MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 289.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CREDIT OF THE NATION
LIBELED Blf HOOVER
DECLARES ROOSEVELI
BROOKLYN, N. Y.. Nov. 5,—Gov
Franklin D. Roosevelt charged that
President Hoover libeled the credit
of the United States when he said
the country came perilously near
going off the gold standard.
Speaking with A1 Smith at a
monster rally here, Roosevelt said
Hoover's stand just made in a talk
at Des Moines was a part of the
“prevailing campaign of fear con
ducted by the Republicans. He add
ed that the gold standard was al
ways safe.
About 3.000 persons, packed into
the Brooklyn Academy of Music,
heard him and Smith speak for the
election of the entire Democratic
ticket in New York State. An over
flow crowd in the streets outside
heard the speech thru amplifiers.
There was a terrific chorus of
cheering, whistling and shouting as
Frank and A1 suddenly appeared
on the platform linked arm in arm
giving visible proof that their
short-lived political differences
were ended.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 5.—
Both political parties have turned
their attention to wooing the wo
man voter, believing that if the
election proves close she may be
the deciding factor.
The number of women voting
regularly in the past has been far
below the number of men. If these
non-voting women should go to the
polls November 8 they might easily
determine the results in the several
states.
CHICAGO. Nov. 5.—In an ad
dress here before a coast to coast
radio audience, Senator H i r a m
Johnson of C a li f o r n i a, dubbed
President Hoover a failure and
added that the welfare of the na
tion and the people demand a
change.
Before launching into a detailed
recital of three tragic years of the
President’s administration, the Re
publican orator from the Pacific'
coast replied to Hoover’s speech
made earlier in the evening in St.
Louis.
PARIS. Nov. 5, —Detectives of
the historic “Pointed Towers,”
France’s famed secret service, have j
been ordered to read American i
mystery novels for pointers, it was ’
leaimed yesterday.
A high official of the Surte Gen
erale has reached the conclusion
that American detective story
writers have set down a fine exam
ple in technique in which many
good pointers can be obtained by
real sleuths.
ftACQUETEERS IN NEW ZEALAND
AUKLONA, N. Z., Nov. 5.—The
four American tennis stars touring i
the Orient, are here, arriving from
Hawaii. The party includes Ells
worth Vines, national champion;
Wilmer Allison, Johnny Van Ryn,
Keith Gledhimm. Allison and Van
Ryn defeated their fellow travelers i
in a practice game after their ar- j
rival.
I NORTHWESTERN ENROUTE
i
SEATTLE, Nov. 5,—The Stean
ship Northwestern, of the A. S. !
Co., sailed for Seward today wit
the following Seward passenger;
J. E. Nasenius, Mrs. Dennis Coyl
Glen Sandbeck. Mrs. O. Sandbec!
Mrs. C. M. Elkins, Chas. Sheldo
and C. V. Wells.
MALLOW. Ireland, Nov. 5
Many persons were injured in
clash between “white army’’ follow
; ers of William Cosgrave and sup
porters of President Eamon De Va
lera. Guards used batons to sep
arate the combatants. But th
fighting renewed and further polio
action was necessary before the ri
oters were dispersed.
The battle started when th
“white army-’ adherents found th
hall in which they had planned t
meet was held by republican arm
factions.
EASY VICTORY
VOSTON, Nov. 5,-Primo Car
nera last night toyed with Lc
Kennedy. 210 pounds, befor
knocking him out in the thir
round with a barrage of short left
and right hooks to the head. Th
bout was scheduled for 10 round
The Italian giant w e i g h e d 26
pounds.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 5, -
Although announced three week
ago as organized and functioning
the new Federal Home Loan Ban
has made no loans as yet
While the subscription by pri
vate capital of the minimum capi
tal of $9,000,000 expected fron
them, has not yet been announced
it was said at the board's head
quarters here that more than thi
: sum has been pledged.
MI ME. HALSTEAD WILL SING
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—Madann
Margaret Halstead, dramatic so
prano, has been engaged by thi
Metropolitan Opera for the comini
season, it was announced.
RUM RUNNER IS SEIZED
WOODHOLE. Mass., Nov. 5-—Thi
motorship Amicita, out of Barba'
does, with a crew of 11 men and i
$200,000 cargo of lquor, was seizec
by coast guardsmen in New Bed
ford; also a power boat carrying If
men was captured as they ap
proached the Amicita. The Amia
cita was captured running withoui
lights.
WEST MEETS EAST
NEW YORK, Nov. 5,—The Wesl
greets the East on the gridiron to
day in the first of the country’s im
portant intersectional f o o t b a 1
games when St. Mary’s and Ford
ham meets beef, brawn and cun
ning on the turf and clay of the
polo grounds here.
PICARD GOLF WINNER
GREENSBORO, N. C„ Nov. 5.
Henry Picard of Charleston, S. C.
defeated Walter Hagen, 69 to 79, in
a playoff for the Carolina open ti
tle in a golf match. Both are pro
fessionals. Picard knocked down
birdies on the third, tenth, four
teenth and eighteeenth holes, fin
ishing under par.
EXPORTS DECREASE
RIO de JANEIRO, Nov. 5, —Bra
zil’s exports for the first semester
of 1932 totaled only 30,608,108
pounds sterling in value, a decrease
of 30 per cent as compared to the
same period of 1928, the newspaper
Jornal do Brazil said today.
,u<
OF UNITED SUITES
•; PARIS, Nov. 5.—American objec
tion to being drawn into the maze
j of security and consultative pacts
; envisaged by the new French dis
1 j armament plan was understood tc
3 have been expressed by Normar
I Davis, the American disarmament
delegate, to Premier Herriot.
Davis is reported to have tolc
a Herriot that the United States con
siders a consultative pact unneces
~ sary, as Secretary of State Stimson
has repeatedly affirmed that the
Kellogg pact implies the necessity
i of consultation,
e
Diplomatic quarters were frank
ly skeptical regarding French plans
e for more pacts, as more than 50C
e i arbitration, security and consulta
0 tion pacts, signed since the World
y War, have failed to satisfy the
craving of France for security.
LONDON. Nov. 5.—What was be
lieved to do violence to Prime Min
ister Ramsay MacDonald or to rob
his home was revealed by the
Hampshire police.
flvan Sirvur, described as a Brit
, ish subject, was arraigned in police
court on a charge of loitering at
the Prime Minister’s home. He
was arrested the police said, in the
s garden of MacDonald’s home at 3
• A. M. MacDonald was believed to
v have been at home the night of
the disturbance.
Sirvur was carrying bricks under
his arms when he was arrested,
and it is said that, he insisted on
’ having a conference with the Prime
Minister.
STILL AFTER INSULL
ATHENS, Nov. 5.—The American
State Department has again cabled
its legation to request Greece to
take action to prevent Samuel In
sull from leaving that country
' pending the arrival of a federal
- warrant for his arrest.
—
^ j TOKIO. Nov. 5.—In view “of the
present situation” the Japanese
navy has decided to start its sec
ond replacement plan, based upon
the London naval pact, early next
year, instead of waiting until 1934,
’ j it was reported.
J The program provides for the
j construction of two light cruisers
, of 8,500 tons each, a mine-layer of
5,000 tons, six submarines of vari
ous types and several mine sweep
[ ers.
SEEKS LIMIT SUGAR CROP
|
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 5.—Presi
dent Gerardo Machado had under
consideration the recommendation
of the Sugar Institute that Cuba’s
: crop be limited to 2.000,000 tons.
The institute suggested that 1,115,
000 tons be marketed in the United
States, 735.000 tons in other coun
, tries and the remainder in the local
Cuban market.
A “DEAD HEAT”
LATONIA, Ky., Nov. 5, —A dead
heat was ran at the Latonia race
j track when “Star Play” and “Stop
| Gap” crossed the finish line so
I closely lapped that the judges
j could not declare either the win
; ner. The mutual pool was divided
I “Star Play” paying $3.90 for $2,
! and ’“Stop Gap” $4.26.
iviass., jnov. o
Theres one girl in the world fillet
with happiness and hope today
Catherine Murphy, aged 9. Fo
two years she has been correspond
ing with a famous man who suf
fered from the same ailment sh
, has, infantile paralysis. Her her
| came to town Wednesday. He wa
j Franklin D. Roosevelt.
While the crowd stood around ii
| the rain, Catherine was introduce<
! to Roosevelt, who invited her inti
| his automobile. After a short con
I versation the girl’s mother wa
: called from the crowd and it wa.
i decided that Catherine should g<
to Warm Springs, Ga., for treat
! ment ar, the expense of the Demo
: cratic presidential candidate.
A LOT OF “BALOGNA”
CHICAGO, Nov. 5, —The troubli
I with the law and government
; Clarence Darrow, the famous crim
inal lawyer said, “are the lawyers
They are interested in preservin'
: the past. There is nothing sacrec
j to themselves if it has not existec
before. They are against anything
| new.” His opinion was expressec
here in an address.
ENGLEWOOD, N. J., Nov. 5. -
Surprised society learned that Mis;
Elizabeth Morrow, sister of Mrs
Charles A. Lindbergh, is to marrj
j Aubrey Morgan, youthful public
utilities operator of Wales.
The international romance, whicf
started and grew from a trip Mis;
Morrow took with her father, the
late Senator Dwight Morrow, to the
London Naval conference in 1930
was not generally knovrn until a
few days ago when young Morgan’*
I mother announced the engage
: ment.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 5.—
Both major political parties are
finding the going lean during the
1932 campaign as compared with
the more prosperous times of 1928,
according to reports just filed by S.
Trimble, clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives.
They show the Republican party
is trying to wrest victory at the
polls with receipts to date of $1,
478,791. In the 1928 campaign they
| had $4,911,744. An even greater
falling off is being experienced by
the Democratic party which has re
ceived but $1,065,654. In 1928 the
party had a bankroll of $4,088,933.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 5, —
Charles A. Baker has just quit his
job at which he was making more
money than any other man in the
country.
After 50 years in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, which
runs off the bills in one’s pocket
book, he has retired at the age of
70 and has announced that he will
take a long vacation trip to Eur
ope.
FACISTI AND REDS CLASH
HAMBURG, Nov. 5.—Twelve per
sons were wounded in a pistol duel
here between Communists and Fa
cisti distributors of election hand
bills.
WHILE MILLIONS HUNGER
ROME, Nov. 5.—Samuel H. Kress,
of New York, has given Premier
Mussolini the sum of 200,0000 lira
. for completing the restoration of
. the ducal palace at Mantua, it was
. learned.
FLIP, SSVS Till
r
3 CHICAGO, Nov. 5.—Gene Tunney,
3 retired heavyweight champion, is
5 out vigorously campaigning for
Governor Roosevelt, and took part
x I in a Democratic rally held here at
1 tended by 18,000 people. Tunney,
31 in a .speech, scored the Republicans
.! and said their administration has
5 j been an entire flop, and he predict
s j ed that under the Democrats beer
); would be legal by June.
.: Referring to the famous 4 sec
. ! ond's count he laughingly said that
! it would take the Republicans 14
| years to get up again, and added
| that the Republican party has rul
| ed the roost long enough.
| i PHENOX, Ariz., Nov. 5, —The
I battle to save Winnie Ruth Judd,
, “Velvet Tigress” convicted of mur
! dering Agnes Anna Leroi, from the
j gallows has started and is contin
uing. After the State filed a reply
to Mrs. Judd’s appeal petition in
the Supreme Court, attorneys in
dicated *that oral arguments would
be made late this month.
j Mrs. Judd is now confined in a
’. death cell at the State prison
) | awaiting the hangman. She killed
her two best friends, young Mrs
Leroi and Hedwig Samuelson and
' shipped their bodies in trunks to
Los Angeles. She was tried and con
’ l victed of the Leroi murder case.
1
ALSO UNEMPLOYED
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 5. —The
Labor Department announced to
| day that the unemployment in Ar- j
i gentina totaled 333.997 with 87.0001
! in the Federal capital alone.
FLY IN HER POP
VALPARAISO. Ind., Nov. 5. —
| A jury awarded Mrs. Eulah Har
; vey $1,000 damages against a bot
! tling company because she found
a bottle-fly in soda pop. She tes
tified her health was ruined.
BUSINESS IMPROVES
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5, —Busi
ness is improving in Mexico, the
Department of Industry, Commerce
> and Labor stated, predicting a fur
1 ther change for the better in the
! near future.
LAUNCHES SEIZED
RIO de JANEIRO, Nov. 5. —Col
ombia troops captured three Peru-j
vian launches on the Putumayo!
river and conducted them to Porto
Encanto in the first counter move
ment by that country since Peru
seized possession of Port Leticia, t
according to advices.
CHILE BUYS PERUVIAN SUGAR
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 5.—The
| government authorized the im
portation of 15,000 tons of sugar
i from Peru and Cuba between De- :
! cember 1 and February 28 of next
j year. The agricultural society also
recommended that the government
purchase the entire crop of 1933,!
stimulate planting of corn and pro- ;
hibit exportation of rye and oats, j
HELEN MAY SEE SON
BUCHAREST, Nov., 5, —Princess
Helen, King Carol’s divorced wife,
reached an agreement with a spe
cial crown council whereby she
will be permitted to see her son,
Crown Prince Michael, three times
weekly while she is in Rumania.
RENO, Nev., Nov. 5.—Business
was being conducted as usual in
Reno today, although four of its
five banks were on the official 12
day holiday proclaimed by Lieuten
ant Governor Morley Griswould.
Excitement ran high, but gradu
ally subsided.
Possibility that gambling casinos
and speakeasies might become em
ergency banking institutions during
the “banking holiday” became ev
ident.
Many additional divorce seekers
arrived in Reno during the day,
and indications are that the busi
ness will remain normal. Presi
dent Richard Kirman, Sr., of the
First National Bank of Reno, said
they would remain open through
out the 12-day holiday, and are
prepared to meet all demands. He
was very pleased that many large
depositors had already offered their
accounts and placed them at his
disposal free from withdrawal.
From San Francisco by airplanes
and trains has come more than a
million dollars to the First Nation
al Bank which, Kirman said, was
more than enough to meet any
emergency.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5,—Tony Can
zoneri, a masterful little champion
with the grinning face and wide
ncse of a miniature “Babe Ruth”,
finally met the challenger craggy
faced Billy Petrolle has been fling
ing to the lightweight division for
years, and all but demolished the
veteran last night before a roaring
crowd of 20,000.
Tony battered the oldtimer from
Fargo, N. D„ so badly there was no
question as to the victor at the end
of their 15-round battle. Canzoneri
failed to floor the challenger but
he did everything else the ring
laws permit to win a unanimous
decision.
PASADENA, Nov. 5. —A new cry
ogenic laboratory for the manufac
ture of helium gas for dirigibles
will be in operation shortly at the
California Institute of Tochnology,
a famous aerodynamics center, it
was learned yesterday.
It will be the fifth plant in
North America able to turn out a
non-inflamable lifting gas that
supplies the United States Navy’s
lighter than air craft.
PREACHER JIMMIES CHURCH
NEW YORK. Nov. 5.—The Rev.
Rolling Todd was forced to break
into All Souls Protestant Episcopal
Church again to conduct services.
The church, in the center of the ne
gro district, was ordered closed by
the vestry when Todd refused to
exclude negro worshippers. Last
week the rector and Bishop Man
ning broke in to conduct services.
BIRTH CONTROL LEGALIZED
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Nov. 5.—
Birth control became legally oblig
atory in the state of Vera Cruz
when the new civil code went into
effect.
WHOLESALE AMNESTY
ROME, Nov. 5.—The forthcoming
government amnesty decree which
will be the broadest yet put forward
by the Facisti regime, provides for
thousands of prisoners and polit
ical expatriates, it was learned.
The decree also applies to persons
sentenced to terms under five years.
HIGH SCHOOL CARNIVAL TONIGHT 7:30