the
.•hdnapping charges and other such
charges that had been placed ag
ainst him by the Government.
k SEVERAL LOSSES
MADE BY STOCKS
NEW YORK. Aug. 17. —Moderate
selling occurred in the early trad
ing on the Stock Exchange yester
day although activity continued re
stricted.
Allied Chemical lost two points
while Case and American Commer
cial Alcohol eased nearly as much.
Loss of major fractions to more
than a point were shown in the
Western Pacific, New York Central.
U. S.' Steel, Dupont. Johns Man
ville, U. S. Industrial Alcohol and
New York Distillers.
Electric power consumption also
showed a tendency to settle down a
bit after its lively spurt of the past
three months. Production for the
week of August 12 showed a gain
of 15 per cent over the correspond
ing period last year.
AGITATORS FAIL
CAUSE A STRIKE
BOULDER CITY. Aug. 17. —At
tempts of agitators to have work
men on the Boulder Canyon dam
strike failed yesterday as the men
refused to heed and continued on
working. Handbills were distribut
ed announcing the strike and urged
the workers to go on strike for a
six-hour day and with no reduction
in wages. The laborers also were to
strike for decreased living costs.
NOBELMAN IS
BACK HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17— Holly
wood had a nobleman back in its
midst today with the return from
Bali of the Marquis Henry De La
Palaise, husband of Constance Ben
nett, blonde film star.
The weather was “beastly” in
Bali, where he filmed a color mo
tion picture, the nobleman said.
There were frequent rains and the
weather was very hot.
IS HEAL OPTIMISTIC
PORTLAND. Aug. 17. — While
Portland sizzled in a temperature
of 103. the hottest August day ever
recorded by the Weather Bureau
here, somebody broke into J. C.
Peterson’s store and stole a second
hand tobaggan sled.
INCREASING RESTLESSNESS
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17. — In
creasing restlessness among the coal
/’niners in this state has caused the
Federal government to send an in
vesigator into the area to see what
immediate action can be taken to
solve the difficulties. It is expected
that the observer will take three or
iour days before he can reveal any
■findings.
SEWARD MERCHANT S' CODE IS
BEING SUBMITTED PRESIDENT
The following code of Fair Competition has been
drawn up by Seward Merchants and is being submitted to
the National Recovery Act Administration for approval:
Seward, Alaska, August 14th 1933,
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, Merchants of Seward, Alas
ka, in accordance with President Roosevelt's Reemploy
ment Agreement, and whereunder we have pledged our.
selves to cooperate to the fullest extent in having a Code
of Fair Competition submitted by this industry and in
any event before September 1st 1933. THEREFORE, We,
the undersigned, hereby agree with the President fo the
United States of America, That we will observe all para
graphs of the President’s Reemployment Agreement,
however, that in lieu of paragraph 2, we agree to keep
our stores and places of business open between the hours
of 9 o’clock A. M. and 6 o’clock P. M. on ordinary busi
ness days and between the hours of 8 o’clock A. M. and
9 o’clock P. M. on weekly boat days; Not to work any em
ployee in any Grocery, Delicatessen or Food Department
in excess of 48 hrs. in any one week, nor to work any em
ployee in any Men’s Furnishing, Ladies Furnishing, Clo
thing, Hardware or Delivery Department in excess of 40
hrs. in any one week. Should it be found necessary, be
cause of arising emergencies to extend the working hours
beyond forty eight or forty hour week respectively, in
such instances we agree to pay our employees overtime
at a pro-rate of the salary paid under the forty eight hour
or forty hour week as the case may be. This working code
to be effective as of the 16th day of August 1933.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our respec
tive hands this day first above written.
Waechter Brothers. Company, Brown & Hawkins Corporation
by J. Frank Shultz by T. W. Hawkins
Paulsteiner’s Sea Food Market
by John Paulsteiner
Seward Meat Market
by Gus Manthey
Gordon's
by Inez Balderston
Urbach Valade
by Leon Urbach
Manager.
Manager.
Owner.
Owner.
Preside**.
Seward Trading Company
by J. B. Stanton
President.
P. C. McMullen
Owner.
J. L. GRAEF
Owner.
Blue Shop
by Goldie Blue
Owner.
DEAD PERSONS
ARE IDENTIFIED ■
MALVERN, Ark., Aug. 17. —Iden- (
tification of the lour dead persons (
who were riding in the car which (
plunged off the road here recently ‘
was made here yesterday and Mark
Shank, an Akron, Ohio, attorney
.has confessed the slaying. The dead
are Alvin Cooley, 40; his wife Ethel,
35, and two children 11 and seven
years of age. A four year old child
was spared from death.
Cooley is said to be wanted in •
connection with a forgery case in (
,which Shank’s client was the inter- I
ested party. No reason for the"
I quadruple murder was given other ^
I than the complications arising from
the case. 1
STRIKE SERIOUS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. — An 1
army of California police and de- :
puty sheriffs, augmented by vol
unteers. yesterday sought to keep 1
in line thousands of striking pickers 1
whose rank had been welled by 1
the walkout of more than 1,000 1
pear orchard workers in Santa2
i Clara county
! BASEBALL SCORES !
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (
Mission 8, Seattle 3.
Oakland 9, San Francisco 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5, Boston 1. x
New York 13, St. Louis 3. r
Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 5. r
Detroit 6, Boston 5. e
NATIONAL LEAGUE t
New York 5, Cincinnati 0. j
Pittsburgh 1 - 11, Brooklyn 2-7.1
Boston 6, Chicago 1. r
St. Louis 7-0, Philadelphia 6 - 2. a
WHEAT DOWN
NEW YORK, Aug. 17. —Septem
ber wheat dropped five cents yes
terday on the market and at the
iclose was quoted at 87 Vs- Cotton
closed at $8.89, domestic copper 9,
export copper 8*4, silver 35 cents,
and lead 4.5.
COPS OUTSMARTED
B Y KIDNAPPERS
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. — The clever
detectives who laid a neat trap to
catch two alleged members of the
gang which recently kidnapped
John ‘Jake the barber” Factor, were
foiled by the more clever gangsters.
The cops baited a trap with $500
in ransom money and when the two
men arrived to collect, the trap was
i sprung. The asserted kidnappers,
however, made their way to their
auto and started fleeing.
Later their car was found aban
doned and it was thought that the
men had fled into the wooded sec
tion near LaGrange. Three hundred
policemen gathered in the vicinity
and spent the night combing the
woods for the men. It was revealed
yesterday that the two hunted men
had given a farmer $10 for driving
them to a carline. They had aban
doned their car to throw the police
off their trail.
TIES RECORD
NEW YORK, Aug. 17. — Lou Geh
rig completed his 1,307 consecutive
major league baseball game Wed
nesday to tie the record previously
established. If he plays all the way
through today’s game, and it was
probable that he would, he will
have established a new record- Geh
rig has played seven full seasons
and part of two others.
SPECIAL MEETING
Special Chamber of Commerce
luncheon Saturday noon, at Cam
eron’s Cafe, in honor of Governor
John W. Troy and his party. Every
man in town is invited to attend.
GANDHI TO START
ANOTHER FAST TO
; DEATH HE STATES
POONA. India, Aug. 17. — Pro
testing against the continued plight
of Indian “untouchables,” the Ma
ihatma Gandhi began still another
|fast ‘unto death” in the Yeroda jail
here yesterday.
| Gandhi was released from the
Poona jail about two weeks ago but
!was rearrested two weeks ago but
isentenced to another year in pri
Ison when he announced his deter
imination to continue his “civil dis
j obedience” campaign against Brit
ish rule.
He sent an ultimatum to the gov
ernment the other day asking per
mission to resume what he termed
his “uplift work” among the un
touchables announcing he would be
| in a new fast unless such permis
jsion was received within 24 hours.
LABOR OBJECTS
CHANGE IN CODES
j WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. — Or
ganized labor has notified Nation
al Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson that labor is dissatisifed
with modifications of the presiden
tial temporary codes now being ap
proved with great rapidity, it was
disclosed today.
The chief objection is that the
great majority of modifications ap
proved by Johnson provide for a
40-hour week. This compares with
!the 35-hour week for industrial
workers and 40 ours for office
workers as proposed by the presi
dent.
CLOUDBURST IS
CAUSE LANDSLIDE
RENO. Aug. 17. —A sudden cloud
, burst, which swept down a narrow
, J alley near Truckee, California, yes
terday afternoon shortly after five
(o’clock, caused a landslide which
!completely blocked the highway
and all railroad traffic through that
i part of the country.
>| Communication lines from the
'area are down and it is not known
■iwhether there were any injuries
\ sustained because of the landslide
: as a train was en route to the
l place and numerous autoists were
( on the road.
PALACE GUARDED
[ QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 17. —Sol
’ diers guarded the presidential and
[ legislative palaces yesterday follow
ing demands for the resignation of
'President Martinez Mera, who was
j inaugurated in December.
MAY GO TO EUROPE
REYKJAVIK. Iceland. Aug. 17. —
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
jbergh planned to continue on to
I Europe in their northern mapping
{flight if weather conditions were
favorable. England would be the
first stopping place if they leave
here on a voyage to the mainland.
ALL MIXED UP
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. —The
sales tax which recently went into
effect in California is so involved
that it is stated that even the at
torney general of the state has not
been able to untangle all of its
snarls. Many of the best legal minds
disagree on important sections of
the law as to who should pay aj
tax, to add to the confusion.
JAPANESE WAR
MANEUVERS END
IN GRAND REVIEW
TOKYO, ug. 17. —The Japanese
war maneuvers, held every three
years, and which have been in pro
gress during the last few weeks,
ended Wednesday with a great dis
play of naval strength, in the vic
inity of the islands near Tokyo.
Following the same battle the ves
sels were to assemble in the waters
south of Tokyo for the big naval
review to be held off Yokahoma on
August 25.
Both the large and small ves
sels will be lined up in a single
line to proceed to Yokohoma where
the ships will be reviewed by Em
peror Hirohito, who is at present
aboard the Navy’s flagship.
The Japanese review of battle
ships is very impressive and much
pomps goes with the occasion.
GOLD HOARDERS
BE IN TROUBLE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. — Gold
hoarders have about reached the
end of the trail. The government
is going after their hidden pots of
gold with prison terms and heavy
fines to mete out
In the United States Justice De
partment legal experts are quietly
, drawing up the case against gold
hoarders.
' It would not ^surprise official
Washington if warrants for the ar
rest of the hoarders were announc
|ed by Attorney General Cummings
■ when he returns from his vacation
Thursday or Friday.
It is said that almost 300 gold
ihoarders hold about SI .000.000 in
their possession.
DRESS MAKERS
PROTEST WORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 17. — A strike
, of 60.000 workers yesterday paralyz
ed the city’s dress industry at the
! height of the seasonal rush and
| sounded the death knell of the
j“sweat-shop.”
More than 3.000 shops in the
Metropolitan area were affected,
land 2,400 of them are in the city
1 proper. 1
,j Nearly 200 patrolmen and detec*
jtives guarded against outbreaks. At
1 the same time 2,500 workers picket
ed the closed shops.
CANAL PROJECT
IS DISCUSSED
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 17. — All
Western Washington will become a
huge island if plans here are com
'.pleted to dredge a canal from Ol
tympia to the Columbia River.
Puget Sound extends to this mid
state city and a low altitude fea
tures the general level to Columbia.
A canal would also be construct
ed to Grays Harbor.
INCREASE LEAD
BOSTON, Aug. 17. —The Wash
ington Senators increased their Am
erican League lead to six and one
half games yesterday when they
won from Boston 5 to 1. The New
York Giants have a four game lead
in the National League.
WILL PLAY AGAIN
CHICAGO. Aug. 17. — “Red”
Grange, noted professional football
player, has decided that he will
play some more footbal after all.
He has just signed a contract with
the Chicago Bears for another year.
Grange has played for this team
for eight years, and has been cap
tain for the last three years.