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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 198.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,1932.
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SENTENCING Of NAZIS
BERLIN, Aug., 24, —Political
furore ran riot throughout this and
other German cities Tuesday as de
velopments were awaited as the re
sult of the sentencing of five of
Hitler’s men to death for the alleg
ed killing of a communist.
Chancellor Franz von Papen, in
behalf of the government, says he
does not intend to intervene with
the court’s decision in behalf of the
Nazis, but it is generally believed
that he will have to commute the
sentences.
The Chancellor has an excuse
for delaying the execution inas
much as the five men were sen
tenced to die only two hours after
they are alleged to have taken the
communist from his bed and then
stamped in his face.
Shouts of “down with the gov
ernment” were frequently heard all
day throughout the streets but no
real rioting occurred. The Hitler
forces are said to have been great
ly strengthened as result of these
new developments.
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HIES IT BUT
JUNEAU, Aug., 24, —Captain von
Gronau, noted German aviator, is
down at Yakutat, according to the
local report. An assistant pilot and;
two mechanics are accompanying
Captain von Gronau on his globe;
encircling flight.
Captain Gronau flew to Yakutat
from Juneau Tuesday having ar
rived at the Capital city at 3:43 p.
m. He flew from Prince Rupert di
rect to Juneau.
It was the intent to continue on
to Cordova bue he intercepted a
weather report saying weather con
ditions were bad in that locality,
so he returned to Juneau, taking
off later again for Yakutat.
NUDIST CULT BOTHERS
EAGLE ROCK, Calif., Aug., 24, — j
Residents here are beginning to |
complain about a nudist cult which :
is making the surrounding coun- |
try their cavorting grounds.
It was stated that today at sun- j
rise the blonde leader of the group j
was to stand atop of Eagle Rock,
hill and deliver a lecture to the rest |
of the nudists. The topic was not !
disclosed.
It is pointed out that several of
the cult are wearing bathing suits
but others, apparently, forgot to
be so adorned. Authorities were no
tified but it is not known what ac
tion will be taken. In the mean
time, local authorities are using
clubs to keep “peeping Tommies”
away from the swards.
SCHOOL STUDENTS BIO
THREE-PUCE BIPLIHE
OKLAHOM CITY, Okla., Aug., 22,
(;Pi—Students of the Central high
school here constructed a three
place biplane which, given initial
tests by a transport pilot, was re
ported by him as stable and up to
standard in every respect.
It was officially approved by the
department of commerce while un
der constuction and will be licens
ed.
MINE AREA TO BE SURVEYED
JOHANNESBURG Aug., 23-, P)—
A n aerial survey photographing
about 600 square miles is to be made
soon for the Whitwatersand mining
industry.
.LIFE SAVERS PLAN 1934 MEET..
AMSTERDAM Aug., 23., (JP) —The
fourth world congress of the Inter
national Association for Life Sav
ing and First Aid is to be held in
Copenhagen in 1934.
EVANS SAILS NORTH
j SEATTLE, Aug., 24, (/P)—The SS
Admiral Evans, of the Pacific S. S.
Co., sailed for Alaska at 10 o‘clock
this morning carrying 18 passen
gers, three for Seward, as follows:
Mrs. Martina Johansen, Miss Ann
Chisholm, Miss Constance H e n
rikson.
mimTION OCCUPYING
SPOTLIGHT NOTION'S
NEWS PRESENT TIME
New York, Aug., 24, —Aviation
occupied the news spotlight Tues
day as fliers literally flew in all di
rections:
Three planes left New York and
Vermont for Harbor Grace, N. F.,
on projected flights to Oslow, Nor
way, and Rome; and the spectacu
lar flight of the Hutchinson fam
ily to London; two air races are
underway—one from Los Angeles
to Cleveland, and the other from
Washington, D. C., to Cleveland; at
Wichita, Jimmie Doolittle was im
prisoned in the air in his speed
ship for more than an hour; Ame
lia Earhart Putnam was at Los An
geles preparing to attempt a flight
to set a new trans-continental re
cord; Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau,
noted German aviator, is winging
his way around the world and was
last reported at Yakutat, Alaska.
Head to come .liaaB
THREE KILLED
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug., 24,
—Three persons were killed here
Tuesday when a plane flown by a
youthful pilot, who had been grant
ed his license just a month before,!
a passenger on the plane must j
crashed to earth- It was stated that
have tampered with the dual con- j
trols on the ship.
JUMPED FROM PLANE
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug., 24, —
A woman from Forest Hills, N. Y-, |
chartered a plane and while it was I
high in the air, jumped out to her!
death.
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REBUILDING COMPANY
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug-, 24,
—The work of rebuilding the Swe
dish Match Company, until recently
headed by the late Ivar Krueger, is
to be undertaken immediately by
the company’s creditors and share
holders.
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LINDY TO COAST |
NEWARK, N, J., Aug., 24, —Col. |
Chas. A. Lindbergh will soon be
leaving for the Pacific Coast where
he will receive his monoplane which
was wrecked in China last summer!
and which is Ij^ing shipped to the
United States.
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$100,000 SUIT
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 24, —A suit!
for $100,000 was filed here by At-!
torney Bingham Gray, in behalf of
a client, who charges a local taxi
cab company deliberately tried to
run him down, not once, but on
several occasions because he was a
strong competitor.
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READY TO MAKE BEER
SHERIDAN, Wyo-, Aug., 24, _If
and when the Volstead act is modi
fied or repealed and legalized beer
will once more be quaffed by the
thirsty, the Sheridan Brewing Co.,
will be prepared to serve Wyoming
with plenty of the beverage that
cheers. The brewing firm is over
hauling the plant and in readiness
for an anticipated rushing busi
ness. Approximately $35,000 is to be
spent in improvements and repairs.
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INTERESTED IN THE U. S.
MOSCOW, Aug., 24/ —Russia is
following developments in the U. S.,
presidential race with keen inter
est, according to advices here. The
general feeling is that there is hope
for Russia to be recognized by the
United States if Roosevelt is elect
ed president. Such recognition will
eliminate, to a certain extent, dan
ger of a conflict in the Far East
between Russian and other nations.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 24, —
The defense of Frank J. Egan, for
mer public defender, and Albert
Tinnin, at Tuesday’s session struck
back at the State’s case that Tin
nin or Egan murdered or ordered
the murder of Mrs. Jessie Scott
Hughes.
The defense pointed out that
Verne Doran, who turned State’s
evidence, feared that he would be
hanged for the commission of the
crime and therefore implicated Tin
nin and Egan in his “confession.”
The defense for Egan attempted
to prove that Doran, and Doran
alone, was responsible for the
death of Mrs. Hughes. Fifty wit
nesses were called in by the defense
to undermine the State’s charge
that Egan ordered Mrs. Hughes to
be killed. The witnesses were most
ly trades-people who testified that
Egan, for a long period, had paid
Mrs. Hughes debts out of his own
pccketbook.
ESKIMO PARTY BEING
SWEPT OUT WITH ICEl
POINT BARROW, Aug., 24, —
The party of Eskimos which sight
ed the lost fur trading schooner
Baychimo fast in the Arctic ice and
who boarded the craft, were being
swept out to sea when the wind j
suddenly shifted to blow the ice- j
pack from shore.
The men had previously signal- I
led by flags and smoke that they
were aboard. When the ice started
to move great anxiety was evidenc
ed for their safety and a number
of boats were sent out to see if any j
aid could be given.
UTAH COPPER SUES
TO aim METHL
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Aug. 24
(JP)—‘The Utah State Supreme
court has heard arguments in the
suit brought by the Utaha Copper
Company against the Stephen Hays
estate. The case involves the right
to collect copper from the waters of
Dickson Gulch, a stream flowing in
to Bingham Canyon below a dump
of overburden of Utah copper. In
its complaint the Utaha Copper
Company states that millions of
pounds of copper are carried in the
ground leached by the waters of
Dickson Gulch.
I
CONGRESS, Ariz-, Aug., 24., Two
gold gold bricks, each weighing 125
ounces, constitute first shipment
to be made by the new interests who
are working the dumps at the old
Congress gold mine.
The Congress is held under lease
and option by V. P. Strange of Salt
Lake City, and J. C. Maguire of
Butte, with J. T. Shimmin, consult
ing engineer, in full charge of oper
ations. The bricks, which have a
value of more than $2,000 each, will
be shipped to the refinery at Selby,
Cal. A force of from 15 to 20 men
is regularly employed at the Con
gress.
BflSEBflU SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 8, St. Louis 7.
Phillies 15, Chicago 7.
Detroit 5, Boston 4.
Washington 5, Cleveland 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4, New York 3.
Chicago 5, Phillies 1.
Boston 6, St. Louis 3.
PACIFIC COAST
Hollywood 9, Missions 8.
See Mrs. Keen’s ad on page three
of this issue.
TWO NORWAY-BOUND
UPLINES FAILED TO
SHOW UP HT ST. MS
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug., 24, —
Considerable anxiety was express
ed here Tuesday evening for the
aviators, Thor Solberg and Carl Pe
terson in one plane, and Clyde Lee
and John Bochkon in another, who
are attempting to fly to Oslo, Nor
way.
The two planes had not been
sighted or heard since sundown
and it was feared that any landing
in which they were forced to make
without light, would have resulted
in a crackup. Flares were lighted
on the various airports where they
could possibly land and it was
hoped that they will soon put in
their appearance.
If no mishap has befallen these
two planes there is a possibility
there will be a race between them
as to which will be the first to
rea'ch Norway. Both planes plan
ned to take-off at dawn today pro
viding weather conditions were sat
isfactory.
DISTRIBUTED CLOTHING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 24, —
The American Red Cross is prepar
ing for the distribution of a great
quantity of cloth to needy persons
throughout the United States. The
cloth has been woven from farm
board cotton.
HUTCHINSON FAMILY
COMPLETE FUST LEE
ST. JOHN, N. F., Aug., 24, —The
flying Hutchinson family, who are
making a leisurely trip to London,
arrived here shortly after 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening in their 10-pas
senger amphibian plane.
In the plane besides the crew
were Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson and
their two children. The children,
veterans of the air as they are,
slept most of the way on the six
hour flight.
The plane is named “The Flying
Family,” and it was expected it
would leave early today on the se
cond leg of the journey. It is thot
that the flight to London will take
at least five days, providing weath
er conditions are favorable.
MINT BE BIN JOBS
B< STEEL CONPORMN
NEW YORK, Aug., 24, —Financial
officials of the United States Steel
Corporation have approved plans
calling for the immediate expen
diture of $5,000,000 to make im
provements to the company’s var
ious plants in the United States.
The work is being undertaken at
this time to primarily alleviate un
employment.
Although it was not officially
confirmed it was stated that the
officials of the company sense a
better business feeling. These im
provements will speed up produc
tion of steel so that the company
will be able to supply any demand
that may be made.
“OH YEAH!”
SEATTLE, Aug., 24, —It was a
piece of hard luck for Wm. S. H.
Lewis, respectable citizen of this
city, when dry agents found his
name listed in an arrested boot
leggers address book. “Snoopers”
entered his home and found a cou
ple of gallons of the liquor that
warms the cockles of a man’s heart.
Mr. Lewis now faces a fine. The
sheriff said it hurt him more than
Mr. Lewis; that it was not the hab
it of going into private homes but
that he was helpless in this case.
THE LAST ROAD LINK
FULLERTON, Calif., Aug., 24, —
Two thousand people gathered here
to celebrate the completion of the
last asphalt road link in the coun
ty’s system which has been under
way for a number of years.
CONDITIONS IMPROVE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 24, —The
Chamber of Commerce statistical
department reports a considerable
improvement in conditions in the
San Francisco Bay district with
hundreds of unemployed having
found work.
IOWA FARMERS TIGHTEN
THEIR PICKET LINES TO
MAKE STRIKE SUCCESS
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Aug.,
24, —The 1,000 farmers of this area
Tuesday tightened their grip on
their picket lines with the determi
nation that they would make the
present strike successful.
The picketers flagged down every
passing vehicle to inspect it for
“contraband” farm produce. It is
understood by the picketers that
they must not resort to violence or
they will have to deal with State
troopers. Therefore, much care is
taken by the farmers to avoid un
warranted violence.
Besides stopping the vehicles on
the roads Tuesday, the Council
Bluffs picketers opened a cattle car.
The governor has stated that he
will not take official notice of the
strike unless it becomes impossible
for the local authorities of the area
to handle the situation.
PROTEST RAIDS
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug., 24, —
A crowd of 2,000 people gathered
here Tuesday to protest the raid
ing by dry agents of the meeting
place of Spanish-American War
veterans. The prohis, allegedly,
found some liquor but they brought
down much wrath upon themselves
in doing so.
VETERANS CONVENE
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug., 24,
—Veterans of Foreign Wars are be
gining to arrive in this city where
their annual convention will be
held.
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TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, Aug., 24, —Some of the
temperature extremes recorded on
Tuesday were: Seattle 70-56, Chica
go 86-66, Denver 92-86, Los Angeles
88-66, New Orleans 82-74, New York
82-70, Portland 82-58, San Fran
cisco 80-54, Spokane 78-50, Juneau
72-50, Ketchikan 64-52.
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GOES ON LION HUNT
HOLLYWOOD, Aug., 24, —Doug
las Fairbanks left here Tuesday
for San Francisco to embark on a
lion hunting trip in China. He was
accompanied to San Francisco by
his wife, Mary Pickford. She will
meet her husband next in Switzer
land and the date of this meeting
has been set at Christmas.
SENTENCED TO DEATH
.MOSCOW, Aug., 24, —A death
penalty to four store workers was
meted out Tuesday by government
officials. The sentence was made
because the workers had partici
pated in the robbery of a train.
Nine others were given heavy seh- j
tences.
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DIDN’T HOP OFF
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 24, —Ame
lia Earhart Putnam, who is poised
here preparing for a non-stop hop
across the continent hoping to set
a new mark, did not take off Tues
day as she expected, but awaited
more favorable weather today.
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STOCKS STILL UP
NEW YORK, Aug., 24, —Heavy
profit taking Tuesday checked the
boom game in the stock market.
However, there were several notice
able gains and several issues rose
to new high peaks for the year.
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PAY THE BONUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 24, —
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said
that at the December session of
Congress he would introduce a bill
calling for immediate payment of
the soldiers bonus. This payment,
he said, will go along ways toward
restoring happiness and prosperity
in America.
JIMMY DOOLITTLE HAD
DIFFICULTY RELEASING
RETRACTABLE WHEELS
WICHITA, Kas., Aug., 24, —Jimmy
Doolittle, noted speed aviator, had
another close scrape Tuesday when
the retractable landing gear on
his ship refused to come out upon
landing. Doolittle spent two hours
in the air a virtual prisoner in his
plane and put the plane through
all kinds of sharp banks and turns
in an attempt to release the land
ing wheels. Finally one partially
worked and he decided to take a
chance and set down.
He slowed his plane down to
about 90-miles-per-hour speed and
then leveled off. The plane hit the
ground squarely but bumped along
until it finally overturned. It was
damaged to such an extent that it
cannot be repaired in time for the
air race at Cleveland in which he
had planned to participate. Doolit
tle was uninjured.
When asked why he did not use
a parachute Doolittle said: “You
never see Doolittle bail out when
there is a chance to save a p’.ane.”
TAXICAB OPERATOR
TESTIFIES AT OUSTER
REARING IN ALBANY
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug., 24, —The
James Walker ouster trial Wednes
day was less heated than that of
Monday. The session was occupied
by the questioning and testimony
of Paul Bloc, New York taxicab op
erator, who cut Walker in on a
$250,000 brokerage account.
Bloc testified that he opened the
account for Walker’s benefit after
his son had asked how the New
York mayor could live on the sal
ary paid by the city.
Bloc charged Judge Seabury with
dishonesty for bringing up subjects
which were not touched upon at
earlier investigations.
GOLD MINE MACHINERY
CARRIED BY PLANES
CANBERRA, Australia Aug., 23.,
(/P) — A great transportation task
has been completed by the planes
of New Guinea airways which have
flown 2,500 tons of machinery from
the coast of New Guinea, adminis
tered by Austria under mandate, to
gold leases in the mountains.
The first gold dredge, transport
ed part by part to the field bp plane
i s now working and the second
dredge should be assembled within
a month or two.
BIG MUIM MORTGAGE
FILED IN SHUT
SHREVEPORT, Aug., 23., (ZP) —
The largest mortgage record filed
in the district clerk’s office here
amounts to $100,000,000- It was giv
en by the St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Co. in favor of the Chase
National G. Stifel, trustees.
The mortgage is for refunding
debts and general improvements of
the railroad system, and replaces
one for $25,000,000 issued by the
railway on Jan. 1, 1902.
1,000 MORE GO TO WORK
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug-, 24, —One
thousand additional coal miners
have found employment during the
last 10 days in the coal mines of
this state.
63 YESTERDAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 24, —
Gov. James Rolph of California was
65 years of age Tuesday and the oc
casion was the signal for congrat
ulatory messages being received
from all over the world.