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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 510.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 8, —Strong
mentally but physically weak, is the
description given of the late Paul
Bern, screen production expert and
husband of Jean Harlow, the “plat
inum blonde” who sent a bullet
thru his brain late Monday.
His personal physician, who is
now in Honolulu, telegraphed yes
terday he would prefer not to wire
details. He is boarding the next
steamer for San Francisco and up
on arrival will “gladly give whatever j
information, in this connection, j
desired.”
The suicide is still the main topic j
of conversation in moving picture |
circles, Hollywood and Los Angeles, j
Miss Harlow is reported to be so i
critically ill that it will be impos
sible for her to attend the inquest
to be held today. The coroner said
as her condition was such, he would
excuse her.
Henry Bern, a brother, is due to
arrive here today by plane from
Neward.
Miss Harlow said yesterday that
she had no knowledge of Mr, j
Bern's alleged relations with an- j
other woman, who died in an asy- :
lum two years ago.
SILL ill HUMMED
CHICAGO, Sept., 8.—Four persons
are supposed to have lost their
lives when the 500-foot baggage
freighter “Duluth" rammed and
sank a speed boat four miles east
of Jackson Pari Coast Guard Sta
tion.
The Duluth’s captain told the of
ficers of the South Chicago coast
guard station when the Duluth re
turned after the accident, that he
heard a woman scream as his ship
struck the speed boat. Members
of the Duluth’s crew searched the
waters for hours afterwards with
the aid of powerful searchlights but
no bodies were recovered.
OLD LUDV DESIRED
DIRIEIBLE Foil HOME
LAKEHURST, Sept-, 8,—Some
where in this broad land an elderly
woman is looking at her five acres
of land and sadly contemplating a
letter from Captain Harry E. Shoe
maker in which the commander of
the Naval base said he was unable
to comply with her request to turn
the airship “Los Angeles” over to
her for her use as a home.
She wrote Shoemaker informing
him she was a true American and
a descendant of pioneer stock and
as long as the Los Angeles had
been decommissioned she would
appreciate it if he would arrange
for the airship to be parked on her
five acres. He refused to give out
her name.
CHILD BRANDED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 8, —
Police are conducting an extensive
search today for the fiend who
branded little Dorothy Haldage on
the arm with a red-hot iron. The
brand is a peculiar and unknown
symbol.
ON LONG VACATION
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 8,—Ortez
Rudio. who last week resigned as
President of Mexico, accompanied
by his family, arrived in this city
Wednseday and will remain here
indefinitely.
MURDER REOPENED *
TULSA, Okla., Sept., 8,—The two
year-old gang murder of Jake Lin
gle, Chicago newspaper reporter
with alleged gang ramifications,
was reopened when J. Marlow, a
traveling salesman, was held in the1
county jail and will be charged
with the shooting.
ALASKA INTERESTS
AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL WASH.
Another unconfirmed and untrue \
report that has reached the Dele
gate’s office from Alaska is to the
effect that the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway is to close
down in September for the winter.
By reason of curtailed shipment at
the Kennecott copper mines, and
because of the low price for the ore,
the railroad was closed down last
January 15, for three months. It
may be found necessary to suspend
operations on the railroad on De
cember 1st, next, for several months
but there is no intention of earlier
inactivity, according to authorita
tive sources.
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The Department of Justice is one
of the five departments of the gov
ernment whose appropriations re
ceived an extra cut of 10 per cent,
Vhich means a curtailment of
$881,000 for this fiscal year. This
condition has brought an inquiry
from Alaska as to whether the re
port was correct that each employee
in the department would have to
take an average furlough of about
60 days without pay. The Attor
ney General states that it is hoped
and expected that such a drastic
cut in salaries will be avoided, as
there “is a considerable prospect of
discharging our duties during the
fiscal year without imparing
the service by application of the
adminisrative furlough.” He fur
ther says that “we cannot relax in
the enforcement of the criminal
laws and malefactors must be brot
to justice.” While it has been de- j
creed that the Federal judges in
Alaska are subject to 10 per cent
reduction in salary it is not expect- !
ed that other officials will be af
fected. But putting into effect va
rious economies, the Attoi’ney Gen
eral said, the department will be
able to transfer $450,000 to other
appropriations badly needing mon
ey, thus leaving an apparent de
ficit of $431,252. “With such a de
ficit,” he said, “if the application
of the administrative furlough is
to be avoided administrative econo
| mies must be rigidly enforced.
Careful and prudent administra
; tion on the part of the United
States attorneys, marshals and
; clerks of courts will result in sav
ing a considerable part of this sum
from the allotments for their trav
eling and miscellaneous expenses,
and it will be possible to avoid the
remainder of the apparent deficit
by not filling vacancies when they
arise, unless absolutely necessary,
and by starting all new appointees
at the minimum of their respective
grades.” District attorneys were
requested to give especial attention
' to the savings produced by care in
not summoning witnesses until
they are actually needed, and of
ficials charged with the duty of se
lecting and summoning jurymen
can effect savings, he said, by care
in avoiding the selection of those
ineligible of subject to release from
jury service.
* * * Af.
The Delegate has been interest- j
| ed in securing for some residents of
i the Third division certain informa- I
tion regarding mineral patents in i
| Alaska, with the result that a let
j ter has just been received from
j Commissioner C. C. Moore, of the
i General Land Office, in which he
states: “The records of this office
have been examined and you are
advised that 1,250 patents have
been issued up to and including
July 31, 1932, for mining claims in
Alaska. This office is unable to
advise you of the number of claims
embraced in these patents as this
data is not compiled and to do so
would require a considerable am
ount of work, all of the time since
your request was received having
been required to obtain the num
ber of patents. However, 50 pa
tents of Alaskan mining claims
were examined and it was found
that an average of three claims
were embraced in each of these pa
tents and this figure will probably
j apply to the entire number which
1 has been issued.”
DEPRESSION BROKEN
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, —An army
of speculators with cold cash back
ing them up, and confident the
depression is disintegrating, sent
certain stocks up from one to 10!
points.
DURING MID IDE
ARMS, AMMUNITION
ASTORIA, Sept., 8, —Three men
who daringly raided a small coast
guard boat as three of the guards
men slept, overpowered a watchman
and highjacked arms and ammuni
tion, were termed “communists” as
officials sought them on land and
water.
A Lewis machine gun, two rifles
and two automatic pistols with am
munition were taken by the raiders,
according to a report made to State
officials.
PRIMARY ELECTION
PORTLAND, Me., Sept., 8,—The
State of Maine will hold a primary
election next Tuesday.
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BUILDING UP
BERLIN, Sept., 8, —Chancellor
Franz von Papen’s recently an
nounced plans for the use of 2,000
000 marks to promote economic re
construction in Germany were of
ficially set on foot.
* * * *
INSTRUCTS FOR PAYMENT
TOPEKA, Kas-, Sept., 8, —The;
American Legion posts of this State;
have gone on record favoring im-i
mediate payment of the face value
of soldiers bonus certificates.
* * * *
EXPECT SETTLEMENT
LONDON, Sept., 8.—Developments
towards settlement of the cotton j
strike are expected this week, it is
said, in authoritative quarters. It!
is reported that arbitration action j
has already been taken at the re-1
quest of the labor ministry.
* * * *
BACK ON JOB
LONDON, Sept-, 8,—Andrew Mel- 1
Ion, United States Ambassador to
Great Britain, was welcomed here i
Wednesday after an extended vaca- !
tion in America.
* * * *
LONDON GONE “RED”
LONDON, Sept., 8,—Half of Lon
don has gone “red”. At Cannes,
the Prince of Wales appeared on
the bathing beach in a red sweater
and today half of the population of
England is wearing red, either in
whole, or part of their costume.
FORCING THE ISSUE
BERLIN, Sept., 8,—Germany will
force the issue here and now as to
arms parity. France realizes that
it is impossible to forever keep any
nation, the size of Germany, mili
tary inferior and the outcome of
Germany’s demand on other na
tions for either equal disarmament
or parity, is awaited with eagerness,
especially in political circles.
* * * *
OPERATIONS INCREASE
NEW YORK, Sept., 8,—Another
indications that business in general
is on the upgrade is seen in the
announcement by a prominent New
York surgeon who said that he has
performed more operations in the
last two weeks than in the previous
six months. He termed the opera
tions “deferred maintenance work”.
* * * *
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE
SEATTLE, Sept., 8—Formation of
a new Seattle-owned steamship
line to be known as the Cascade
Line and to operate between prin
cipal ports of the Pacific coast and
London, Liverpool, Rotterdam and
Antwerp, was announced by W. L.
Comyn, president of W. L. Comyri
& Sons, shipping firm.
* * * *
200 RETURN TO WORK
SEATTLE, Sept., 8—Two hundred
men will return to work immediate
ly after a lay-off of several weeks
during an altercatio nbetween iron
workers and carpenters employed
on the Beacon Hill Municipal Hos
pital. An agreement was reached
yesterday.
GHASTLY EVINCE
HAVOC HARBIN FLOOD
SEEN: WATERS RECEDE1
I
HARBIN, Manchuria, Sept., 8,—
As flood waters continued to recede
from Harbin, ghastly evidence of j
the havoc they caused is revealed, i
Two hundred bodies of Chinese
victims have been found. The
scourge of cholera is diminishing
due largely to efforts of the Jap
anese.
A report from the town of Onda
says Japanese troops dispersed
Chinese bandits holding the rail
way station there and prevented
passage of the League of Nations
Far-East commission to Manchuria,
enroute across Siberia to Moscow.
m ci wiis
BEATEN TO DEATH
VIEGE, Switzerland, Sept., 8,—
As a result of a fiendish assault,
Miss Jean Iberschoff, 22, student
of Cleveland, O., is dead.
Swiss police are investigating.
The girl’s body was found on an
isolated road near Viege. Physi
cians who examined the body said
the girl had been beaten to death.
Miss Iberschoff came to Switzer
land a few weeks ago from Ger
many with her sister Helen ,18, and
were on a bicycle tour thru Europe.
KELLER RECEIVES
HIGH PRAISE AS
! - AN EDUCATOR
Cordova Times—July 6, 1932
I W. K. Keller, commissioner of
education for Alaska, has received
a national recognition as educator
and school man, accorded a few
persons in educational work. Robert
C. Cook Company, publishers of
“Who’s Who in American Educa
i tion,” lists him among the 6,500
; prominent educators of the United
| States, selected from a membership
; of 860,000 persons. J. McKenn Cat
tell, formerly professor of psycho
logy at the University of Pennsyl
vania and Columbia University, and
editor of the magazine “School
and society,” lists him among the
“10,000 of those in North America
who have done the most to advance
education, whether by teaching,
administration, publication or re
search.”
This double recognition to Alas
ka’s commissioner of education is
being well received by the people
of the Territory and has aroused
many favorable comments from
those acquainted with his work in
the Territorial schools.
His excellent work as superin
tendent of the Fairbanks and Ju
neau schools, and the constructive
l work undertaken since assuming
l the office of commissioner of edu
j cation, all contributing materially
to the improvement of the Terri
torial schools, have been the fac
tors entering into this national re
cognition which have been accord
ed him. Alaskans should and do
deeply appreciate the honors which
| have been accorded a fellow citi—
j zen of the Territory.
DELEGATE SELECTED
| OTTAWA, Sept., 8— Hon. C. H.
Cahan, Secretary of State, will be
the Senior Representative of Can
ada at the 13th meeting of the as
sembly of the League of nations.
NIEMINEN BRINGS THREE
Bringing three passengers from
Anchorage, Pilot Matt Nieminen,
of the Paciifc Alaska Airways, Inc.,
arrived at the local plane base at
noon. Passengers were A. H. Mc
Donald, prominent Anchorage bus
iness man; Mrs. Thomas, Bureau
of Indian Affairs nurse from Qui
nault, Kuskokwim, where she has
been stationed for several years;
and Mr. Martinson, well known
Cook Inlet fisherman. Pilot Niemi
nault, Kuskokwim, when she has
Gilder.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 11-2, Chicago 1-0.
Phillies 6- St. Louis 5.
New York 7, Cincinnati 5.
Cleveland 8-2, Brooklyn 3-4.
There were no games played
Wednesday in the American league, i
PACIFIC COAST
Seattle 6, San Francisco 1.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 8,—Every
thing is alright with the world
once more. The differences between
Rudy Vallee, croon singer and his
wife, Fay Webb, dancer, have been
patched up and a reconciliation
affected. There will be no Reno
divorce now.
At the Lincoln Hotel, in this city
Mrs. Vallee said that Rudy phoned
her at Reno, from New York, and
“everything is alright now. We just
had a silly quarrel; after a visit
to my home at Santa Monica I
shall rejoin Rudy in the East.”
25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 8,—The es
tate of Theodore Roberts is being
settled at the rate of 25 cents on
the dollar.
WORSE THAN EVER
MOSCOW, Sept., 8,—The major
ity of the population of Soviet Rus
sia are said to be looking forward
to the coming of winter with con
siderable uneasiness Reeling that
conditions are worse in Russia un
der the five-year plan, of which
four years have passed, than ever
before. In many instances shoes
are selling as high as 100 rubles a
pair and tfobd supplies are also
costly.
On this steamer going south will j
be the motor of Pilot Oscar Win- j
chell’s airplane which is going to j
the factory for one of the regular j
[ factory overhauls. In the meantime, |
J Winchell being grounded, having no ;
sky-horse to ride, will arrive at the
local base in a few days to spend
at least 10 days work on the field,
dragging stumps away and, in gen
eral, doing a lot of things time
herehto-fore has not permitted.
Mr. McGee, owner of the McGee
Airways and for whom the “Flying
Cowboy” is employed, arrived in
Seward last evening from the An
chorage base with Pilot Water
worth and announces he has order
ed another new plane which in
creases his fleet to three. Pilot Win
chell, he said, will be its captain.
The ne wplane, of the same type
as his others, will probably arrive
in Seward in about two weeks; it
will be reassembled at the local
base.
Pilots Waterv/orth and McGee
left this morning on the return
j flight to Anchorage.
TURN ‘COPS’ AROUND
JAMES, Ohio, Sept. 8. —Four
truck loads of deputy sheriffs were j
halted on the local highway by J
farm picketers, the autos turning j
about and heading from whence
they came. The farmers were peace
ful in their action and carried as
banners the Stars and Stripes.
ON HIS SHOULDER
NEW BEDFORD, Sept. 8, —Ordi
narily a man carries his liquor on
his hip or in his stomach but not
so with A. G. Stevens. He was ar- i
rested yesterday walking down the
main avenue with a case of whis
key on his shoulder.
300 FOOT NOSE-DIVE
SEATTLE, Sept. 8, —Something!
went “hay-wire” with the home- j
made plane of Ross Peters when he
took off on a test flight and after
rising 300 feet, the craft nose-div
j ed to earth. Peters escaped injury
and says he will try her again.
NEW YORK MAYOR
ELECTION WILL BE
BITTERLY CONTESTED
NEW YORK, Sept., 8—This city
will enjoy a bitterly contested may
oralty election in November. The
decision to hold the special election
was officially authorized Wednes
day by the Board of Aldermen.
Acting-Mayor Joseph V. McKee,
who is endeavoring to sell himself
to the voters by the many econo
mies affected since taking over the
office, will be one of former Jimmy
Walker’s opponents.
The problems of the Democratic
party feud and embattled Tam
many Hall are expected to send
repercussions into the presidential
campaign and Manhatten’s Repub
licans may join forces with Demo
crats in a fusion ticket, fighting
shoulder to shoulder to down the
debonaire and wise-cracking ex
mayor who demands vindication of
the charges brought against the
recent graft case.
It is reported that ex-mayor
Walker has already been tendered
a movie picture job.
SOUH-FACED KEATON
HAS LAND YACHT
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, —
Skipper “Buster” Keaton, sour
faced film comedian, donned his
admiral’s bonnet and is ready to
resume his trip to Reno and Lake
Tahoe in his luxurious yacht.
Keaton’s craft travels on wheels;
it actually is a motor-bus resem
bling a yacht -and ha3 accanfoaa- ‘
tions for six guests and quarters
for a crew of two.
Lew Cody is chief officer and
other members of the party aid
Keaton in lifting the anchor.
GRETA IS FRETFUL
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept., 8,—
Greta Garbo, American screen star
who is on an extended vacation to
the land of her nativity, has a
severe cold and is fretful.
NOW WIDE-OPEN
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 8,—Count
er charges that the City of Los
Angeles was now wide-open were
hurled Wednesday by the chief of
police at the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union, represented by
Attorney George P. Johnson. The
chief denied vice and gambling
were operating without restriction.
MORE MEN IN THE
HILLS PROSPECTING
More men are in the hills pros
pecting than in years past and.
by the same token, more men than
ever before will winter in the Hope
district, reports A. D. Balderston,
Seward official, who returned a few
days ago from the Moose Pass, Hope
and Sunrise country, where Mrs.
Balderston and himself spent 19
highly enjoyable days.
Game is plentiful and there seems
to be plenty of water for the many
mining camps.
Oscar Plowman and Bud Tolson,
north of Mills Creek, are meeting
with splendid success and just re
cently had another good cleanup.
Four men, including Col McDougal,
of Seward, are working the ground.
Aside from numerous others who
are doing well, Mr. Balderston men
tioned the Clark brothers, on Res
urrection River, above Hope, who
also are pleased with results ob
tained and the future outlook.
APPEALS TO PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, —The
State Forestry Department issued
an appeal to the public for assis
tance in capturing those responsible
for the wide incendiarism through
out California forests which fires
are still raging and thousands of
acres of forests already destroyed.
Traffic was halted Wednesday on
the Linclon Highway on account
of a forest fire in that district.