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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 315.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CURTIS CUT RED IN
THE FACE WHEN TOOK
EXCEPTION TO REMARK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7, — j
Thee “hunger-11 -archers” attained
their ambition Tuesday when 3,000
under police escoit, marcheed in!
column formation to the capitol
giounds. From that point two del- j
egations were permitted to call on
Vice-President Charles Curtis and;
Vice-President-elect- John Garner.
The spokesman, addressing Mr.
Curtis, who was surrounded by
guards said:
“We represent 15.000.000 unem-!
ployed people in the United States I
and though we have not much
confidence in your”—
At. this point Mr. Curtis, his face j
flushed, arose, stating: “I’ll take,
no personal remarks from you j
and"—
But the spokesmen’s clear and
calm voice continued “granting our:
request." j
The delegation left quietly.
The petition, which wras left with 1
Mr. CUitis, demanded $50 for each!
unemployed person and work.
PARIS, Dec. 7. — The United
States and France are still su
preme in aviation, according to the
annual year-end review of the In
ternational Aeronautic Federation.
Seven of the major records of
the year were captured by the Unit
ed Stares, four by France and three j
by Great Britain. Six of the Am- i
erican records were in the airplane '
division and the 7th in the sea- I
plane field.
RIFLES DISTRIBUTED
OSSINING, N. Y„ Dec. 7.—Just
to make inmate murders, bandits j
and other felons at home Warden
LawTs of Sing Sing has distributed
rifles among them.
The weapons will be used in the
annual theatrical review at the
prison and it was thought that the
convicts, out of practice, need some
to learn how to tote a “rod” or a |
“cannon.” But it was all only for
dramatic effect, for hundreds of j
triggers had been removed.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, —Aimee
Semple McPherson Hutton, evan
gelist extraordinary, is under the
care of two physicians and a nurse
for septic poisoning, it was learn
ed Tuesday.
The poisoning developed after
she had undergone a dental opera
tion lest week. The evangelist
hoped to be back in her pulpit at
Angelus temple by next Sunday.
HINDENBURG CRITICIZED
BERLIN, Dec. 7. —President von
Hindenburg was subjected to sharp
•criticism when the new Reichstag
convened Tuesday for his failure
to appoint Adolf Hitler, the nat
ional socialist leader, as head of
the government instead of General
von Schleicher. >
FIZZLED OFT
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 7.—The
Governor of Utah severely criticiz
ed the five absentee Western Gov
ernors who failed to attend the
* annual Governor’s conference here
and who failed to send* their apolo
gies. The four attending were the
Governors of Idaho, Nevada, Wyo
ming and Utah.
HURRIED ACROSS FRANCE
PARIS, Dec. 7, —Leon Trotsky,
Russian exile, was hurried across;
France Monday, under a heavy
guard, and speeded on his way to
his home in Turkey. He has been
paying a mysterious visit to Den
mark.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 7, —
By a vote of six to one this city
went dry yesterday and, according
to the city council, the manufac
ture, importing or exporting, or
what have you, goes without fear !
from the former bone-dry law.
In other words, one may now ]
drink when the urge overpowers .
them, and at any time, any place, j
but they must keep one eye cocked
for the Federal “gooie-dueks.”
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—Herb
Daba of Nebraska University, the
best known football official on the
Pacific coast, has been elected to
officiate as referee at the Notre
Dame-Southern California game
here Saturday. Other officials will
be Bobby Morris, Washington, um
pire; Tom Fitzpatrick, Utah, head
linesman, and Bruc-ke Kirkpatrick,
Occidental, field judge.
TO STATE EMPLOYEES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—Fur
ther herding of state employees
into the Rolph insurance fold came
to light. It developed that Roland
A. Vandergrift, state director of
finance, issued an ultimatum to all
state employees who drive their
own cars on a mileage basis in the
service of the state that they would
no longer be permitted to take out
or renew their policies for liability
or property damage in mutual re
ciprocal or exchange companies.
VISITING HIS DAD
DOORN, Holland, Dec. 7, —Fred
erich Wilhelm, former crown prince
of Germany, arrived here Tuesday
to visit his father, the ex-Kaiser.
RETURNS TO THE U. S. A.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, —After sev
eral months abroad stdying art,
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, tennis
star, has returned enroute to Cal
ifornia.
GAINS IN EMPLOYMENT
WASHINGTON, Dec.7.-Substan
tial gains in employment during
the last few months wrere reported
by Secretary of Labor Doak in his
report.
VON IIINDENBERG DONATES
BERLIN, Dec. 7.—President Von
Hindenburg donated 1.000 marks
each to the families of four miners
who were killed in a mine collapse
at Breslau.
BEATEN WITH ROCKS
ONTARIO, Calif., Dec. 7.—Two
men were beaten with rocks by an
unknown assailant, one dying and
the other still unconscious. A sus
pect, whose name was not revealed,
has been arrested.
WILL PLAY FOR CHARITY
CHICAGO. Dec. 7, —Ten players
from the midwest have accepted
invitations to play with the East
ern team in the annual East-West
charity football game at San Fran
cisco, January 2, Coach Dick Han
ley of Northwestern announced.
MACHINE GUNS BROT
AGIST FIRM COUPLE
ELKHORN, Wis., Dec. 7.— A coun
ty judge, Mat Seakon, and his wife
fought side by side for'20 minutes ;
against deputies who sought to
evict them from their farm, before
they surrendered.
An eviction order was served
last month on the couple who re
fused to move.
Mrs. Seakon was in the house
when she saw the deputies arriv
ing. She fired a shot to notify her
husband, at work in the barn, and
he hurried to the house.
The deputies said they thought
the woman had fired at them, so
poured a fusillade of machine-gun
bullets into the roof. The couple,
standing at windows, steadily re
turned the fire. In addition to
machine-guns the deputies were j
armed with rifles and tear-gas
bombs.
And all the while, two small chil- i
dren of the couple huddled under
a table for safety.
ROOSEVELT’S FAMILY i
IS MOST MIL
ALBANY, N. Y„ Dec. L:, —Meals
in the household of President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt are “formal” i
by designation, but in reality they
are most “informal.”
Governor Roosevelt for years has
breakfasted in bed. He has two
reasons for this. One is because he
enjoys it; the other is because he
he can read and dictate letters,
and even on occasions receive vis
itors while eating.
When in Albany and at the State
capitol Mr. Roosevelt often eats at
his desk. Frequently he has a guest
or two and they dine with him off !
the improvised table.
The evening meal in the Roose- i
velt household always has been
supper never dinner. Seldom are
there only members of the family
at this meal. Mrs. Roosevelt says
she never knows if there are to be
“five or fifty in for supper.” But
regardless of the number, or their
places in society, there soon is an
easy, free flow of conversation. |
Mr. Roosevelt sits at one end of
the table, Mrs. Roosevelt at the
other. If conversation lags, one or
the other always has a joke or an
anecdote to relate.
The children have their places
in the dinner scheme. An animated
discussion between Mr. Roosevelt
and Fanny Hurst, the writer, over!
Russia one evening was followed
by 16-year-old John telling of a |
new horse on the farm at Hyde
Park. !
Frequently when the family j
gathers at Krum Elbow, with the
President-elect’s mother, Mrs. Jas.
Roosevelt, the children narrate es
! capades of modern day youth in
tending to shock their grandmoth
er. This appeals to Mr. Roosevelt
and he often joins in.
His grandchildren are favorites
with the President-elect. He takes
an interest in the play and accom
t plishments of Anna Eleanor, 5, and
Curtis Roosevelt Dali, 2, and Sarah j
Delano Roosevelt, eight months old.;
COAST BLOCKADED
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, —The
, Coast Guard has strengthened its
“block1: de” against' rum runners to
the California coast for prospective
Christmas trade, the v local office
reports.
TOMORROW'S THE DAY
A committee of firemen will call
on local business firms Thursday
for donations, prizes, etc-, for the
New Year’s Ball.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Wall street
received Pres. Hoover’s congres
sional speech with favor and stocks
rose one to five points.
English exchange was quoted at
$3.19 7-8 and Canadian exchange
at 85c even. The day’s turnover
was 1,100,000 shares.
Butter was quoted yesterday at
27 cents per pound, cheese at 13c,
extra eggs 29c 'and medium eggs
at 26 cents per dozen
LONG BEACH. Dec. 7, —An early
solution of the murder of Capt. W.
Wanderwell, globe trotter and war
time spy, was promised last night
by autnorities.
They said they hoped to have a
suspect in the case under arrest j
within a short time.
Captain Wanderwell was shot
down in the cabin of his newly
purchased yacht shortly before
midnight Monday night, apparent- I
ly, officers said, by a man whose
face appeared at a porthole mom
entarily to inquire of crew mem- j
bers where the adventurer was to
be found.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 7.—Sixteen
prominent citizens of this city, who
are said to have followed in the
footsteps of A1 Capone’s Chicago j
system of control of gangland and
racketeering, awaited the verdict of
the jury which has been cut 24
hours.
Tom Dennison, the alleged lead
er, and 15 co-defendants, were in
dicted last week.
PROHI AGENT DEAD
HONOLULU, Dec. 7 —J. F. Her
bert, Federal prohibition adminis
trator of Hawaii, died. He re
cently suffered a paralytic stroke.
MORE SHIRTS DEMANDED
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 7.—The
Enro Shirt Company will start ad
ding workers to its force within a
month, it was announced, because
of increased orders.
DEMONSTRATION
LONDON, Dec. 7, —A demonstra
tion demanding that Mrs. Mary
Mooney, mother of Tom Mooney,
be permitted to land in England,
interrupted a debate on the trans
port bill in the House of Commons.
VAN LOAN IN TROUBLE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, —A war
rant charging H. H. Van Loan,
widely known short story writer,
with failure to provide for his 15
year old daughter Gertrude, was
issued by the city 'prosecutors of
fice Tuesday at the request of
Mrs. Gertrude Van Loan.
HEAVYWEIGHT BATTLE
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7, —A bout
between Max Schmeling and Max
Baer, heavyweight boxing title con
tenders, with Jack Dempsey as pro
moter, was in prospect for the Chi
cago World’s Fair next June, ac
cording to announcement here by
Ancil Hoffman, Baer’s manager.
KFQD announced Tuesday even
ing that James Campbell was thot
to be leading L. V. Ray in the Sen
, ate race about 50 votes, according
I to Valdez tabulation.
GANDHI CALLS ON INDIA i
FOONA, India, Dec. 7, —Mahat- !
ma Gandhi issued a proclamation 1
calling on all India to celebrate
“anti-untouchable*’ day on Decern- !
ber 18. He drafted a program de
signed as an appeal to help eradi- j
cate the doctrine of untouchability.!
Nil BODY OF LITTLE
POCATELLO, Idaho, Dec. 7, —!
The nude and broken body of a 13
year-old Indian girl provided Fort
Hall Indian reservation with its
biggest mystery and, perhaps, its1
worst crime in its existence.
The body of Mabel Sawyer was j
found on an island in the Port
neuf river. She had been absent
for nearly two months.
ATHENS, Dec. 7. — Extradition :
papers for the return of Samuel>
Insull, former utilities magnate,^
to Chicago to answer embezzlement:
charges arrived at the United
Statees Legation.
The papers were sent to the
Foreign Ministry for transmission
to the Ministry of Justice and the
Court of Appeals, to fix the date
for hearing.
GENEVA, Dec. 7, —An extraor
dinary session of the League of
Nations assembly was told Tuesday'
that it was their duty to declare
immediately that they have no in
tention of recognizing the inde
pendence of Manchukuo.
Representatives of nations, in
cluding the Irish Free State, de-,
dared themselves as against recog- '
nizing Manchukuo, after further ,
arguments had been advanced by
Japan and China.
HL DAVIS IS FEELING !
HUE AND IN EXCELLENT !
A. F. Davis, pioneer local resident j
and businessman who has been j
residing at Lamoore, Calif., for
over a year with his family, and j
who was seriously injured some!
months ago: is well and hearty and
sends regards to all friends in Sew- |
ard and elsewhere, according to !
Frank Hoseth.
Hosel h, chief radioman on the (
SS Denali, in port today from Seat
tle, recently motored to California
and while in the South visited Al.
He said Al looked fine and is fat,
probably nearing the 250 pound
mark. Hoseth. veteran chief on the
SS Y .kon, which liner is laid up
for the winter, had intended to re
main in the south, with the bath
ing beauties and ail that sort of j
thing, for an indefinite period,
but thp call foi duty reached him
at San Francisco and he drove
back in 32 hours to join the ship.
CHURCH POPULARITY SOUGHT
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec- 7.—
! Changes in organization designed ;
! to make the Federal Council u
; Christ churches in America more
j responsive to its constituer _ were
i recommended in a report submit
i ted to the organization’s quadrien
j nial meeting.
A number of jurors in service
i »t the Valdez court term, returned
i today on the SS Admiral Evans,
i The term is still in session.
LONDON, Dec. 7.—The British
government was apparently becom
ing reconciled to the necessity of
paying the December 15 war debt
instalment as reports reached Lon
don that British suggestions for a
settlement are now being “urged in
Washington.”
Reports concerning the lump sum
settlement idea£. first published in
Britain several months ago as the
plan of British experts have given
rise here to hope that the scheme
will eventually “take hold” in Am
erica
Terms outlined, it is said, to have
the backing of the Bank of Eng
land and reportedly also approv
ed by certain members of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank and the leading
bankers.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Dec. 7.—Dras
tic salary slashes for baseball play
ers next year was recommended by
Branch Rickey of the St. Louis
Cardinals, attending the minor
league conference here
“Any player getting a salary of
$10,000 in 1933 will be an ‘adulter
ated star,’ ” said Rickey. Asked if
this applied to the Cardinals he
said: “The Cardinals will cut sal
aries next season, and I don’t
mean trim salaries. I mean slash
them.”
GiPin TO DRAFT
NEW YORK, Dec 7.—Tammany
Hall surrendered to forces demand
ing economy in city government
just as an organized campaign to
“draft Alfred E. Smith for reor
ganization mayor in 1933” got un
der way.
Smith announced that he “would
not comment for the present” on
the movement, but it appeared
even if he should formally decline
to run, a committee will urge that
his name be written in on the bal
lot.
BEST CHInTsECOOKS
HIRED FOR REGENT II
PIEPING, Deec- 7.—Henry Pu Yi,
regent of the state of Manchukuo
and once the “boy emperor” of Chi
na, is to have the best Chinese
cookery in his extensive manson at
Changchun.
The press learned that eight
cooks and a number of assistants
left for the new capital. All of the
cooks were in the employ of the
former Chinese imperial household.
NEW COAST PLANE SERVICE
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 7 —Plans
for an 18-hour coast to coast air
transport schedule and improve
ment of the San Francisco-Los
Angeles service of trans-continen
tal and Western Air Inc., were an
nounced here Tuesday by Richard
W. Robbins, of Chicago, president
of the Lindbergh line.
RETURNING TO STAGE
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, —Devoting
her services to “charitable pur
poses,” Anna Casern, former Met
ropolitan opera star and now the
wife of Clarence H. Mackay, head
of the large communication sys
tem, will return to the concert
stage, she announced yesterday.
“The