PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 83.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MO
1C, 1933.
ERROR EXECUTION
COMMAND CAUSE
AKRON TRAGEDY?
BODY OF REAR ADMIRAL WM.
A. MOFFETT FOUND 40
MILES AT SEA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 10 —
An error in execution ol' com
mands probably was the cause of
* the disaster to the U. S- S. Akron,
meaning the loss of 73 lives and
demolition of the worlds largest
airship, it was revealed today in
the first meeting of the Naval
Board of Inquiry.
Commander McCord, who was in
command of the Akron during her
last cruise, had ordered a change
of course to 15 degrees, which
would have carried the Akron out
of the storm area. The order was
misunderstood, however, and a
course of 50 degrees was set just
a few minutes before the disaster.
The Board of Inquiry had been
in session less than an hour when
news came of the finding of the
body of Rear Admiral Wm. A.
Mofflett, head of the aeronautical
division of the U. S. Navy.
THREE BODIES FOUND
Moffet’s body was found at sea
40 miles off Beach Haven, N. J.,
not far from the scene of the ac
‘ cident. Shortly after the finding of
Moffett’s body, the bodies of Com
mander McCord, in command of
the Akron at the time of the trag
edy, and of Commander Berg, of
the Lakehurst Naval Air Station,
was found.
The Board of Inquiry disclosed
startling facts about the life-pre
serving equipment aboard the Ak
ron. The giant ship had been put
into the air with only one life
rafe and one parachute, far inade
quate for the safety of the Akron’s
passenger.
Disclosure of conditions attend
ing the disaster to the Akron have
spurred Congress into a thorough
investigation into all government
aeronautics. The disaster to the
* blimp, J-3, will be the first to come
under fire. The J-3, it was reveal
ed, had gone into the air with only
* one life preserver, worn by Com
mander Cummins, who was one
of those drowmed.
Criticism has been made of the
Navy’s promotion system, whereby
trained men in aeronautics are
continually taken out of that
branch of the service and put into
another. The case of Lt. A1 Wil
liams, who was in the midst of air
plane development and had made
startling strides in speed develop
ment for the Navy when he was
*» sent to duty at sea, was prominent
ly mentioned, as was also that of
Commander Rosendahl of the di
lated Shenadoah, now at sea duty
BOUT OF OFFICER
• FOUND HEM SCENE OF
ABOARD U. S- S. PORTLAND
April 10.—The body of Lieut. Col
A. F. Masury of New York City, i
reserve officer who was a gues
aboard the dirigible Akron when i
crashed into the sea this week, iva;
picked up by the tanker John D
Archibald
The search for the skeleton o
the dirigible Akron was concen
trated in a relatively small are;
near where the airship crashed
and navy tugs constantly draggei
the bottom, 80 to 90 feet deep
for the wreckage. When they fin(
it, many navy men believe, the;
will find,.too, the bodies ol man]
of the 71 missing victims who rna;
have been trapped in control car
or quarters.
By air and sea, the navy anc
Coast Guard rescue fleet of plane
and boats has inspected 35,00
miles of ocean surface from Bar
negt light to Cape Charles in th
belief that much of the wreckagi
might have remained afloat' am
drifted miles to the south.
Identification of Lieut. Col. Ma
sury was made from papers fount
in lys pockets. The body is beim
taken to the Brooklyn Navy Yari
by the Galatea._
gold order
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 10.
<. All gold privately held must b
sold to the mints or brought to th
Bank of the Republic within \
month, the government declared.
STOCKS UP
NEW YORK, April 10, —A flurr
of short covering brought the ex
change list up fractions tc tw
oints in'the late trading Satur
ay after a period of irregularit;
earlier dealings.
MINISTER RESIGNS
TOKIO, April 10, —Matsukichi
Koyama, minister of justice, ten
dered his resignation to Premier
Saito. Koyama made no announce
ment following a visit to the Pre
mier. Reorganization of the cabi
net, or resignation, was seen as
a possibility. _
CREW OFDIRIGIBLf
FOUGHT ICK WATERS
NEARLY TWO HOURS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Ai)ril 10,—
A fight of nearly two hours against
icy water and choppy seas proved
I too much for many of the crew of
I the Akron who otherwise might
! have escaped the disaster, it was
; indicated in testimony of the three
| survivors before a Congressional
investigating committee.
The hearing also revealed that
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
one of the victims, was praising
dirigible flying and the Akron in
particular a few hours befoie the
fatal crash.
The House Naval affairs commit
tee heard the testimony of Lieut,
Commdr. Herbert V. Wiley, Boat
! swain Mate R. E. Deal and Metal
! smith M. Erwin before adjourning
the inquiry until Wednesday,
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MURDRESS LOSING MIND
STATE’S PRISON, FLORENCE
i Ariz., April 8.—Winnie Ruth Judd
! murdress, condemned to hang
! April 21. is gradually losing her
j mind, Warden A. G. Walker tolc
| the press. But he has not decided
to ask for a hearing to determine
her vanity. “She is delirious anc
incoherent most of hte time now.’
he said. “She spent a bad night
She was restless and nervous.”
REVISED SEER SILL
REACHED HOUSE FLOOR
NUMBER (HOIHENTS
JUNEAU, April 10,—The revisec
■ beer bill readied the floor of the
House Saturday embodying a num
ber of amendments to the origina
measure adding that clubs estab
lished two or more vears and hold
ing National or Territorial char
ter, and hotels, to the list oi
places allowed to sell beverages.
It also provides only Americar
citizens can obtain a license anc
puts licensing in the hands of thf
district court in each Division anc
prohibits the issueing of licens<
to anyone not of good moral char
acter; the other gives judges wide
discretionary powers over licensing
thru a system of reports requirec
; of brewers and vintagers, whole
salers, agents and distributors
which is expected to curb bootleg
ging by keeping a close check oi
purchasers.
The House killed the communit;
property bill by voting 9-10 t<
' postpone it indefinitely. It als<
defeated the Senate bill providing
1 for a bond to cover costs of ap
peals in criminal action from jus
tices courts.
■ [ The House passed the Tayloi
• measure repealing the Territoria
-1 law against advertising aleoholii
:; beverages and two other mino:
: code amendments were delayed.
5j A bill was introduced to providi
• for a non-partisan primary elec
tion system to replace the exist
f ing primary law; it would leav<
■ the election of party officers, sucl
1 as National committeemen anc
>: Delegates to National conventions
i | to the parties themselves.
: I The sum of $5,000 for radio sub
‘ j sidies to the Ketchikan and Anch
’ orage broadcast stations was pro
r posed in measures introduced b;
{ Senator Kehoe and Bragaw, a du
s plicate of similar measures passei
two years ago but funds were thei
, withheld by Governor Parks.
• Walker introduced a measure re
J quiring airplanes carrying passen
" gers for hire to deposit securitie
? in form of insurance sufficient t
\ cover damages sued for in case o
1 accidents, fixing the minimur
amount, such as security for on
: passenger, to $20,000, and for tw
I or more at $100,000.
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STRAINED A MUSCLE
PALO ALTO, Calif.. April 10, -
Ben Eastman., sensational Stan
ford runner, probably was lost t
_ competition for the next few week
51 when he strained a muscle in hi
e! leg. _
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TO SUPPLANT O’MALLEY
I WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.
j Frank T. Bell of Seattle is undei
I stood in official circles to be amon
7' those under consideration for th
- post of Commissioner of Fisherie
i An appointment is expected i
- the next few days. Bell is no
7 secretary to Senator Dill, Democrz
of Washington.
! PRESIDENT URGES THE
! IMMEDIATE REOPENING
OF MUSCLE SHOALS
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ April .10,—
President Roosevelt sent to Con
gress today his message about j
Muscle Shoals, the result of a per-!
sonal examination of the huge
hydro-electric plant on the Ten
nessee River.
The President’s message urged
imemdiate reopening of the gi-»
gantic project which has lain idle
since it was built during the World
War. His plan is to have formed
a Tennessee Valley authority, sim
ilar to the New York City port
authority.
This group would be a semi
public corporation charged with
the development not only of the
Muscle Shoals plant, but with the
development of flood control, soil
erosion and other large aspects of
the Tennessee Valley, much in the
manner in which the New York
port authority handled the build
ing of the Hudson River tunnel,
the George Washington Memorial
Bridge across the Hudson, and oth
er projects not directly connected
with the port facilities.
Similar plans are in the offing
for the development of the Col
umbia river in the Northwest. “It
is clear,” the President’s message
said, “that Muscle Shoals is but
a small part of the potentialities
of the entire Tennessee Valley.”
BULLETS FALLING ON
> THE CHINESE SUMA/IER
I CAMP U_S. INFANTRY
1 PEIPING, China, April 10.—The
United States Legaiton was in
formed that bullets from firing
about Chingwangfco were falling in'
1 the summer camp of the Fifteenth
| infantry, United States army.
About 800 members of the infan
try regiment are stationed along
therailway leading from that re
! gion to Pieping. A Japanese re
' port said that Chinwangtao, im
portant Chinese seaport in the
, railway treaty area, which has
. large foreign interests, was occu
. pied by NJjuichukuan troops. It
» could not be confirmed here. There
were no reports of American casu
t alties.
The reports told, too, that the
^ Japanese demanded the evacuation
[ by the Chinese of the entire area
, south of the Great Wall as far as
’ the Lwan river. On the heels of
> the report at the American lega
r tion came denial of British Min
i ister Lampson that British men
. of war had lain at Chingwangtac
to protect British interests. He
!' called attention of the Japanese,
i however, to these interests.
; Mlfilll
: mid Dismimm
EXPRESSED, DIRECTOR
, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10,
Frankly expressing disappointment
at the slow pace of forestry camp
, enrollment, Administration aides
. plunged ahead to speed the mobi
i lization of idle men and to place
selection of a national basis before
’ the week-end.
Robert Fechner, director of the
conservation employment program
] disclosed that only 2,607 men from
’ six cities now were in army condi
tioning camps out of the first quo
! ta of 250,000 men to be selected
. Fechner set up a new objective, tc
have 250,000 men in army camps
by May 15, for two weeks of hard
. ening preliminary to tJieir marct
s on the forests._•
! USUI SPENDS
DM SICHTSEEI
- WASHINGTON, April 10,—Ming
o ling with thousands of visitors
s paying their annual pilgrimage ti
s see the Capital’s famed Japanesi
cherry blossoms, President an<
Mrs. Roosevelt left the Whiti
House early yesterday for a da;
_ of auto sightseeing after a shor
spin about the Potomac Tida
g Basin, now surrounded by hun
e dreds of pink blossomed cherr;
s- trees.
n The Presidential party crossei
the Potomac river to spend the re
mainder of the day in Virginia.
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REPRODUCTION
MOSCOW, April 10, —Sex pre
cis termination in reproduction in
ci rtain animals is claimed to have
b en achieved by Professor Nicolai
H Jnstantinovich, head of animal
b eeding in the Soviet.
An electrical treatment separ
a es male and female elements,
d ^covered by him, and either sex
c in be obtained by injecting the
o tposite solution. Such reproduc
t an has been performed on three
f male rabbits.
OF moon RECRUITS
OF 5ELECIE0 WEST
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—
Army camps in the East bustled
vith activity as recruits for the
j; orestry conservation plan piled
n to be put into the first week of
conditioning. The first contingent
! pf men numbers 25,000, from ages
Df 18 to 21, and has been selected
! from 17 large cities. All were due
! in the army camp by nightfall.
11 After two weeks they will go into
[ the forests to work for a dollar a
: day and keep. The Labor Depart
! ment is rushing plasn for selection
of the second contingent, which
will be taken from Western states.
In all 250,000 men are to be en
rolled and put to work by July 1.
The Forest and Park Services
have outlned forest projects which
rwill require more than 1,00,000 men
or many months of labor to com
plete. The first project will be
approved next week.
RAUS MIT OLD TESTAMENT
BERLIN, April 10.—Religion in
Germany under Hitler as defined
by Protg$tant Nazis is a “German
Christian movement” which would
oust the Old Testament &nd erect
instead sagas and fairy tales of
Germany and the leading person
ifies from German spiritual,
philosophical and artistic life
What action the Hitler government
will take on the proposal is as yet
j unknown._ __
WINK RUTH JUDD
tried mown
DUDE TO HILT SELF
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ARIZONA STATE PRISON,
FLORENCE, Ariz., April 10,—Win
nie Ruth Judd attempted suicide
and was prevented only after a
furious battle with guards, it was
disclosed here. The “trunk mur
deress” tried to swallow a double
edged safety razor blade in an ef
fort to carry out threats made
since the refusal of her stay of
execution to be hanged April 21.
When the condemned woman
thought the vigilance of the spec
ial matron guarding her had re
laxed a moment, she swiftly insert
ed the blade in her mouth, it was
learned. The matron screamed for
aid, a guard responded and to
gether they fought Mrs- Judd. The
two had the greatest difficulty in
subsiding the blonde as she kick
ed, scratched and struck blows.
“I want to kill myself. I wdn'1
hang”, the woman repeatedls
screamed.
MORE ~RELieiOliS
THAN POLITICAL,
SAYS VQN PAPEI
ROME, April 10,—Vice-Chancel
lor Franz von Papen of Germans
arrived here for conference witl
Premier Mussolini and Pope Pius
1 declaring: “My visit is more religi
' ous than political”.
Captain Hermann Goering, Ger
man Minister without portfolio
and Chancellor’s right-hand-man
arrives by plane today.
Chancellor Hitler is expected af
ter von Papen’s return. To news
papermen von Papen said: “Th<
I visit of Ambassador aDvis to Ber
l lin and the invitation extendei
” Germany to attend the Washing
ton discussion encourages mos
cordial relations between German:
■ and the United tSates.
> TROUBLE LOOMS
'i MOSCOW, April 10,—The Com
' j munist Internationale appealed t
j. I the German laboring masses ti
: overthrow the Hitler goVernmen
* by an armed revolt and to estab
- lish in its stead a dictatorship o
l the Proletariat
The appeal was in a statemen
, issued by the Presidium of th
1 Communist Internationes Educa
■ tive committee which was publish
ed in the newspaper Pravada.
Six PLANES DAMAGED
RALEIGH, April 10, —A six Army
bombing planes units of a group of
11 which came to Raleigh airport
from Lagnley Field, Va., on a tacti
cal mission, were badly damaged
by high winds. They will be dis
mantled and shipped to the Army
air corps repair station at Middle
town, Penn
SIGNAL CORPS MEN
IN ALASKA MAY NOW
HOLD EXAMINATIONS
SEATTLE, April 10.—Conveni
ence in licensing of radio operators
in Alaska will be greatly increased
in the new authorizaiton of the
Federal Radio Commission, which
will allow operators in charge of
Signal Corps stations in the Ter
ritory to conduct examinations, it
was revealed in a message from the
Seattle headquarters of the Wash
ington-Alaska Military Cable and
Telegraph System.
Applicants for radiograph, radio
i telephone and arpateur lice.nses in
Alaska may now appear at Signal
Corps stations and there take ex
j animations which will be forward
ed from the office of the radio in
spector in charge of District No. 14,
! headquarters in Seattle. Formerly
only temporary licenses were is
sued on affidavits sent to Seattle,
with the proviso that operators
would appear for personal exam
ination there at the first oppor
tunity.
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TftAGEDY FEARED
RANGOON, India, April 10,—It
was feared that tragedy has befall
en Marye Hiltze, France’s “Amelia
Earhart,” who is overdue on a
flight by easy stages to Paris. She
| was reported flying over Akyab,
I 300 miles north of Rangoon, after
I leaving Calcutta.
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KKFICIU EFFECTS
BE FELT IMME8IITFLY
row cme
LONDON, Aprii 10;—Franklv
amazed at the speed with whidr
President Roosevelt has begun tc
lay hte groundwork for the World
Economic Conference, the Briti^l
government moved to play ist pari
in the potentially far-reaching in
ternational discussions at Wash
ington.
With issuance of a communique
announcing Prime Minister J
Ramsay MacDonald’s acceptance
of President Roosevelt’s invitatior
to visit Washington, governmem
spokesmen expressed belief tha
the conversations would have im
mediately beneficial effects ir
world economic relationships.
British officialdom is convinced
that a groundwork for solution ol
major international problems wil
be laid down at Washington.
WASHED ASHORE
NEWPORT BEACH, April 10, -
The body of a man tentativelj
identified as J. R. Bodin, 40, frort
San Francisco, believed to have
been a suicide, with Miss Barban
Muller, 22, of Hollywood, was wash
ed ashore near Santa Ana.
Mr. Bodin and Miss Muller dis
appeared from the SS Yale en
route from San Diego to Los An
geles harbor.
While no report was made t<
police the purser of craft said e
note had been found indicating
their intention to leap overboard
PRIME MINISTER OF
FRANCE BUS ACCEPTER
5 PARIS, April 10,—Prime Mihiste:
- Edouard Herriot’s acceptance o
1 the appointment to be France’s re]
- resentative at the Washington dis
; cussion was announced.
r Authoritative quarters stated hi
will assure President Roosevel
that France will pay the $19,261,
438 war debt installment defaulte<
in December. In return Herrio
. expects to get from Roosevelt as
3 surance that this overdue paymen
5 will be- applied to an eventual deb
t resettlement which will scale dow:
. and readjust present payments, i
£ was said.
Herriot is regarded as committei
t to the thesis that France shoul
s pay the December installment, "O:
- condition the payment is credite
- as part of a new and final settle
ment.”
THOUSANDS AGAIN
KNOW PLEASURE GF
HAVING EMPLOYMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 10.—
A jubilee of the country’s cash
registers, rustle of bank notes,
long empty pockets accompanies
the gurgle of beer as many parts
of the country announced “busi
ness is better.” Thousands knew
again what it was to have a job.
Many stores reported increased
business as beer smiling weather
approaches. Easter combined to
stir the demand. Brewers every
where rubbed their hands and
grinned broadly. Many cities had
more advertisements and a run of
i better business.
Friends of beer prepared to at
i tribute most of it to the beverage,
a contention the foes of beer pre
pared to dispute- Comprehensive
data is lacking, but the anti-pro
diibitionists pointed with pride ot
the figures from several states. In
I Ney York, for instance, thousands
I are talking of men being re-em
' ployed and equipment being pur
j chasfid. City officials announced
j receipt of $200,000 fees for permits.
Chicago newspapers said that
merchants agreed the first day of
beer was one of the greatest spend
ing sprees since the 1929 crash.
This was parity attributed to im
! proved weather. The railroads an
nounced heavy beer movements
and foresaw more jobs. .The situa
tion is similar here, and in all large
cities.
HEW CHEEK ADONIS
[CHIOS IT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, April 10.—‘Jumping
Joe” Saboldi, who used to shatter
football lines for old Notre Dame
with his massive hulk, had one big
area of the professional wrestling
world rocking with claims and de
nials.
Regarded as just another setups
Joe strode into the Chcago stadi
um ring to tackle Jim Londos, the
Grecian Adonis, and claimant of
the wrestling championship.
To the amazement of 8,000 cus
tomers, Joe walked out of the ring
; with a One-fall victory after 20
minutes and 26 seconds of tugging.
The claims ahd denials then start
ed to pop and today “all was cha
is.”
First, Ed White, manager of
Londos, claimed that the match,
limited to one fall in 90-minue
time limit, was not a championship
[ affair simply because of a ruling
by the old Illinois State Atnletic
■ Commission tha tall wrestling
• matches were non-title. The spec
. tators howled White down.
! Then Londos issued a statement
in which he denied that Saboldi
had thrown him, blaming Referee
Bob Managoff for everything that
i happened.
J. B. EASTMAN CHOICE
HE PHESIDEHI DIRECT
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WASHINGTON, April 10—Presi
dent Roosevelt has virtually decid
ed to appoint Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
er, as Federal Railroad Co-ordina
tor, to direct the Administration’s
new railroah program, it was an
nounced.
Eastman, who has advocated
government ownership, would be
vested with semi-dictatorial pow
ers to overhaul the railroad struc
ture. bring about commercial econ
omies, est&nated at a minimum of
$750,000,000, annually, and take
steps to protect insurance com
panies and other large investors
in railroad securities.
Secretary of Commerce Roper
will submit the revised draft of
railroad legislation to the Presi
dent today, Roosevelt is expected
shortly, probably this week, to for
ward the proposed legislation with
a special message to Congress.
The President’s message is ex
pected to deal almost exclusively
with railroads. Another message
is expected to deal with coordinat
ing aviation, motor and inland
waterways transportation under
Federal control.
BOTTLE SHORTAGE
PITTSBURGH, Pfc., April 10.—
No beer in Pittsburgh! Or, att
least no bottles to put the beer in.
The rush of sale of beer following
the April 7th return of pre-war
beverages has made such a short
age of bottles and kegs that Pitts
burg breweries can not market
their output.