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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 511,
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FUNERAL OF PAUL
BERN HELD TODAY:
BROTHER ARRIVES
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 9,—Pa III
Bern, screen executive who killed
himself in his Beverly Hills home a
few days ago, will be buried today
and, because of the greatly improv
ed condition of his widow, Jean
Harlow, the “platinum blonde”, it
is expected she will be sufficiently
recovered from the shock, to at
tend.
The motive for the suicide is still
- -mpd, though there is con
ji an alleged past
iove life” with a New York woman
who, until a few weeks ago was
registered at a hotel as Mrs. Paul
Bern but who since is reported to
have left for San Francisco. She
is termed as having been his com
mon-law wife for the last 10 years.
The rumor which gained ground
during the last two days that Miss
Harlow was to be dropped from
Hollywood movie studios, was de
nied by executives who stated Miss
Harlow was the innocent victim of
tragedy. {
Henry Bern, a brother, arrived]
Thursday from Newark but was too
ill to be interviewed.
[ER NOT SO GOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 9, — j
The reaction of the American peo- j
pie to war debt cancellation propo- j
sals by Montague Norman, gover- j
nor of the Bank of England and
international bankers in New York, i
has been so positively unfavorable,!
that Secretary of the Treasury
Mills and President Hoover are be
ing admonished by other cabinet
members that the administration
must stand pat against cancella
tion.
This was learned following the!
first cabinet meeting since Nor
man’s conference in this country,
to which he came under the name
of Professor Clarence Skinner.
DOOMSDAY: WELLS HAS
GLOOMY VISION OF
WORLD'S PROSPECTS
OXFORD, Eng., Sept. 9, —“A tot
tering civilization staggering down
to chaotic violence and decadence,
in a world for the gangster tribe”
is H. G. Wells’ picture of the fu
ture of mankind unless rescued by
“revolutionary liberalism.”
“Liberalism in the United States;
has been suppressed for a hundred j
years,” Mr. Wells said. “In France I
and Germany it is inaudible. In
Russia it is in blinkers.”
Yet this is the time, he assured
his hearers at the Liberal Summer
School here, for “the liberal giant
to rise.”
“If liberalism had a voice and a
backbone and went out now and
proclaimed liberty from old en
tanglements, liberalism could con
quer seven-eigths of mankind. |
Otherwise, the peoples will turn to !
communism.”
IN OWN QUARTERS
TOKIO, Sept., 8—Canada in the
near future will own her own build
ings here when the new Canadian
Legation now under consideration
is built.
IN SERIOUS PLIGHT
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Sept., 8,—
Farmers in the Waipapa district of
North Island are in a serious plight
as a result of floods which have
killed hundreds of cattle, sheep
and lambs.
TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS
NEW YORK, Sept., 8, —Com
mander Walter Walters, head of
the bonus seekers army, is in this
city endeavoring to raise sufficient
money to finance a trip to the
American Legion convention at
Portland Ore.
LIKES TO FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Sept., 9. —Secre
tary of War Hurley has decided to
fly to Portland, Ore., and attend
jthe American Legion Convention;
furthermore, he intends to make a
speech. The trip is being made
against the wishes of the adminis
tration but he said he would go!
either as an official or as a private |
citizen; that he never has run away i
from a fight and doe snot intend to
start at this late date.
NIC KEE WILL BUN
REGWHDLESS WILBER
NEW YORK, Sept., 9,-Mayor
Joseph McKee was regarded yester
day as definitely a candidate to
succeed himself as the chief execu
tive of America’s largest city, re
gardless of ex-mayor James J.
Walker’s determination to try a
“comeback”.
McKee’s principal backer, Ed
ward J. Flynn, the Democratic
leader of the Bronx, was reported
insistent on running the new may
or for the regular term. Flynn, ac
cording to an announcement, will
abandon his proposed trip to the
west with Governor Roosevelt.
OPPOSED TO PAYMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9, —
President Hoover was told by C.
Otis, of New York and President of
the United States Chamber of
Commerce, that the 50,000 mem
bers of his organization were op
posed to the payment of an addi
tional bonus to World War veter
ans.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, —Cancer
has been treated with “highly ben
eficial results” by application of
high frequency electrical current,
Dr. Gustave Kolischer, of Michael
Reese Hospital, Chicago, states.
Addressing the American Con
gress of Physical Therapy, he
read a lengthy report on his studies.
Nicola Tesla, credited as the first
person to introduce electrical os
cillations in therapy, gave an inter
view corroborating Dr. Kolischer’s
statement.
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
Among today’s prominent visitors
from the States is W. C. Sloan,
president of the Northern Pacific
Railway who, accompanied by his
daughters Dorothy and aMry Louise
left on today’s train for Anchorage.
Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general mana
ger of the Alaska Railroad, will
meet Mr. Sloan at Anchorage and
escort him back to Seward this
evening in time for Mr. Sloan and
his daughters to make steamer
connections for the south.
NEW MOORING MAST
LAKEHURST, N. J., Sept. 9, —
A new experimental mooring mast
for airships is nearing completion
here. A novel feature of this giant
“stick” is that it is telescopic in na
ture. When extended to its full
length, it will be 160 feet high, as
tall as a 15-story office building.
ACTORS BADLY SHAKEN
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 9,—George
Brent, film actress, and his wife,
Ruth Chatterton, screen actress,
are recovering from injuries re
ceived when their automobile was
struck by a hit and run driver. Both
were badly shaken, but were able
to report at their studio yesterday.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
A call has been received from
the Seward General Hospital rela
tive to the critical condition of Mr.
Fisher who is to undergo an oper
ation but who first must be
fully strengthened by a blood
transfusion and for this purpose
six men are required to volunteer.
Names should be submitted imme
diately to Mayor Brownell.
Mrs. Hay Stafford and daughter
were arrivals in the city Thurs
day from Moose Pass.
MINISTER IN BARREL
AFOUL LAW AGAIN
i
BLACKPOOL, Eng., Sept. 9, —
The law laid hands on the Rever
end Harold Davidson, rector of
Stiffkey, who recently was convict
ed of immorality by a church trib
unal.
The rector has been sitting in a
barrel here for two days, on exhi
bition for “three cents a look.” He
was served with a summons and
charged with “aiding and abetting
the obstruction of a footpath.”
RUSSIA DESIRES U. S.
RECOGNITION SOVIET
MOSCOW, Sept., 9,—The Soviet
Regime frankly desires recognition
by America and makes no effort to
conceal it. Failing recognition, Rus
sia would like some preliminary
arrangements leading to exchange
of trade between the two countries.
It is a prevalent belief here that
more friendly relations with the
United States would strengthen
the Soviet’s position, both commer
cially and politically. Development
in the Far-East has fortified that
belief.
SWINGS INTO VERMONT
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 9, —Gover
nor Roosevelt headed into Republi
can Vermont in an attempt to
swing that State’s support to him
self in the presidential election.
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ABANDONING CROPS
MOSCOW, Sept. 9, —Peasants,
dissatisfied with the almost entire
Lack of compensation for their la
bor on farms, are abandoning the
fields throughout Soviet Russia.
* * * *
STILL HOUNDING JACK
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 9, —Jack
Dempsey’s show salary was attach
ed here for the sum of $350 which a
former employe charges Dempsey
owes him.
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declare moratorium
BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept., 9, —
The municipal council voted in se
cret session to declare a morator
ium on that city’s foreign debt until
Oct. 31, 1933.
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SHIPPING SUGAR
VERA CRUZ, Mex., Sept., 9,—Vera
Cruz sugar interests shipped 1000
tons of sugar to New York and an
nounced that other shipments
would be made shortly.
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FORMER MINISTER SAILS
PARIS, Sept., 9, —Louis de Chap
pedelaine, former minister of mer
chant marine and member of the
chamber of deputies, sailed on the
lie de Franc efor the United Stat
es.
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FLEET CONCENTRATION
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 9, —More than
40 battleships will leave here Sep
tember 19 for San Francisco, where
the Pacific Fleet is to concentrate
September 21, the 11th Naval dis
trict headquarters announced. The
ships will return October 9.
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FOUGHT BUT LOST OUT
SEATTLE, Sept. 9, —Mrs. Grace
Whalen, collector for a chain ser
vice, was bested by daylight ban
dits who stole the day’s collection
which totaled $2,000 which she was
carrying in a market-basket. She
resisted with her fists but to no
avail when one of the robbers
connected with a bull’s-eye square
on her “button.”
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TREES SHRINK DAYTIME
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept-, 9,—
Trunks of trees shrink in the day
time and expand at night. This
was revealed by Dr. Raymond Kien
holz, ecologist of the Connecticut
Experiment Station, who explained
that in the daytime, the sun with
draws moisture from the tree,
diminishing its diameter, and at
night, the tree replenishes its store
of moisture and the trunk increas
es in size.
Wim DEBTS FACTOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9, —
Declaring the war debts a factor
in prosperity or depression, former
Assistant of the Treasury, Elliott
Wadsworth said that they should
be used 9S a lever to bring back
better times.
The importance of Wadsworth’s
views are enhanced by the fact that
he was secretary of the world war
foreign debt funding commission
during the years when the inter
allied agreements were being made.
“RED DEMON” RAGES
REDDINGTON, Cal., Sept. 9, —
Forest fires are sweeping forward
in a ten mile area; it is feared that
the loss will be extraordinarily
large, not only from a timber stand
point, but to wild game and birds
as well, in other areas where for
est fires have been raging, they
are reported to be under control.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 12 Brooklyn 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6, Detroit 4; 14 innings.
Washington 3, St. Louis 1.
PACIFIC COAST
Portland 7, Hollywood 6.
Hollywood 3, Missions 3.
EVA IMPROVING
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 9,—B. La
mont underwent a blood transfu
sion in an effort to save the life of
Eva Tanquay, the “I Don’t Care”
musical comedy star of a couple of
decades ago. Three similar trans
fusions have been made and it is
reported that the condition of Miss
Tanquay is somewhat improved.
NEW ST1P TAX IIILB
COMPARED T0 1798 LEir
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9, (/P)
—The newly-enacted tax on checks
is mild compared to a similar tax
imposed on Americans during the
first year of the republic, 1798.
Papers received by the National
Museum library bear stamps is
sued under this long-forgotten fed
eral revenue act.
Bonds, bills of exchange and
promissory notes had to carry tax
stamps ranging from 10 to 75 cents.
Notes were taxed five-eighths of a
cent per dollar up to $50. A $100
note had to carry a $1 stamp and a
$500 note a $2 stamp. Bills of lading
of goods sent out of a state were
required to pay a 10-cent tax. An
inventory of catalogue goods re
quired a 50-cent stamp.
CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. W. M. Abbott, widow of the
former townsman who passed away
at Tacoma Sunday morning, in a
telegram received here today, de
sires to express her heartfelt appre
ciation to the many friends of the
family, to the Anchorage Elks, Sew
ard Bill’s Club, the Seward Ameri
can Legion Post and Auxiliary and
to the boys on the dock and in the
depot, for their expressions of sym
pathy and beautiful floral offer
ings.
Brother G. J. Feltes, missionary
aviator who has been in the States
since last June, returned on the
SS Aleutian and is remaining over
in Seward awaiting the arrival of
Bishop Crimont who is expected
to arrive this evening from the In
terior.
According to a report from the
local office of the Pacific Steamship
Company, the SS Admiral Watson
will return to port from the West
ward at 6 a. m. Saturday and will
depart for the South two hours la
ter, at 8 a. m.
Three Japanese planes will take
off from Tokio within the next
few days enroute to San Francisco,
via Nome.
LIFE WAS THREATENED
WASHINGTON, Sept., 9—For 36
hours secret service men have been
endeavoring to find some clue to
the mysterious disappearance bf
Col. Raymond Robbin who vanished
while enroute to the Capitor for
the conference with President Hoo
ver on prohibition- It is known that
he had been threatened many times
by bootleggers and it is feared that
he has been taken for a “ride”.
HOOVER IS SHORT
of m-pon
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9, —
All is quiet on the administration’s
“western front” and the reason is
lack of man-power.
Unlike the campaign of 1928, the
Republican big guns have been si
lenced or captured. Senator Borah
has said he will keep silent while
Senators Nye of North Dakota and
Brookhart of Iowa, who four years
ago, scoured the backways of the
wheat belt for the President, are
now against him.
PUTTING ON WEIGHT
SEATTLE, Sept. 9, —Fighting ap
pears to agree with Mayor John
Dore, militant mayor of this city,
because he is picking up weight so
rapidly that his physician has or
dered him to walk steadily two
miles daily. When asked about the
waste of time, Mayor Dore replied
that while walking he would pon
der over civic matters.
SACRAMENTO, Sept., 9,—Cali
fornia pioneers and National rail
road circles mourned the passing
of Amos L- Bowsher, 94, who par
ticipated in the historic event of
driving the “Golden Spike” which
linked East and West by rail in
1869. I
Bowsher had been pensioned by i
the Southern Pacific in 1911 ,after j
45 years at the throttle of Southern
Pacific trains. The veteran was'
in charge of telegraphic arrange
ments for the Golden Spike cere
mony at Promontory Point, Utah.
MONEY FROM HUB CAPS
LAMAR, Colo., Sept., 9,—Two men
and a woman are in jail here, fac
ing charges of circulating fake
dimes and quarters made from
stolen automobile hub caps. The
officers confiscated moulds and
counterfeiting aparatus. They said
the counterfeiters had been steal
hub caps from autos to get metal
for the coins.
BIG BELLANCA LANDS
A fourth plane arrived in Sew
ard today, that of Pilot Noel Wien,
who brought hib big Bellanca in
from Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Included in the load of passengers
were George Kilroy, editor of the
Alaska Weekly, and Mr. Reed, head
of the Piggly Wiggly stores. Pilot
Wien took-off at 2 o'clock with
Mrs. Savage, a nurse, for Anchor
age.
J. E. Leedom, member of the lo
cal Signal Corps for a number of
years, accompanied by Mrs. Leedom
and family, depart Saturday for
the Anchorage headquarters of the
system where he has been assigned
to duty.
BUY SHARK FINS
SAN FRANCISCO,_ Sept. 9, (JP)—
This city’s Chinatown provides a
market for most of the shark fins
caught along the Pacific and for
the oil which is extracted from
shark liver. The oil brings 10 to 30c
a gallon, a five-foot shark yielding
about two and a half gallons.
COPE RETURNING
Pilot Alonzo Cope, of the P. I. A.,
who left today at noon for An
chorage with Jas. M. Peyton, the
Department of Commerce aviation
inspector, exeptcs to return to the
city this evening and tomorrow go
to Kodiak, flying four members of
a Hollywood moving picture com
pany.
DISBANDMENT OF
GERMAN PARLIAMENT
LOOKED FOR SOON
BERLIN, Sept., 9—The Cabinet
of Chancellor Franz von Papen has
completed important plans to meet
the possibility of a parliamentary
deadlock this coming week and to
assure continued smooth running
of the government, it was learned.
Von Papen, it became known, will
arise in the Reichstag Monday and
with the utmost confidence, eluci
date the government’s policies. He
then will allow the members to in
dulge in political debate. In his
pocket, however, will be the decree
of dissolution already signed by
President Von Hindenburg, and
Von Papen will not hesitate to pro
duce it, the moment there is a hint
that the Parliament will try to call
a vote of misconfidence in the Cab
inet. -
It is still possible that the vari
ous political factions in the Reich
stag will try to stave off a crisis by
voluntarily voting a recess, the
moment dissolution appears likely.
Politioal observers feel however,
that disbandment of Parliament
will be evoked by Von Papen by
the middle of next week.
COMPTROLLER HI
my suish millions
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Sept. 9, —
A ruling by Comptroller General
J. R. McCarl, which may slash
construction appropriations pro
vided in the J3arner-W£gner fed
eral relief bill by more than $80,
000,000, was revealed by Treasury
officials
McCarl informed Secretary of the
Treasury Mills that he interpreted
the economy act as cutting by 10
per cent, all appropriations for
construction, even though the re
lief bill, designed to stimulate em
ployment, was passed subsequent
to the economy measure.
NEW TRAP FOR ANIMALS
LOOKS BEFORE SPRINGS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9, (JP)
—A trap that can be set to catch
only animals of a certain weight,
and is harmless to smaller animals
or birds has been invented by Al
bert M. Day of the department of
agriculture.
An adjustable spring makes it
possible to set an ordinary steel
trap to spring only when wolves,
bobcats, coyotes and other preda
tory animals of similar weight step
into it.
The new attachment is designed
to prevent loss of time and effort
when traps set in carefully-chosen
spots for predatory animals are
sprung by rabbits, porcupines, fox
es and other comparatively small
and inoffensive creatures. These
unwanted victims often warn the
larger animals away and make the
trap site worthless for a long time.
JOE JEAN GOING SOUTH
J. L- Jean, veteran Goodnews Bay
and lower Kuskokwim business
man, arrived in Seward Friday
from Anchorage enroute to the
States for special medical atten
tion. Mr. Jean the owner of many
platinum properties in the Good
news Bay district also conducts a %
number of trading posts. Upon his
arrival at Anchorage a few days
ago, he had his first ride in an au
tomobile.
Pilot Harry Blunt, the “Bering
Sea Eagle”, of the Pacific Alaska
Airways, Inc., was the fiftth avia
tor to bring his plane to the local
airport today from Anchorage. The
Aviation editor chased all around
the town to get a detailed report
from him but up to the time of
going to press the Eagle could not
be located.
Rev. R. W. Macpherson returned
on the SS. Aleutian from the south
on his way to Anchorage.