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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 168.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EX-MAMIE OFFICER
TELLS BONUS SEEKERS
REMAIN IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, July 20. —Gen.
Sniedley Butler, retired U. S. mar
ine officer, made an address Tues
day to some 5.000 members of the
bonus army in Washington. He urg
ed that the soldiers stick out their
demands for an immediate pay
ment of the bonus by remaining
in Washington.
Butler made his address at the
request of Walter W. Waters, head
of the Bonus Expeditionary force
after the latter had become alarm
ed over the steady stream of
applicants who are borrowing mon
ey to return to their homes.
The report was circulated that
General Butter w^uld soon take
command of the Bonus Army but
the general dismissed the report
with an amused denial. Butler said
he only was in Washington to
speak to the soldiers and he has
no intention of leading them
Some heated arguments result
ed among the veterans themselves
Tuesday when members of the
main bonus army delegation sought
to keep the California delegation
from partaking of food from the
army’s commissary. However, the
argument was soon ruled out for
officials declared that there should
be no discrimination.
DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT
NEW YORK, July 20— Business
observers report a definite im
i provement in business i s noted.
Manufacturing plants, which were
closed have reopened their doors,
commodity prices have shown an
upward trend, and thousands of
men are finding employment on
levees, factories and other places
in the United States industries.
PEKM1U1
PIUS SWEPT BT FI
BALTIMORE. Md„ July 20. —
Fire swept the piers of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Monday and for
a time threatened to spread along
the entire shipping area. Vast
clouds of smoke covered the entire
waterfront. The general alarm
blaze brought out all available ap
paratus including three fire boats
The firefighters had the blaze un
der control after two hours al
though billows of smoke and sheets
of flame continued to spring up.
GOVERNOR’S BROTHER ILL
SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. —
Cancelling his engagements in the
south, Governor James J. Rolph
Jr., flew from Los Angeles to San
Francisco on receipt of word thal
his brother George M. Rolph wa;
seriously ill here. The Governor’s
brother is suffering from high
blood pressure and is said to b(
in a precarious condition.
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 20. -
Running against a stiff wind tha
had slowed up competitors in othe
events Eddie Tolan, be-spectaclei
negro sprinter, from Detroit, tiei
his own world s record of 10.4 sec
onds in the second heat of the 10
meter trials for the America]
Olympic teams. Tolan lead Fran!
Wykoff, blonde University o
Southern California star to th
tape by' three feet, with Jimm
Johnson, Illinois colored flasl
third.
BREAKS RIB
REDFIELD, Ark., July 20. —Jule
Borgenson, candidate for state rep
resentative, accompanied his cam
paign speech with so many ges
tures that he lost his balance, fe
off the speaker’s platform an
broke a rib.
Glen Carrington, salesman, is dr
to arrive in the city from the Ir
terior, enroute South.
UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS
WASHINGTON, July 20, —Weary
leaders of the bonus army indulged
in uncertain discussion of what to
do next, while their followers, ex
hausted by a demonstration before
Congress adjourned, sprawled
! awaiting in their ramshackle
| shacks. There were no active spots
i in the ranks of the war veterans,
! who for six weeks have clamored at
i the doors of Congress.
: OUT-OF-SIIITE LABOR
PROTESTED 01 OH
MARSIELLES, 111., July 20, (JP)—
In a battle with guns and fists for
I a job on a government consttruc
\ tion project here, one man was kill
ed and more than a score were
! wounded.
! The fighting resulted when un
employed union members entered
the city to protest against the em
ployment of out-of-state and non
union members on a waterway pro
ject. The fightting lasted for about
half an hour.
As a result of this fighting, a
heavy guard has been placed over
the government dam, which is un
der construction, as it is feared
that further attempts of protest
will be in order.
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EUROPEAN WOMEN PLAYING
NEW YORK, July 20, —Helen
Jacobs of California, who was beat
i en by Mrs. Helen Wiiis Moody in
, the finals of the women’s singles
of the British tennis champion
| ships at Wimbledon, arrived in New
York aboard the Leviathan. Miss
j Jacobs said European women are
playing better tennis, making it
| more difficult for American women
to get thru the elimination rounds
of tryouts there.
CAMPAIGN DETAILS
NEW YORK, July 20.—James H.
Farley, Gov. Franklin D. Roose
| velt’s campaign manager, announc
ed that he would reveal campaign
details today. It was indicated that
New York would be campaign head
; quarters.
WASHINGTON, July 20, —Dr
Leigh Colvin, chairman of the Nat
i ional Prohibition party, renewed
his efforts to induce Senator Wil
j liam E. Eorah of Idaho, to head a
I dry third party movement,
j Colvin resigned from the Nation
. al Prohibition Board of Strategy
; dissatisfi-ed with the course il
charted for the leading dry organi
zations in the coming election cam
: paigns.
The board, in a stormy session
discussed a third party idea anc
i affirmed its leaders’ decision tc
work within both old parties fo]
election of candidates who believ(
prohibition ought to be the law.
\ DELAYED SIGNING
] WASHINGTON, July 20, —Presi
dent Hoover did not sign the $2,
122.000,000 relief bill as was expect
■ | ed Tuesday but it was thought h<
t : would affix his signature today.
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1 “OLD FOLKS” IN TOWN POSTS
i CADIZ, O., July 20, (/P)—“Leavi
-! it to the old folks”, seems to be thi
3! slogan in Cadiz. The average ag
1! of the mayor, town clerk and da;
^ policeman is 78 years. The mayo
f is 74, the clerk 81 and the marsha
5 79.
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UPHOLDS BACHELOR TAX
VIENNA, July 20, —The bachelo
tax, collected from single person
of both sexes who have no depend
ents, is not class legislation, say
the Austrian constitutional couri
The case was brought by three un
married employees of a law' firn
Pilot Oscar Winchell, of the Me
Gee Airways, who returned to Se
ward Tuesday evening with sever
al passengers from the Interior, lei
for Anchorage shortly after noo:
today.
ADMIRAL WATSON LEFT
SEATTLE FOR NORTHLAND
SEATTLE, July 20, (JP)—'The SS.
Admiral Watson sailed from Seat
tle at 10 o’clock this morning, car
rying 24 passengers of whom 21
were first-class reservations.
There are 16 passengers for Sew
ard and the railroad belt and they
include Miss A. E. Weiser, Fonda
Waldorf, Margaret Hashinger, Ida
Nordine, Mrs. Ella M. Rea, Florence
M. Walker, Olivia De Guire.
Dr. Warren T. Smith, Prof- Louis
Henderson, Jack King, Wilfred
Lorenz, Marian Egren, Lottie S.
Peters, Celia Stuft, Frances Walt,
Emily Scott and three steerage.
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT THE
HAWS CAPITAL
Mrs- Claire Pringle has been re
commended and will likely be ap
i pointed successor to the postmas
I ter at Hot Springs. The previous
! official resigned and is desirous of
■ removing from that locality.
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! The Federal Radio Commission
! has received an application from
the Alaska Radio and Service Co.,
; Ketchikan, for construction permit
j to rebuild its station. The trans
i mitter is located at Mile Five, in
Wad’s Cove, while the studio lo
cation is in the city of Ketchikan.
A change in specified hours is also
desired.
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Delegate Wickersnam has been
; advised that some people in South
eastern Alaska are arranging to es
tablish a company to engage in the
operating of a killing and packing
plant to properly take care of beef,
mutton, pork, etc. They expect to
supply the meat to Alaska and
thus keep in the Territory the mil
lion dollars that yearly goes to the
States for this meat supply. It is
expected that when this enterprise
i is under way that it will' prove a
: great impetus to homesteaders, who
can raise cattle and feel assured of
a steady market for all their pro
; duce
The Department of the Interior
has issued a manuscript report of
the Suslota Pass district, prepared
I by Fred H. Moffit This district in
cludes that part of the Alaskan
Range which lies between Men
tast Pass and Nabesna river. It has
; been difficult of access until re
cently and is without established
trails, although some prospecting
and trapping have been carried on
within it. The usual route of ap
proach is the Copper River Valley
This part of the Alaska Range is
about 35 miles wide from the low
lands of the Copper River on the
> southwest to those of the Tanana
': River on the northeast, and its
', average elevation i s lower than
i that of ay other part of the range
i between it and Mt. McKinley. Pros
; pectin,g at various places has
■ I shown a presence of metallic min
■ | eralization and has resulted in the
■! staking of both lode and places
'! claims. One lode gold mine whicl
| is at White Mountain, on the Nab
esna river, was brought into pro
duction in 1931 and gives promise
> of a successful future.
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- The fore part of June the Pre
7 sident signed a joint resolutior
r that suspended annual a'ssessmen'
1 work on mining claims held by lo
cation in the United States and Al
aska “during the fiscal year fron
July 1, 1931, to July 1, 1932.” Or
r June 29th, the Secretary of the
s Interior called attention of Con
- gress that it was evidently the in
s tent to make the exemption unti
;. noon of July 1, 1932, and thu
- prevent any “jumping” betweei
l. the hours of midnight June 30, an<
12 o’clock noon, July 1. As a resul
- the Senate immediately passed an
- other joint resolution to includ
- the disputed hours, it was thei
t passed by the House on June 3(
i and signed that afternoon by th
President.
I
EERLIN, July, 20, UP)—'The Ger
man government today declared
martial law in the city of Berlin
and environs and the Province of
Brandenburg and has its military
forces ready and prepared to move
in swiftly to clamp down a dicta
torship over the huge state of Prus
sia.
The move followed critical pres
sure brought to bear on the gov
ernment as a result of its attempts
to stop political riots which have
taken a toll of 100 dead and more
than 1200 injured in three weeks.
FAVORS REPEAL
NEW YORK, July 20. — Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt personally
is a dry but she believes the 18th
Amendment is a failure and favors
its repeal. This was made known
after a showdown was asked by
other women following the report
that Mrs. Roosevelt did not en
dorse the wet stand taken by Gov
i ernor Rosevelt, her husband.
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! SOVIET DRAWS HOARDED
COLD FROM CITIZENS
MOSCOW, July 19, (/P>—By ex
| changing its best export quality
food and merchandise for hoard
ed valuables, the Soviet Govern
ment has found a way to get gold
| which in the past it could not ob
tain by force
In previous years, it was a crime
for any Soviet citizen to have gold
1 in his posession, particularly rou
; bles of the Czarist regime. But
j many persons, especially peasants,
hid their precious metals.
Faced in recent months with in
creasing demands for gold with
which to meet foreign obligations,
the Government threw open the
doors of “Torgsin” to all owners
of the yellow metal.
“Torgsin” is a chain of stores in
I which the best of Soviet food sup
plies and manufactured articles.
, are sold to foreigners only. Here,
i prices are on a par with those in
1 other countries amd often lower
than those charged for inferior
merchandise in stores operated for
Soviet citizens.
Heretofore, Russians were not
permitted to use “Torgsin” stores
because the law prohibited them
from owning foreign money and
they therefore, theoretically, lacked
means to buy there.
TOWN SEES MESS
»PLENTY III
FAIRBURN, Ca., July 20, —Then
will be no city taxes collected b:
Fairburn this year.
Mayor Guy Hearn and the cit;
council have decided Fairburn
; treasury is amply stocked for 193
and that to collect more tax mon
ey would be superfluous.
Hence, a tax holiday has been de
dared for 1932. The exemption ap
| plies to all who own property with
’ in the limits of Fairburn—railroad;
, public utilities and industria
plants. Fairburn had a populatioi
of 2,503 by the 1930 census
1 DEAF MUTE SHOT
5 SAN PIERRE, Ind., July 20. -
‘ Albert Benham, deaf mute, was kil
led when four bandits emerge*
L from robbing a bank and sho
| him. “Beat it,” bandits yelled a
' Benham stood in front of the bank
' He did not understand and stoo*
' still.
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i ARRANGE FOR LOAN
1 PARIS, July 20. — The Belgiai
t government negotiated for a loai
- of 1,000,000,000 Belgian francs a
j 5.25 for two year the press was in
l formed. An equal sum is to be sub
i, scribed in Belguim to meet th
e budget deficit due to Germany
moratorium on reparation.
CABINET SHAKEUP
ROME, July 20, (/P)—Dino Gran
di, Italian Foreign Minister, who
became will known to America by
reason of his recent visit to Wash
ington, today resigned from his
post in the government in a far
reaching cabinet shakeup which
was ordered by Premier Benito
Mussolini. Five ministers and 11
under-secretaries were displaced
and the members deprived of thteir
governmental portfolios.
HH ill'lT TEMPI
BREAK II. S. INFLUENCE
OTTAWA, July 20, (/P)—An in
ference that the British Empire
Trade Conference, opening here
Thursday night, might prove a
means for “Canada to break away
from the influence of the United
States”, was plumped into the laps
of delegates to the conference.
Delegate Stanley Bruce, former
Australian premier, placed in blunt
! words the question, “Will a cohesive
j trade policy within the limits and
[ units of the British Empire be pur
chased at the cost of American
commercial relations with Can
ada?”, saying there always is the
tendency of a nation to be absorb
ed by a bigger country. “This
ought to be Canada’s chance to
break away.”
CHICAGO DEMONSTRATION
CHICAGO, July 20. —Police used
nightsticks and revolver' butts to
break up a demonstration between
500 whites and negroes in the heart
of the black belt. The demonstra
tion was the outgrowth of a politic
j al meeting.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, July 20. —Tempera
ture extremes recorded for Tues
day were Juneau 54-52, Ketchikan
54-52, Seattle 66-53, Chicago 96-74,
Denver 83-68, Los Angeles 78-53,
New Orleans 90-76, New York 88
66, Portland 70-52.
FINAL RETURNS FOR
TRIRD DIVISION ARE
| Complete returns from the April
! primary in the Third Division, re
I cently issued by Chief Clerk of
; Court N. H. Castle, gave Senator A.
; J. Dimond 1,290 votes for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Delegate to
Congress. George B. Grigsby get
171 and A. H. Ziegler 105.
i J. J. Connors got 749, J. W. Frame
416 and R- E. Haracastle 143 for
j Democratic National Committee
| man.
| Successful candidates for House
[ i nominations on the same ticket
' were J. S. Hof man, Seward, James
j H. Patterson, Valdez, Warren A.
Taylor, Cordova, and H. H. McCut
i j cheon, Anchorage. There were no
r j other contests.
The vote for contested nomina
j! tions in the Republican party was:
j i For Attorney General John Rust
?! gard 939, Frank H. Foster 430;
. j Territorial Auditor, Cash Cole 913
! h. I. Lucas 294, Percy G. Charlei
191; National Committeeman, Ed
. ward A. Rasmusson, 974, John T
White 342; for Territorial Repre
; sentative, George E. McDonald, An
{ chorage, 1,049, Florence L. Nafsted
1 Cordova, 1,004, William B. Phinn
Cordova, 875, Ray C. Larson, An
chorage, 804. Former Representa
tive J. N. McCain and Joseph M
McMahan were the defeated can
- didates.
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BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 5, New York 4.
St. Louis 3, Brooklyn 2.
Pittsburgh 5-6, Philadelphia 3-5
i Boston 3, Cincinnati 0.
1 AMERICAN LEAGUE
t New York 6, Chicago 3.
Cleveland 7, Boston 0.
Detroit 3, Washington 2.
e Philadelphia 9 ,St. Louis 7.
S PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles, 5, Sactramento 1.
ECONOMIC WEAPONS
USED IN WARFARE
ENGLAND, IRELAND
DUBLIN, July 20, —The historic
struggle between Britain and Ire
land appears to have been renewed
with its bitterness although this
time with economic weapons rather
than with sword and gunfire. Post
ers were displayed in Dublin read
ing “boycott British goods.”
The Free State’s refusal to pay
annuities on land led the British to
declare a tariff war which threat
ens to be mutually destructive and
especially so to Ireland. The latest
negotiations for peace between
President Eamon de Valera and
Premier Ramsey MacDonald having
been broken down in London, the
Free State proceeded with plans
for retaliation against the ruinous
special tariff levied by Britain
against Free State products.
The British tariff hits especially
at meat, butter, eggs and poultry,
the backbone of agriculture which
is Ireland’s chief industry.
Ships have been sailing for the
last few days from Irish ports to
England with almost ^mpty holds,
the Irish exporters being unable
to compete with Denmark and
other countries under the new dis
criminatory tariff.
Plans for reprisals include the
pending bill establishing an equally
high tariff on British imports to
Ireland and extensive propaganda
in European countries to promote
intertrade with Ireland on a large
scale- A project already has been
started to put German coal in
stead of British, which would be a
blow to the already staggering
British coal industry.
Oregon lira
■ IS DEOIGATED
!
OWYHEE, Ore., July 20. —The
great Owyhee irrigation dam which
will hold in check a 52 mile lake
| next spring and will provide water
; to irrigate 125,000 acres of semi
arid land in the Snake River Valley
of Oregon and Idaho was formally
dedicated.
It was estimated that the federal
! project would add up to a hundred
million dollars annually to values
produced from the soil of the re
gion. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Sec
retary of the Interior was the prin
! cipal speaker. Thousands of per
| sons were carried to the sight of
dam by special railroad coaches
j and autos.
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GAVE BIRTH TO SON
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July
i 20.—Princes Louise, wife of Prince
: Erik of Denmark, gave birth to a
| son at their Jutland residence.
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Ell SHIELD IS
COVETED 81 JTHEEIES
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 20, —
Uncle Sam, who has played rich
uncle to a lot of people, grinned
and got ready to hand out 67 red,
white and blue emblems, the shield
of the United States, to be worn by
his sturdiest sons in the 10th Olym
pic games, opening July 31st at Los
Angeles.
Those small emblems, a few in
ches all around, represent more to
the 270 picked men, striving for
them, here today in the final Olym
pic team try-outs, than a lot of the
gold stored in Uncle Sam’s trea
sury.
MELLON SAILS TODAY
LONDON, July 20. —Ambassador
Andrew W. Mellon was to sail on
the SS- Majestic today for the
United States.
10 MORE DEATHS
SEATTLE, July 20. — Ten more
deaths from the terrific heat and
drowning were recorded for Tues
day throughout the entire United
States. The deaths occurred in the*
Midwest, East and South.