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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 96.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
APPROPRIATION BILL
PASSED CARRYING A
TOTAL $1123,824
JUNEAU, April 25,—The general
appropriations bill was introduced
by the Ways and Means Commit
tee carrying a total of $1,829,824
which is $165,156 less than the
original estimates of several de
partments but $265,896 more than
the total recommended by the
budget board and $449,486 less
than was appropriated two years
ago.
The committee slashed all salar
ies and wages 15 percent, reduced
schools to $864,000 from the last
bienniums total of S955.000 and
Alaska College from $134,420 to
$110,690. Roads were cut to $100,
000; the committee boosted the
Pioneers Home to $132,060 but this
includes the $35,000 to care for
the overflow authorized under the
DeVane bill recently approved by
the Governor.
Old age allowances were set at
$185,000 the exact sum recom
mended by the budget. $45,000 less
than two years ago. The depend
ent children’s appropriation wras
raised from $70,000 to $90,000. The
sum of $65,000 for relief of the
destitute was rejected.
The budget recommended that
bounties be suspended temporari
ly and appropriated a total of $62,
500 for eagles, wolves, coyotes, hair
seal and predators of salmon.
It was proposed that the depart
ment of mines be given $21,510 al
though that measure is still pend
ing.
Delegate A. J. Dimond wired the
legislature that the $500,000,000
measure had passed the House
carrying for direct relief and re
lief work available for States and
Territories thru Governors and
suggested the legislature pass a bill
giving Governor John Troy the
widest possible powers to negotiate
for such funds.
The House passed six measures
including the Senate bill making
Federal statutes prescribing the
qualifications for voters at all gen
eral, special primary and school
elections, applicable to Alaska, and
McDonald’s memorial urging Con
gress to turn the control of fur and
game ever the Territory.
The Senate defeated the House
bill requiring interest on meter
deposits from utility companies
and passed seven House bills o!
minor importance
FORBIDDEN
SACRAMENTO. Calif., April 24,
—Intermarriage of Filipinos and i
white women is no longer possible i
in California.
Governor Rolph signed two »
measures making such marriages
illegal. The first bill requires that
licenses must show if the persons
are Malayan, and the second spe
cifically prohibits marriages bet
ween white persons and Malayans.
BLOWN THROUGH DDOR
BK CDS EXPLOSION
LOS ANGELES. April 24,—Jay
Martin Wade, 27, died in the Gen
eral hospital last night from burns
suffered in a gas explosion at his
rooming house.
Wade, according to fellow room
ers, apparently left his gas heater
turned on causing the explosion
by lighting a cigarette- He was
blown through the door by the
force of the blast and died a few
hours later.
NEW YORK, April 25,—A group
of men armed with guns, knives,
lead pipe and billiard cues invaded
the fur district and engaged mem
bers of the Communist Needle
Trade Workers Industrial Union
in a battle that ended with one
dead and 10 wounded. Three of
the wounded were injured so seri
ously that police said they might
die.
POSTPONED
NEW .YORK, April 25,—Arraign
ment of Charles E. Mitchell, form
er chairman of the Board of the
National City Bank, on a superced
ing indictment charging him on
i two counts with evading income
taxes in 1929 and 1930, was post
; poned by Federal Judge Frank J.
Coleman, until Tuesday.
DPtN DISCUSSION
ON SEX PROBLEMS
SILT USE SCHOOL
SALT LAKE CITY April 25 —
Free and open discussion of sex
problems, group awakening of the
social consequences of “love-mak
ing and home building” and hero
ism of the boy who sacrifices per
sonal preferences in order to dance
writh “w7all flowers.”
Professor Ericson, for 20 vears
teacher of sociological subjects at
the institution, started the class
es to prove his theory “that indi
vidualism in matters of courtship
is an inadequate philosophy for
20th century and we need a new
deal in treating the deepest emo
tion of the human race.”
PURPOSE CONFERENCE
PUMIUHHLY SERVED,
DECLARE EXECUTIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25,—
Pi’ime Minister MacDonald and
President Roosevelt in a joint
statement last night said the pur
pose for exploring the problems
of the world economic conference
has been admirably served.
Deep satisfaction over the dis
cussions was expressed. Agreement
on the economic problems was for
the world economic conference.
The joint statement was issued at
the conclusion of three days of
conferences by experts of the two
governments. It was also under
stood the world economic parley
will be speeded and the meeting
may be called about the middle of
June.
FARES TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, April 25,—The reduc
tion of approximately 17 1-2 per
cent passenger fares between Seat
tle and Southeastern Alaska was
announced by William Semar, gen
eral manager of the Northland
Transportation Company.
The announcement followed the
recent cut of 16 2-3 percent of the
Alaska Steamship Co.
The N. T. Co., vessels will call at
Sitka and Taku Glacier during the
tourist season.
K« NOSE BLEED
DENVER, Colo., April 24, —Del
ores Persinger, 12 years old, was
near death from a nose bleed
which physicians have been una
ble to halt since it started on
March 2.
* Hope of saving her life depend
ed upon a blood transfusion. A
score of Denver firemen volun
teered blood to save the child, but
none of them had blood which
“matched'’ that of Dolores. The
Persinger family came here from
California a year ago.
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POLICE SEARCH
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 25,—A
man who attempted to attack a
nine-year-old girl, after driving
her and her sister, five, to the
sand dunes near 35th and Taraval
Streets, was hunted by police to
day.
The girls were returning home
! from an errand when the man in
: vited them for a ride. He seized
both when the older girl objected.
, After the attempted attack he let
them out near their home.
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“ WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY—”
“Whom the gods would destroy they , first
make mad.”
It was an act of madness which prompted
someone to set fire to a carload of crossties on the
Alaska Railroad Sunday night with the evident ob
ject in view of expressing resentment over the im
portation of Outside ties.
No more foolhardy act could have been com
mitted, regardless of the grievance.
While destruction of government property
is a serious matter, the loss of the ties is nothing
to the loss of the cause in which the foolhardy act
was committed. Nothing more unfortunate could
have occurred to tie the hands of those earnestly
pleading the cause of the tie cutters in Washingr
ton. No man dare plead in the face of this act of
sabotage without giving condonance to the act and
be suspected of sharing in the guilt. It is thus that
those sought to be served have been signally de
feated, by, let us hope, somone not identified with
tie cutting.
History is replete with instances where mili
tancy has "defeated worthy causes, and this in it
self should be sufficient warning to everyone that
militancy such as that of Sunday night does not ac
complish anything more than defeat.
The further threat as contained in an anony
mous letter written on a typewriter and sent to
The Gateway, signed “Committee of Twenty” to
the effect that other and larger acts of incendiar
ism, including burning boats, exceeds the first ac
tion in fool-hardiness. This offers a challenge to
the Federal Government of the United States. The
fear is that it will be taken seriously, redound to
the discredit of Seward and involve it in a ques
tion where unjust suspicions will fall upon an in
nocent people.
While some thoughtless persons have express
ed approval, a canvas of the city reveals that a
vast majority in all walks of life, are strong in their
condemnation of the act.
It is to be hoped that the incendiarism will not
evoke reprisals against Seward, such as may easily
be taken if the same intemperate spirit is shown
as was displayed with the torch.
mill BUYING KUSH
ON STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, April 25, —Optimis
tic reports from the Washington
conference, combined with further
weakness in the dollar brought
another buying rush into the stock:
market at the opening yesterday.
Gains were from $1 to more than
$3 a share and the ticker imme
diately fell behind.
Big blocks were again common,
with Standard Oil of New Jersey
leading with 11,000 shares. Steels
and the rails were the pacemakers,
but the whole list, including the
utilities, participated in the new
advance.
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ACTION HALTED
OTTAWA, April 25,—Budget pro
posals respecting pensions of ex
soldiers in the employe of the gov
ernment will not be proceeded with
at the present session of Parlia
ment, Hon. E- N. Rhodes stated.
3,000 REPORTED KILLED
TOKYO, April 25, —Japanese
reports estimated nearly 3,000 Chi
nese were killed in four days of a
; major battle south of Kupei near
the Great Wall of China. The Jap
anese lines were reported pushing
to the south of Peiping.
STARTS THURSDAY
! SAN FRANCISCO, April 85,—Tom
• Mooney will not be brought from
i San Quentin prison to San Frah
j cisco until Thursday morning,
i when his trial proper on an old
Preparedness Day murder indict
ment will begin.
ACROBATIC
l CLEVELAND, April 25,—Spring
l air made John Hunyak feel acro
ss batic. He grabbed a light fixture
1 and started pulling himself toward
- the ceiling. The chandelier broke
! and John fell
ej Nonchalantly, he lighted a cig
-1 arette, unaware that the cap of
i! an old gas; line in the chandelier
l. had been torn off. The resulting
t explosion sent Mr. Hunyak and
1 wife to a hospital.
THOS. NEVILLE RESIGNS
FROM CITY COUNCIL
Taking exception to the tie
burning statement of Major
D. C. Brownell, which appear
ed in Monday’s Gateway in
which the mayor said that
while he is against breaking of
laws yet can sympathize with
the men who have been
thrown out of work and used
“this method of expressing
their resentment,” Councilman
Thomas Neville announces his
immediate resignation from
the Seward City Council.
“I cannot condone such an
attitude, especially from the
mayor of our city,” Mr. Neville
informed The Gateway todays
“and do not care to sit in the
same council with anyone ex
pressing such a view.”
National League
Cincinnati 4, Chicago 3.
Pittsburgh 4-6, St. Louis 0-2.
Boston 2, Brooklyn 1.
New York 3, Philadelphia. 1.
American League
Chicago 4, Cleveland 1.
Detroit 2, St. Louis 0.
Washington 5, New York 4,
Boston 7, Philadelphia 5.
Pacific Coast
San Francisco 7, Oakland 4.
Seattle 8-6, Missions 5-9.
Los Angeles 5-7, Sacramento 3-5.
Hollywood 9-3, Portland 7-4.
JULIAN LOCATED
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 25,—U.
S. Attorney Herbert K. Hyde an
nounced that C. C. Julian, fugitive
oil company promoter, had been
located in Shanghai. The District
Attorney said he had received a
cablegram from American officials
saying they had located Julian in
1 the Chinese city and asked what
k steps they should take.
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JOINS CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25,—
- Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of
f Canada was welcomed at the
: White House by President Roose
r velt. Mr. Bennett arrived a few
1 minutes after former Premier
Edouard Herriot of France.
BILL INCREASED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25,—
A bill increasing from $5,000,000
to $12,000,000 Reconstruction Fin
ance Corp., funds available for re
building California schools damag
ed in the recent earthquake was
introduced in the House by Rep.
Burke, Democrat of California.
PROGRESS IS REPORTED
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DEL MONTE, Calif., April 25,— j
Remarkable progress in arrestingj
j development of cancer has been |
j made by the medical profession1
j during the past year, Dr. Charles j
j H. Dukes, chairman of the State;
j cahcer commission, told 1,000 dele-'
| gates attending the State Medical'
j Association convention.
Out of 700 cases treated at the j
Highland Hospital cancer clinic
in Oakland, 500 persons have been
relieved of suffering and returned
to normal life, he said. No “can
cer cures” have been found and
members of the association were
urged to use care in spreading op
timistic reports of treatments.
AIR-MINDED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 25,—
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, new min
ister to Denmark, planned to fly
to Miami, Fla., to spend a week
with her daughter, Mrs. W. P.
Meeker.
BENNETT, HEHIBTT
M CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25,—
The economic situation yesterday
i in brief was:
! Edouard Herriot of France and
Premier Bennett of Canada join
ed in White House conferences
on world economics.
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister MacDonald had a lengthy
night discussion to consider the
monetary aspects of impending
world conference. Republicans are
ready to oppose vigorously the
Roosevelt-controlled inflation plan
in the. Senate. Democrats continue
confident it will pass.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25— [
Secretary Swanson announced thei
selection of Rear Admiral Wm. S. j
Standley, now commander of the,
cruiser-scouting force as the new I
Chief Naval Operator, succeeding!
Admiral Wm. V. Pratt, retired.
Admiral Pratt will retain the j
post pending developments of the
present international conversa- '
tions. Meanwhile, Admiral Stand
ley will be assigned as Commander 5
of the battle force.
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HE CASTLE HEMIC
STICE ACCOUNT DOSS
CHICAGO, April 24, —It took
100, in fact it took 140 dogs to get
Irene Castle McLaughlin to change
her mind and agree to return tem
porarily to the stage she left nine
years ago.
As Irene Castle, Mrs. McLaugh
lin, a few years ago, danced her
way to fame- Now as Mrs. Freder
ick McLaughlin, society matron
and friend to the “forgotten dog,”
she’s returning to the boards as
a dramatic actress, a new role; to
her, to provide funds with which
to care for her dog refuge, “Or
phans of the Storm.”
CANADA OFF GOLD
OTTAWA, April 25,—An order in
council was passed two weeks ago
suspending redemption of Domin
ion notes in gold, E. N. Rhodes,
Minister of Finance, told the House
of Commons. He said he did not
recollect the date the suspension
became effective, but would table
the order tomorrow.
mu WESTS
OF ILLEGED SPIES FOIffl
PARIS, April 25,—A spy scare,
recalling wholesale arres-s of sus
pect:. on the eve of the world war,
gripped the thr-~e major countries
of Europe, France, Germany and
Italy.
France jailed dooms of Italians
and other foreigners employed in
the erection of her chain of forti
fications along the Rhineland and
in the French Alps. Espionage
was charged.
Arrests of alleged French agents
were reported in Italy and a round
up of French secret agents in Ger
many, which began when the Nazis
came into power, proceeded apace.
Nazi officials found that aliens
employed in the erection of Ger
man and Italian forts ranged as
high as 30 percent. Detailed draw
ings of the fortifications were
crossing regularly into Germany
and Italy, often carried by school
boys in their book satchels, the
French charged.
ATTACK ON INFLATION
BILL WITHOUT HOPE OF
SUCCESS, REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON, a. C., April 25,—
The attack on the Administration
inflation bill tookr. definite form in
the Senate late yesterday but was
still without hope of success.
Senator Reed, Republican of
Pennsylvania, rallied the conserva
tive Republican' opposition behind
an amendment to strike from the
bill the section giving President
Roosevelt power to reduce the gold
content of the dollar.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat of
Montana, offered a substitute for
the original gold section, authoriz
ing the President to devaluate the
gold dollar and fix a definite ratio
between gcM and silvers
Senator Tydings, Democrat of
Maryland,, assailed the measure as
a "policy, of isolation” and heat
edly predicted its adoption would
mean continuation of the "ostrich
like policy of the United States.”
Senator Byrnes,. Democrat of
South Carolina, said the Wheeler
amendment would, be acceptable to
President Roosevelt since it mere
jlly gives discretionary power.
mm of ms
on sms in uc
NEW YORK. April 24, —Exclu
sion of American motion, pictures
by France on any quota basis is
unreasonable and must be modi
fied, according to Charles DeLac,
president of the French movie
producers association, w ho arriv
ed on the SS Isle de France.
M. DeLac, making his first visit
to America, is to meet Will Hays,
Chief of the American industry,
in a series of conferences by which
the present stringent regulations
against American films may be
materially modified.
HAYES SHURf OUT TO
ONE-FIFTH, 500,000
HOLLYWOOD, April 24, —Will
H. Hayes has also felt the pinch
of cut wages, it was revealed here.
The head of the Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors Asso
ciation is receiving but 20.8 per
cent of his original salary.
That salary originally was a flat
$150,000 a year, in addition to a
special fund set aside by the as
sociation for his'use and expenses
and for which no accounting had
to be made.
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Reports from Anchorage are
that Father R. Dermot O’Flana
gan, recently stationed in Seward
for a few weeks, is fast making
many friends in the Railway City.