END THE DEPRESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 9, —
Designed to break the back of the
depression, a $6,000,000,000 public
works program was laid before the
Senate Monday by Senators Cut
tings of New Mexico, Costigan of
Colorado and LaFollatte of Wiscon
sin.
Estimated to furnish work dir
ectly and indirectly for between
five and seven million unemploy
ed, the program, embracing feder
al, state, municipal and private
construction, would be spread
over two years.
The three Progressive Senators
hope for administration support,
but if the President’s program is
'iess comprehensive, their bill will
be offered later as a substitute. j
MODIFICATION OF
ANTI-TRUST LAWS
, 8E NEXT DEMAND
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9, — j
Modification of the anti-trust laws ;
was to be President Roosevelt’s
next demand on Congress in his
drive to restore fair wages and
normal working hours.
The administration, it became
apparent, has decided that indus
try should be permitted to enter
^into agreements covering produc
tion and wage scales, barring
only creation of monopolies.
A body similar to the war in
dustries board is expected to be
the federal check of any protect
ive steps that the industries may
..undertake.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 9, —
The higher ups here all believe
* the depression is about over. But
only a few have the nerve to say
so publicly.
They know w’hat happened to
the Hoover administratoin officials
who started cheering before the
game was finished. They will bide
their time for that reason until
^ the evidence is indisputable.
They are privately counting on
the fact that the President has
power for the first time to pull!
the strings if things start sagging *
again. He can adjust money, cred- J
it and prices to suit the demands |
of the hour.
If all that ballast cannot keep j
the ship on an even keel, nothing s
can. Reasoning that way they are !
willing to bet two to one that the;
sailing will be smoother from here
on.
iiiMMis
UMGU GIMPHGN
NEW YORK, May 9,—The Cru- :
saders, a nation-wide organization <
of 1,250,000 militant Americans, ]
will launch today, in cooperation i
with the Hearst newspapers, an i
intensive campaign against racket- 1
eering and gangsters. !
Aroused and alarmed by the de- <
struction grip held on the social <
and economic systems by the pow- 1
erful forces of the underworld, the (
Crusaders announced an immedi
ate drive to enlist the aid of young
Americans as leaders of the future
in the war on this menace.
ANOTHER STORM
ATLANTA, Ga., May 9,—Spring 1
storms lashed the south again, :
killing six in west Tennessee and :
injuring 34 and spreading de- i
struction from Mississippi to South 1
Carolina. It was the sixth major i
storm in the south since the mid- ]
die of Mhrch. The death toll total i
is more than 180.
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NEWS PUSHES
REELECTED PRESIDENT
| NEW YORK, May 9, —Richard
! Whitney was reelected president
of the New York stock exchange at
the annual election of officers on
Monday. Warren B. Nash was
elected treasurer.
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WILL NOT PAY
PARIS. May 9. —France will not
pay her overdue war debt install
ment to the United States and
will not consider making further
payments on the debts unless the
United States agrees to negotia
tions for a new debt settlement, it
was stated unofficially today.
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POLAND ELIMINATED
THE HAGUE, Holland, May 8,—
Holland eliminated Poland from
Davis Cup play, three matches to
one, in the first round of European
Zone competition.
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INTRENCHED
PEIPING, China. May 9. —Jap
anese entrenched in the Miyunh
sen sector below the Great Wall,
about 35 miles north of Peiping,
began an intensive artillery bom
bardment of the Chinese posi
tions. Americans and other nation
als were reported ready for defense
of the foreign quarter if the ad
vance reaches Peiping.
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BOARD OF INQUIRY
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9—Hav
ing perfected emergency service
over the Southern Pacific lines, i
officials of the Key System, Ltd.,
met to establish a board of inquiry
into the $3,000,000 fire which de
stroyed the Key Terminal and
other firees totaling a loss of $1,
250,000.
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THE BIRDIES SANG
NEW YORK, aMy 9,—Eddie Ran,
slugging right-hand puncher from
Poland, stopped Benny Levine,
New' York, in 48 seconds of the
10th and last round of a one-sided
bout at the St. Nicholas Arena last
night. Ran weighed 147 3-4 pounds
and Levine 140 1-2.
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CHEAP ENOUGH
LOS ANGELES, May 8,—It cost
Tom Mix, hero of Western screen
plays, $1,600 to learn about perit
onitis. Acting Superior Judge Kem
per Campbell set that amount as
a reasonable fee for Dr. Gurn Stout
who treated the cowboy actor after
an operation for appendicitis. The
physician originally wanted $10,
300.
PEIPING, May 9, —Japanese and
Manchukukuo troops swept toward
launching their long awaited
southward drive by re-occupying
the so-called Llawn river triangle
south of the Great Wall.
Lieut. Joseph G- Felder, com
manding the American 15th in
fantry regiment stationed at Chin
wangtao, advised the United States
legation here that the Japanese
had “raised the curtain on their
Defensive” with sharp skirmishes
near the American camp.
EXHUME BODY
VANCOUVER, B. C„ May 9,—A
nan believed to be Sam Shequin
>f Ketchikan was exhumed from a
jauper’s grave for investigation in
in effort to determine if the body
s Shequin’s. A short time before
he body was found on April 8 in
Stanley Park, he had a large ac
:ount in the'First National Bank
)f Seattle which has since been
ransferred or withdrawn. Only 30
:ents was found on Shequin’s body.
DISCOVERER IN PORT
The finest vessel of its type and
;ize in Alaskan waters, the MS.
Discoverer, Capt. Heinie Berger,
irrived in port before midnight
Monday from Anchorage! and Cook ,
!nlet ports. There were no pas
sengers which was just too bad be
cause, says the skipper, the voyage
vas one of. the best he has ever
uade, speaking from the stand
joint of weather. Captain Berger
mils this evening at 11 o’clock on
he return voyage.
JOUSTS SUSPENDED
0IHCC01T ROUGH
STUFF HOME-STRETCH
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 9, —
j Jockeys Don Meade and H. W.
Fisher who rode ‘‘Broker’s Tip”
and ‘‘Head Play” in the Kentucky
Derby last Saturday were suspend
ed for 30 days by the stewards of
the Kentucky Jockey Club at a
special meeting.
Meade and Fisher were found
guilty of rough tactics during the
home stretch of the Derby. Be
cause of this suspension they will'
i not be eligible to compete in the
i Preakness at Pimlico Saturday.
Both horses are entered in the
I Preakness and Meade and Fisher
had been assigned as riders. The j
ruling of the stewards was that
each boy, according to the evi
dence and observation, was guilty
of grasping the equipment of the
other jockey.
Fisher was given an additional
five days for assaulting Jockey
Meade while in the jockeys’ quar- j
ters after the running of the race. [
LARGE SLASH MADE
IN THE NAVY BUDGET i
' FOR CHEN! YEAR!
—
WASHINGTON, D. CM May 9, —
Although Congress voted the Navy
department $308,000,000 for its op
erating expenses during the next
fiscal year, Secretary Swanson dis
closed that an agreement had been
reached with the budget bureau
whereby the figure would be slash
ed to $270,000,000.
The Secretary did not sav what
specific economies had been made
to reach this figure, but said the
Navy had remained adamant
against a further cut of $2,000,000
asked by the budget bureau.
GANOHI RELEASED
FROM PRISON AT START |
OF HIS 21-OAY FAST
POONA, India, May 9. —The
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, released
yesterday from prison at the start
of his 21-day fast for India’s “un
touchables” millions, formally an
nounced suspension for one month
of his civil disobedience campaign
against British rule.
He simultaneously appealed to
the India government to release
the hundreds of men and scores of
women still in prison throughout
India, arrested on charges grow
ing out of their following him in
his civil disobedience campaign to
rid India of “British raj.” f
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 9, — AN
Polish aviator completed a sur
prise solo flight across the South
ern Atlantic arriving unannounced (
at Maceio, Brazil, after having 1
flown from Senegal, on the West 1
African coast.
The flyer was a pilot named
Kerensky. He landed a big white
plane at Maceio, about 100 miles
south of Pernambuco, to the 1
amazement of airport officials
there. He had been sighted earlier
over Pernambuco, but his identity *
was not then known.
BOSTWICK INJURED
3
PIMLICO, Md., May 9,—Pete
Bostwick, famous gentleman jock
ey and polo player, was injured 3
when he fell from Thomas Hitch- i
cock’s “Greek” during the running (
of the Raceland Steeplechase the
Pimlico course Monday afternoon.
Bostwick, who rode “Dusty Foot” ;
in the grand National Steeplechase
at Aintree, Eng., recently, was be
lieved to have suffered a broken 1
collar bone. 11
SEVEN CHANCES
FRESNO, Calif., May 8. -Orion
A. Webb, 65, retired Fresnan, pre
pared to enter the bonds of matri
mony for the seventh time.
In his application for a marriage
license, filed several days ago, he
related that he had been thrice
divorced and thrice left a widower.
His intended bride was Mora Mi
ner. 59, who was to venture into
matrimony a second time.
nil FACTIONS III
SEWH SEA TREASURE
NEAR PITCH BOTTLE
LONDON, May 9,—P resident
Roosevelt’s speech to the American
people Sunday had the effect of
steadying the dollar from Satur
day’s low level of $406 to the
pound.
Monday’s close was $3.99 1-8.
While the market here failed to
show any particular enthusiasm in
the absence of what was called a
much needed definite pointer as to
how much the administration de
mands to depreciate the dollar, a
movement among bears caused im
provement from Saturday’s low
marking.
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BUYS WARSHIPS
LISBON, May 8, —The Portu
guese ministry of marine has sign
ed a contract with the British
Vickers Armstrong Co., for con
struction of two first class scout
cruisers of 2,000 tons each and
three 800-ton submarines.
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55 SUICIDED
TOKYO, May 9,—Fifty-five girls
and young men have suicided on
Mt. Mihara, on Oshima Island,
south of here and police have ask
ed for reinforcement to prevent
further suicides. The mountain
has become a favorite suicide spot
for the lovelorn and life-weary.
Mr. and Mrs. John Colberg of
Seward became the proud parents
of a seven and 12 1-4-ounce boy at
3:45 a. m- today at the Seward
General Hospital.
* * * *
S. C. Sandwick, fisherman from
the Westward, who has been in
the hospital several weeks with a
lacerated hand, is improving rap
idly.
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Mrs. Emma Anrig, has returned
to her home from the Seward
General Hospital.
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!
William Hill, fireman on the SS.
Yukon, is slowly improving.
* * • *
Hjalmar Johnson arrived on the
MS. Discoverer, Capt. Heinie Ber
ber, from Seldovia, and is in the
aospital for an operation.
* * * *
G. Stockley Would is in the hos
pital with a sprained back receiv
ed on board the freighter Nizinia
ind is slowly improving.
* * * *
John Johnson, miner from Cant
vell who has been in the hospital
'or several months, is showing an
mproved condition.
Arthur Lowell fox farmer from
Dhignak who has been confined to
;he hospital for many months, is
gaining slowly.
* * * *
A little boy of the Jesse Lee
Some, Gene Samuelson, is a pa
lient at the Seward General Hospi
lal.
* * * *
The condition of Peter Casper
>f Sand Point remains about the
ame.
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Mrs. Fred Grindle from Kodiak
s improving very slowly. .
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The condition of Miss Anna Ingo
vho was brought from the West
vard on the Talapoosa, is not seri- i
i us.
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Louis Simpson is still a patient .
it the Seward General Hospital.
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Mrs. Olga Unger is doing nicely; ,
>r. A. D. Haverstock operated on ;
ier today.
TWO HOMERS
NEW YORK, May 9, —The St.
Louis Cardinals got only three hits
off Fitzsimmons Monday but two
of the blows were home runs by
Joe Medwick and Frank Frisch,
and they defeated the New York
Giants, 4-3.
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MEXICO SHOCKED
MEXICO CITY, May 9, —1The,
third temblor in the last 16 hours |
struck this city last night. The
shock lasted three minutes The
earthquake frightened people in
theatres and there was a general
rush to the streets. Little damage
was done. The shocks were heavi
ly felt in several towns.
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MISS ROUND WINS TENNIS CUP
BOURNMOUTH, England, May j
3.—Miss Dorothy Round, North I
British wmen’s playoer, won the
British Hardcourts tennis title by
taking the final match with Miss
Helen Jacobs of California, ranked
1 in the United States. Scores
were 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
SNEEZING SUBSIDED
LOS ANGELES, May 8, —The 8th
day of a sneezing fit of Rhea
Nathison, 16, subsided as a result
of an operation performed on the
girl, hospital attaches said.
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ORDERED TO MEET
CHICAGO, May 9, —Jim Londos
and Joe Savoldi, recent partici
pants in a disputed heavyweight
wrestling match here, were order
ed to meet in a return match here
within 30 days, the winner to be
recognized as world’s champion in
Illinois by the State athletic com
mission
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TWO MEN SOUGHT
HONOLULU, May 9,—Two white
men were sought here for the
beating and criminal assault of
two women, one white, 40. the oth
er a colored girl of 15. The older
woman said she and a companion
battled with the attackers in an
effort to rescue the girl who was
left unconscious in a housB.
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PRESIDENT GRATEFUL
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 9, —
President Roosevelt asked the press
of the nation to convey to the
people his thanks for their ex
pressions of good will that have
poured into the White House as
the result of his Sunday state
ment to the public explaining his
stewardship in office.
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BEER HIJACKED
SALINAS, Calif., May 8,—Central
California’s first major evidence of
beer hijacking was revealed here
when Sheriff’s officers started
searching for three men who re
moved 323 cases of eastern beer
from a San Francisco truck.
FOUR WHALERS TAKE
TO HIGH SEAS AGAIN
VICTORIA, B. C., May P—Foul
sturdy whaling vessels, which have
made Victoria their home port for :
years, will “go out” this season, for 1
the first time in three years, to |
:ruise off the Queen Charlotte Is-.
lands. ! i
The vessels will leave port the!
last of the month, President Wil-!
!iam Schupp, of the Consolidated j
Whaling Corporation of Seattle j
announced.
TAPS SOUNDED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—Col. *
Charles E. Stanton, 74, retired, au
thor of “Lafayette We’re Here”, '
lied from a heart ailment. {
ROTATING ' BASIS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9,— <
The Navy Department tentatively j
iecided to place one-third of the 1
fleet on a rotating plan under
which it will be taken temporari- t
iy out of service; a similar plan <
was put in effect for destroyers (
and submarines last year. The
ships will be over-hauled and re
paired while b^ing rotated afford- j
ng employment to shore stations. ;
mniOIML THE
OF ifl UNOERWIY
BECMISE OF REVISIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 9, —
An international tug of war is in
fu 1 swing w'ith Great Britain and
France apparently seeking war
debt revision as the price of ac
cepting President Roosevelt’s tar
iff truce.
The outlook has become so
gloomy that the administration
may change entirely the character
of the delegation that will repre
sent the United States at the
world economic conference at
London.
Originally President Roosevelt
intended to appoint a delegation
dominated by economists ac
quainted with the world’s com
mercial needs. In view of recent
developments the economists may
be supplemented by a few “hard
boiled” statesmen, capable of play
ing the international political
game which Europe apparently in
tends to pursue
FIRM STRIKE 111
BEGIN III Pit FORCE
ON NEXT SMUT
CHICAGO, May 91, —Predicting
that the national farm strike
would begin in full force Saturday
as scheduled, MilO; Reno, president
of the farmers’ national holiday
association, sought the aid of
Clarence Darrow to defend more
than 100 farmers under military
arrest at Lamar,. Iowa.
Mr. Reno addressed a meeting
of the Chicago Federation of Lab
or Sunday, a step in his efforts to
enlist veterans and labor groups
in the impending strike. He said
that curing the embargo food
would be rationed to labor groups
who otherwise might suffer.
FNTHERWENT INTO
Tone HE OVER
GIRL'S SCHOOL REPORT
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—In a
small home on Lawton St-, Bruno
Sicorski, a tailor, studied the' re
port card of his nine-year-old
daughter, Wanda. His face went
?rey with rage.
Calling his other two children,
Raymond 10, and Helen 12, he kiss
ed them goodby affectionally.
rhen he summoned Wanda. As
she lifted a scared faee to him he
struck her with his fist. The child
fell, screaming with pain and
fright. Sicorski picked up a chair
md beat her with it until it fell
:o pieces in his hands.
This was the incredible story
;old today by Mrs. Stella Sicorski,
;he m o t h e r, when she carried
Wanda, shuddering with childish
lorror and livid with welts and
sruises, into Park Amergency Hos
pital. Doctors there notified the
Dolice.
speecWeffect'
STEIDIINS THE DOLLAR
NORFOLK, Va., May 9, —The
?oast Guard acted yesterday to
prevent a possible pitched battle
it sea, sending a patrol boat to the
heinity of the sunken liner Meri
la, where rival treasure-hunting
;xpeditions were reported.
A request for intervention was
eceived by wireless from the flag
ihip of the expedition, headed by
Captain H. L. Bowdoin. The mes
;age asked aid to prevent “trou
pe with interlopers.”
Captain Bowdoin was assumed
o have referred to another expe
lition, headed by Capt. John Hall,
Gloucester, Mass., fisherman.
Phil Miller, former Anchorage
esident, died at Seattle last week,
According to KFQD.