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VOLUME XXIX. NMBER 157.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933.
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ITALIAN ARMADA
EXPECTED TO HOP
FOR LABRADOR TODAY
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 7. —
Anxious to speed the flight of his
air armada, General Italo Balbo,
commander of the Italian mass
[ flight bound for Chicago, ordered
the pilots of the 24 seaplanes to
assemble early today to listen to
weather reports.
Hope was expressed by the fliers
that favorable weather conditions
would permit them to get away on
the fourth stage cf the flight to
vday.
The planes have been tuned up
and are now mechanically perfect.
The weather at sea, it was indicat
ed wras also turning out to be fav
L orable for flying.
The next scheduled s t o p pi n g
place is Cartwright, Labrador, 1.500
miles away.
PAY CUT TO CONTINUE
WASHINGTON, July 7. — Presi-!
dent Roosevelt has issued an ex
ecutive order continuing the 15!
per cent cut in the pay of Federal
employees. The slash first was
made effective under the Economy
bill to extend until July 30. the
close of the fiscal year, with Pre
sident Roosevelt authorized to con
tinue it if justified by living costs.
The pay cut was ordered to stay
in effect until Januai'y, 1934.
DIVORCE Till TABOO
. HOLLYWOOD. July 7. — Mary
▼ Pickford today continued to refuse
to amplify her first announcement
of her separation from her hus
band. Douglas Fairbanks. Sr., who
is now in England.
Miss Pickford was a guest at a
breakfast club and made a speech
about aviation. She apparently is
determined to adhere to her deci
sion to “talk about anything but
divorce.”
In London Mr. Fairbanks made
one of his leaps down the fire
escape to avoid questioning in re
gard to his split with Miss Pick
ford.
; ANCHORAGE COUPLE
Slipping away from Anchorage
in an airplane, piloted by C. L.
Plumb. Miss Louise D. Gill and
John Wesley Moore, popular An
chorage couple, arrived in Seward
Thursday afternoon and a few
hours later were quietly married in
% a ceremony performed by U. S.
f Commissioner E. P. Harwood. Wit
nesses to the marriage were Mrs.
Miriam Painter, of Seward, and
Pilot Plumb.
The bride is the daughter of Os
car Gill, prominent Anchorage
business man and city official and
has numerous friends who wish her
happiness. Johnny Moore is an
Viator and has made many friend
ships during his flying career in
the North. He has flown for the
McGee and Star Air Service out
of Anchorage and will continue to
fly out of that city.
The newlyweds left today in
.Plumb’s plane for Anchorage
* where they will make their home.
Bartley Howard of Anchorage is
a brief local business visitor.
MATTERN THOT ALIVE
CHICAGO, July 7. —Sponsors of
Jimmy Matterns flight around the
world received a cablegram which
was believed to have come direct
from him. The message was slight
ly garbled but was interpreted to
read: “Safe Anadir.” Signed “Gem
my.” (Correct Mattern.)
EVMIEELIST DISPORTS
SELF HD MMIISi
LOS ANGELES, July 7. —“I am
shocked, gr e a 11 y shocked,” com
mented David Hutton Thursday
when advised by Angelus Temple
friends that his wife, Mrs. Aimee
Semple McPherson Hutton, had
been seen disporting herself in
flame-colored pajamas in a Paris
hospital, where she was reported
recovering from an abdominal op-j
eration.
“I will make no efforts to dir
ect my wife’s personal life, but
just the same I am shocked,” Hut
ton said.
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TO APPEAL FOR REPEAL
j WASHINGTON, July 7. —Presi
j dent Roosevelt is planning a direct
appeal to the States for the vote
to repeal the 18th Amendment. It
will take the form of messages to
the Democratic National Com
mitteemen for the three especially
dry states of Alabama, Texas and
! Tennessee. The voters in these
states will go to the polls two
weeks hence.
HAGEN IN LEAD
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 7.
Walter Hagen, the American vet
eran and four times holder of the
title, kept a one-stroke lead in the
British open golf championship
Thursday by shooting a 72, one
under par, for his second round
and a total of 140 for the 36 holes
played thus far.
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INVESTING PUBLIC BE
GIVEN PROTECTION
I WASHINGTON, July 7. — Pro
I tection of the investing public
I without handicapping general bus
! iness financing was listed as the
I chief objective of the Federal
J Trade Commission in an announce
| ment promulgating rules enforcing
j the Federal Securities Act.
i The Commission began receiv
ing registration certificates Friday.
Those offering securities must
give detailed information which
must be available to the public.
The certificates must be on file
20 days before listing becomes ef
fective. Filing is not mandatory
until July 27.
ROUNDTRIP TOURISTS
ON THE S. S. ALEUTIAN
Roundtrip tourists on the S. S.
Aleutian are: H. S. Archer, Dr. S.
D. Biddle, Marjorie Biddle. Miss
Lulu Bender, Mrs. E. R. Davis, Te
' resa Proctor Henry, W. McKenzie,
Mrs. S. H. Nelson, R. H. Rennie,
Miss Rennie, Marjie Richardson,
Mrs. C. Shelton, Mrs. Nellie Scott,
Mrs. C. Whittington, and Mrs. H.
Wrenstad.
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Hoag,
of La Canada, California, members
of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce Excursion tour to Alas
ka did not go to Anchorage on to
day’s train but remained in Sew
ard to secure medical attention
for their son George Jr., who had
a badly burned hand.
IN
TOUR
| Members of the Los U, n g e 1 e s
! Chamber of Commerces annual
excursion tour to Alaska arrived
in the city early this morning on
! the S. S. Aleutian and left on the
I train for Anchorage at 7:30. Theyj
were to arrive in Anchorage a
round the noon hour and will be
the guests of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce during their stay
there. They are to return on this
evening’s regular train and plan
a dinner for members of the local
Chamber of Commerce and their
wives, on board the S S. Aleu
tian, this evening.
The officials in charge of this
i tour to Alaska are William A. Simp
son, president of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce and Chas.
P. Bayer, Field Secretary of the
Los Angeles Chamber of Com
I merce, who is in charge of the tour.
The members of the party in
cluded Charles P. Bayer, field sec
retary Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce; Martin Betkouski, Or->
; namental decoration. Hollywood;
Mrs. Martin Betkouski. Hollywood;
Mrs. M. B. Brownson, Whittier!
I News, Whittier, Calif.; James W.
Costello, President Western Bak
! eries Corp., Los Angeles; Mrs. J. W.
Costello. Beverly Hills; Mrs. Mabel
C. Heath. Beverly Hills; Mrs. Eve-!
lyn Henschel, Long Beach ;John P. j
Herrick, oil producer, Los Angeles;
Mrs. John P. Herrick, Los Angeles;
John L. Herrick, Bank of America,
Los Angeles; George G. Hoag, Mrs.
George Hoag and George Hoag, Jr
La Canada, Calif.; George A. Hor
mel, chairman of the board of dir
ectors of the Hormel Packing Co.,
Los Angeles; Mrs. George A. Hor
mel, Los Angeles; Mrs. A. W. Hud
son, Los Angels, Miss Mary B. Ja
cobs, South Pasadena; S. H. Kel
log, originator o f Kellogg's Ant
Paste, Los Angeles, C. R. Kent, Los
Angeles; Mrs. C. R- Kent, Los An
geles; Mrs. Edith Kump, Los An
| geles, Mrs. Margaret M. Murray,
: Los Angeles; Miss Frances Mcln
jtosh, Los Angeles; Miss Lucille H.!
Parmenter, Ventura; Miss Jennie
Patterson, Los Angeles; E. L. Paul
ey, oil refiner, owner Petrol Corp
oration, Los Angeles, Mrs. E. L.
Pauley, Mrs. Walter S. Ray, Los
Angeles; William A. Simpson, pre-;
sident William A- Simpson Con
struction Company, and president
of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce; Mrs. William A. Simp
son, Beverly Hills; Mrs. M. von
Binzer, Los Angeles, Mrs. R. Wer
nigk, West Los Angeles.
STIRRING UP GRIT
LOS ANGELES, July 7. —Oliver
Hardy, portly member of the
screen comedy team of Laurel and
Hardy, squandered considerable
money gambling at Agua Caliente.
This was among the charges
made by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Lee
Hardy, in a cross-complaint today
to Hardy’s suit for divorce in
which he charged her with going
on periodic liquor drinking
“sprees.”
NAZI TROOPS BLAMED
LONDON, July 7.— The burning
of the German Reichstag last Feb
ruary was the work of Chancel
lor Adolf Hitler’s Nazi troops, an
article published by the Daily Her
ald charged.
JUNE PROFIT $137,400
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7. —The
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany reported a June profit of
$137,400 before allowance for de
preciated depletion and taxes. The
showing is the best made by the
company for this year.
ENGINEER BRADLEY
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
ALTA, Calif., July 7. —Fred W
Bradley. 76, mining engineer, who
Jias been identified with such big
mines as the Alaska Juneau gold
mine, the Taku area mine, the1
Treadwell-Douglas mines and thej
Bunker Hill mine in Idaho, and j
other successful properties, died'
here yesterday from a heart ail- j
ment.
For years he had lived in Cali- j
fornia and made his headquarters!
in San Francisco where his bro- j
ther was associated with him in!
his huge mining operations.
Bradley leaves his aged mother, j
a widow and four sons to mourn j
his passing.
ADVANCES CLOSE FINALS
WIMBLEDON, Eng. July 7. — j
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody Thursday
advanced to within one match of
her sixth Wimbledon title as she;
defeated Hilda Krahwinkel, Ger- j
many’s ranking player, 6-4, 6-3, in'
the semi-finals of the Wimbledon
tennis championships.
SOME SWIMMER
FALLS CITY, Nebr., July 7. — |
Overcoming a treacherous eddy in;
midstream, E. G. Harforg, 83 years
old, swam the Missouri river to,
prove his prowess. The stream is!
more than a half-mile wide at the
point where he crossed.
ARMS REDUCTION i
IMPOSSIBLE PRESENT;
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i WASHINGTON. July 7. — The'
administration Thursday abandon
ed plans for informal arms reduc
1 tion negotiations until Autumn.
| convinced that nothing could be
j about it at this time. However, at
I tempts are to be made to reconcile
! the prevailing and persistent dis
agreements on this question.
This was disclosed in an an
nouncement that Ambassador Nor
man H. Davis, chief delegate to
the Geneva Conference was to re
main in the United States until
September when the Assembly of
| the League of Nations meets.
It was emphatically stated that
Davis was not going to resign.
The question of resignation arose
when his name was found on the
selected list of the J. P. Morgan
i (Company’s list of stock clients.
Mrs. John Ostrom and Mrs. Wal
ter Steineur and son Billy return
ed* on last night’s train after
spending the Fourth at Anchorage.
Russell Johnston, Seward youth,
who has been at Anchorage for
some weeks, arrived Thursday at
the Lawing ranger station as a
recruit of the reforestation army.
Postal Inspector Marchand re
turned last evening to his local
headquarters office, from an of
ficial trip to the Interior.
The MS. Discoverer, Capt. Heinie
Berger, is due to arrive in port
this evening at 6 o’clock and will
leave again for Anchorage and
other Cook Inlet wayports at 9
o’clock this evening.
BABE RUTH COVERS
HIMSELF GLORY CLOUK
OF TWO HOMEOUNS
CHICAGO, July 7. —Out of the
shooting stars in baseball’s dream
game blazed the mighty club of
the one and only Babe Ruth yes
terday to hoist the American Lea
gue in a 4 to 2 triumph over the
National League in the first all
star game in the history of the
major leagues.
The aging Sultan of the Swat
strode to the p-late in the third
inning in bristling anger because
of a strikeout in his first appear
ance before the huge crowd of
49,000 fans who jammed the Com
iskey baseball park to see the
game. The Babe smote one of Bill
Hallahan’s loping slants into the
lower right field stand seats. The
blow came with Charley Gehring
er, of Detroit, on base and this
run and the homerun clinched
the game.
Ruth’s homer won the game but
to top it off he came back again
and got another in the eight in
ning.
SCHMELING WEDS
BERLIN, July 7. — Max Schmel
ing and Annie Ondra. film beauty,
were married in a civil service per
formed here.
CONFERENCE NOT BE
_ DISSOLVED THIS TIME
| LONDON, July 7. —Continuance
of the world economic conference
in a modified form was decided up
on by members of the steering
: committee, despite the deadlock on
dollar stabilization that threaten
ed to end the session.
I Money and tariff policy discus
i sions are to be excluded from the
I conference, however, ?f$ France
i with her gold bloc allies, have re
fused to discuss these matters
pending the stabilization of cur
rencies.
Fears of kidnapping grew as
Linda Giorni, eight years of age,
was still missing from her home in
Sap Francisco. She disappeared on
the morning of July 4.
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There will be no rise in bread
prices for the time being, in spite
of the new federal tax, San Fran
cisco bakers agreed.
* * * *
Peter Christopolus, 13, who has
spent his entire life in an Omaha,
Neb., orphanage, started his trip
to New Jersey, where a millionaire
has adopted him.
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American business men were
warned in New York that unless
they cooperate under the National
Industrial Recovery Association
plan they will face a “real” dic
tatorship.
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The National Securities Act, im
posing drastic regulations to safe
guard the investing public, went
into effect Thursday.
RETURN TO LONDON
LONDON, July 7. —William Mc
Donald and Leslie C. Thornton,
British engineers, whose imprison
ment on espionage and sabotage
charges caused a trade w’ar be
tween Great Britain and Russia,
arrived home Thursday.
DANCE TONIGHT I. 0. 0. F. HALL