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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 26.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1933.
PRICE i Ei\ x LMs
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 1, —
A broadside against debt cancel
lation was fired Tuesday in the
Senate as Sir Ronald Lindsay,
British ambassador, left for New
York to sail for London to report
on the Anglo-American debt ne
gotiations.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
Democrat of Illinois, warned
•against “carefully organized and
secret propaganda” to secure ex
tension of the debt moratorium,
with the ultimate aim of saddling
the debt load on American tax
payers.
He charged the purpose is to
cancel, reduce or compromise the
debts under the pretense that
American citizens will be benifit
ed by foreign nations spending
moer money in the United States
in purchase of goods and supplies
of other kinds. He denounced the
entire scheme.
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After five years of exceptionally j
active service as secretary of the j
Seward Chamber of Commerce, j
Leonard Hopkins tendered his res
ignation to that body at Tuesday’s
regular meeting.
"This is not an unpremeditated
act on my part,” Mr. Hopkins said,
nor 'o it the result of friction or ,
dissatisfaction of any sort. As a
matter of fact I am rather reluc- j
tant to give up the work, in which !
I have been deeply interested for
the past four to five years.
"However, situations have devel
oped which make it quite clear to
all that the Chamber in some of
it’s major undertakings would be
better off with a secretary who is
not a Federal employee. It will
be appreciated that I have been, j
and can be, of practically no ser- !
vice to the Seward Chamber of j
Commerce in numerous dealings j
with various departments of the j
Federal government, many such
instances being controversial, and i
rendering my position one of em-J
barrassment, not only to me, butj
to my employers and sometimes ■
the Chamber as well.”
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CHICAGO, Feb. 1, —A grand
jury indictment was reported yes
terday against Frank Nitti “finan
cial brains” of the Capone organ
ization and known as “The en
forcer,” on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon.
A true bill was said to have been
voted naming him in the attempt
to kill Detective Harry Lang, shot
during a raid on Nitti’s headquar
ters here. Nitti was seriously
wounded by Lang.
DIVIDEND PREFERRED i
STEEL STOCK REOl»
NEW YORK, Feb. 1,—The United
States Steel Corp., reduced the
dividends on its preferred stock.
The announcement was made af
ter a meeting of the board of di
rectors.
The directors declared a quar
terly dividend of 50 cents a share,
placing the stock on a $2 annual
basis, against $7 previously.
MOTHER KILLED
SAN JOSE, Feb. 1,—Thrown onto
the pavement when an automobile
overturned at Morgan Hill, Mrs. F.
Nieto, 39, was killed. Her son,
Raymond, driving the car, escaped
serious injury. The machine skid
ded on the slippery pavement
when the breaks locked at an in
tersection.
STRUCK BY CAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 —
Struck by an a u t o m o b i 1 e as he
stepped from a streetcar at Powell
and Lombard Sts., Frank Fioranel
li, 20, suffered a leg fracture and
possible skull fracture. He was
taken to Harbor Emergency Hospi
ta*‘
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL
BLONDE WAS FOUND
‘'CROCKED'' IN HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, —A
beautiful blonde who had in her
purse an identification card bear
ing the name Corliss Palmer, not
ed beauty contest winner, was
taken from a leading downtown
hotel to the central emergency
hospital where her case was diag
nosed as “acute alcoholism”.
At the hotel she registered as
Corliss Hason; cards in her purse,
however, bore the name of Corliss
Modena Palmer, of Hollywood.
The Hollywood film beauty, Cor
liss Palmer is the estranged wife
of Eugene V. Brewster, former mul
ti-millionaire magazine publisher
whose millions lifted her to fame.
Asked if she was Corliss Palmer,
the girl replied, “I refuse to an
swer on the grounds that it might
incriminate me.”
NEW THEORY NATURAL
CHICAGO, Feb. 1—A new theory
of natural birth control was under
scrutiny by a group of Roman
Catholic physicians and officials
in Chicago.
A combined note of caution and
optimism was uttered by those in
terested in a study of the new
theory, acceptance of which, they
indicated, would have far-reaching
effects on the lives of believers in
the Catholic faith.
The theory under examination
is that there are regularly recur
ring periods of fertility and ster
ility in women under normal con
ditions.
SHARKEY CLAIMS HE'S it
MOTHER WONT AGREE
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, (JP)—Jack
Sharkey, the heavyweight champ
ion. insists he is 30 years of age
and is so listed in the records, but
his mother, Mrs. Agnes Cukoschay,
declares he is only 29.
It seems that Jack ran away to
join the navy when he was 15 and
found it expedient to give his age
as 16. He’s never given back that
year.
Bin BIO TOUGH
BREAK GROCEBV STORE
NEW YORK, Feb. 1,—Of all the
things Alfred Rollo could have lost
while burglarizing a grocery store,
he left behind the most damaging.
Police found Rollo’s birth cer
tificate lying on the floor of the
store. When it was produced in
court during the trial Rollo admit
ted it was his. The jury found
him guilty.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1,—Dr. Frank
C. Vizetelly, lexicographer, said
the new edition of the dictionary
he edits, already on the press, will
define technocracy as “The scien
tific reorganization of natural
energy and resources, coordinating
industrial democracy to effect the
will of the people.”
In 1932 it was used to express “a
revaluation of industrial output in
terms of human energy.”
PROSPECTING RAGES
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL:
PAYSTREAKS FOONO
When we began preaching pros- j
pecting as a means for solving our
own local problems we had no idea
how far our words would carry and
how the idea would take root, in
the nation.
Even President-elect Roosevelt
is doing it, with Vice-President
elect Garner variously in the guise
of the pack animal and assistant.
Congressmen who have hitherto
sat upon the back benches like
warts on a pickle, their presence
becoming known only through the
roll-call, have shouldered their
picks and begun seeking leads.
Unlike our Alaskan aristocrat,
the new administration is confin
ing its activities to prospecting in
the various departments for holes1
thru which national revenue has}
been leaking like a sieve.
What were small leads or string- J
ers panning a few colors have de- !
veloped into bonanzas which rival
the Alaska Juneau.
Here are a few of the stringers
struck:
Items involving expenditures of1
$100,000 or more;
First, important expenditures in
the entomology bureau:
Fruit and shade tree
insects -—-$400,000
Truck and garden crop
insects - $375,000
Forest insects--— $199,000
Cereal and forage
insects- 433,000
Cotton insects - 208,d00
Insects affecting man and
animals - 140,000
Household and stored prod
ducts insects- 116.^00
Taxonomy and interrela
tions of insects- 206,000
Meantime the bureau of plant
industry also is busy, spending
money as follows:
Barberry eradication — $302,000
Blister rust control- 471.000
Cereal crops and diseases 548.000 ,
Cotton production and
diseases -*- 208,000
Dry land agriculture - 339,000
Forage crops and diseases 257,000
Foreign plant introduc
tion - 209,000
Fruit and vegetable crops
disease- 1,307,000
Rubber, fibre and other
tropical plants - 126,000!
Sugar plant investigation 372,000 ;
Western irrigation culture 173,000
Expenditures of less than $100,
000 each were made for these
items: Botany, citrus canker erad
ication, drug and related plants,
gardens and grounds, genetics and
biophysics, mycology and disease
survey, nematology, phony peach
eradication, plant nutrition inves
tigations, seed investigations, to
bacco investigations and root rot
investigations.
And the quarantine bureau also
is on the job with the following
expenditures:
Foreign plant quaran
tines - $669,000
Pink boll worm control— 347,000
Gypsy and brown tail
moth control - 605,000
European corn borer
control - 864.000
Japanese beetle control — 414,000
Mexican fruit worm
control - 112,000
Expenditures' of less than $100,
000 each were made for: Transit
inspection, parlatoria date scale,
thurberia weevil control, white
pine blister control, phony peach
disease control, certification of
exports and Mediterranean fruit
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OPEN SKIRMISH
CLEVELAND, Feb. 1,—Several
squads of police and nearly 300
unemployed clashed in an open
skirmish at an associated charities
relief station here.
EXPLODED AND SANK
SAN PEDRO, Feb. 1,—The coast
guard liquor patrol boat 804, sank
20 miles off Carlsbad, San Diego
County, following an explosion
and fire, the coast guard was in
formed by radio- The crew of
four escaped in a dory, was picked
up by the fishing boat Mary and
taken to San Diego.
RESTING WELL
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 1Mrs. Will
Rogers, wife of the cowboy humor
ist, was reported resting comforta
bly in a hospital after undergoing
an operation for apendicitis.
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GRANTED REPRIEVE
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1, —Pat
Noble, Los Angeles negro, under
sentence to hang Friday at Folsom
prison, was granted a reprieve un
til April 7 by Governor Rolph.
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ADMIRAL RETIRING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1,—R ear
Admirals Jehu V. Chase and Frank
S. Schofield, members of the Navy
General Board, will retire Wednes
day, having reached the statuory
retirement age of 64.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
OSSINGING, N. Y., Jan. 31. —
Thomas Fennely was so absorbed
in his work he didn’t hear the sing
song roll call. Guards found him
bisily chiseling a hole in the ceil
ing of his cell.
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WEAK AND FLAT
NE WYORK, Feb. 1,—F e e 1 i n g
“weak and flat’’ after a recent at
tack of influenza, Sir Malcolm
Campbell arrived aboard the Aqui
tania, intent unon surpassing his
world’s automobile speed record of
253.9 miles per hour.
AUTO ACCIDENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1,—John j
Gillogley, 26, suffered a possible j
skull fracture and his wife, Mrs. j
Rosamond Gillogley, was shaken
when an automobile in which they
were riding, overturned in a collis
ion.
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APPOINTED TO BOARD
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1.—Gover
nor Rolph appointed R. V. Garrod,
Saratoga fruit grower, a member
of the State Board of Agriculture,
succeeding A. T. Spencer, Wood
land, resigned.
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DEPORT DOUKHOBORS
PRINCE ALBERT. Sask., Feb. 1,
—The venerable Pater Veregin,
leader of the Canadian Doukho
bors, who fight their battles by
disrobing in public, was enroute
East, presumably for deportation
to Russia.
DIED IN AUTO
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, —The
body of Francis J. Travers, 55, of
Seattle, was found slumped in his
automobile on the U. C. L. A. cam
pus here. Carbon monoxide fumes
carried from the exhaust thru a
hose had caused his death.
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EXTRADITING TWO
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1,—District
Attorney Buron Fitts expected to
begin today extradition proceed
ings to return here two young men
held at Winnetka, 111., whom he
identified thru photographs as the
pair that robbed him and several
dinner guests January 5.
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KAISER SATISFIED
LONDON, Feb- 1, —The former
Kaiser has made no plans to re
turn to Germany, the comptroller
of his household at Doom was
quoted as telling the Evening
Standard in a telephone interview.
His imperial majesty expresses no
opinion on the present government
in Germany*, the comptroller said.
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DIED FROM BURNS
SAN FFANCISCO, Feb. 1,—Burns
suffered Monday when his auto
mysteriously burst into flames
after it stalled on Mraket St., at
Corbettt Road, caused the death
of Hal Hallstrom, 34, sales promo
tion manager of the Johns Man
ville Sales Corpn., 159 New Mont
gomery St.
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STRIKE CONTINUES
DETROIT, Feb. 1,—The walkout
in the Briggs auto body manufac
turing plant continues unabated
despite the fact Henry Ford de
livered an ultimatum that if the
plant was not in operation by
Tuesday noon, he would begin the
manufacture of bodies himself. A
supply of tear gas bombs are on
h^nd within the plant to repell
-,''vdd they break in.
GIRL FOUND FROZEN
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 1Her
hands and feet badly frozen, Anna
May Uhlman, 22, whose parents
live in Napa, Calif., was found by
an Indian trapper off the trail
seven miles north of Telegraph
Creek. The girl was believed to
be on a hiking trip from Califor
nia to Alaska.
COMMUNISTS CII.L
INDUSTRIAL STRIKE III
PROTESTTO HITLER
BERLIN, Feb. 1, —Communists
and Socialists called for a general
strike Tuesday against the govern
ment of Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader,
while Hitler began his first day as
Chancellor by seeking Parliamen
tary support to guarantee the ex
istence of his regime.
First strike efforts of the Com
munists and Socialists combined
to form a united front against Hit
ler, were unsuccessful.
Dock workers at Hamburg,!
ignored the demands of agitators.
Tram car window’s were smashed
,and shots were fired before Com
munists were dispersed.
mimic FLEET JOINS
PICK INEIffiRS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1,-^The
Atlantic fleet, now engaged in
scouting maneuvers in Hawaiian
waters, will join its sister fleet, the
battle force, in San Francisco Bay
on February 17, for a lG-aay stay.
Together the two fleets wall par
ticipate in the ground breaking
ceremony for the Golden Gate
bridge on February 26.
ADVICE VIA KEYHOLE
FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 1.—It
was keyhole advice that Frank E.
Nelson, charged with arson, got
from his lawyer. While Nelson
w'as being questioned in a hospital
room his attorney, denied entrance
shouted thru the hole, "Don’t sign;
anything!” So Nelson didn’t.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Feb. 1—In 1932
Norfolk and Western earned $1130
a common share against $14.39 in
1931. A prominent wholesale com
modity price index was 56.3 against
56.9 preceding week. Woolworth
earned $2.77 a share against $3.34
in 1931. Higher stock prices are
cooked for.
A1 Chem 85%, Am Smelt 13Vs,
Am Tel 104% Am Can 60%, Am Tob
61, Auburn 46%, Baldwin 5, B and
O 10%, Beth Steel 14%, Cal Pack
9, Can Pac 11%, Case 46, Chrysler
13%, Con Gas 58%, Dupont 39%,
Eastman 58%, Gen Elec 15%, Gen
Foods 24, Gen Motors 13%, Good
rich 4"%, Goodyear 15%, Int Tel 7,
Loews 16, Mont Ward 13%, Dairy
Prod 14%, Pac Gas 30, Penn RR
18%, Pullman 22, Radio 4%, Radio
Keith 1%, Simmons 6%, So Pac:
18%, Std Cal 24%, Un Carbide |
26%, Wu Tel 26%, Westinghouse ■
29, Woolworth 22%, Wor Pump 15.
English Sterling 3.39 3-16.
BONES OF COILD FOOND
IN [OGEE'S NESI
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Feb. 1,
—Bones and pieces of clothing
found Sunday in the nest of a
royal eagle in the topmost branch
es of a fir tree, solved the disap
pearance in August, 1931, of the
two-year-old son of a farmer on
the eastern Finnish frontier.
The remains of the eagle’s vic
tim were found when the fir tree
was cut down.
DIG IN ROMAN CAMPS
XANTEN, Germany, Feb. 1,—Ex
cavation of the permanent camps
of the Fifth and 15th Roman Le
gions has been resumed by the
Bonn Museum after a long delay
due to lack of funds. Foundations
of a barracks and of shops along
a “Main Street” were previously
uncovered.
PBSTGFFICE BILL
DEBDTE IS LIMITED
FIFTEEN MINUTES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1, —
The Senate limited debate to 15
minutes for any Senator or any
subject on the Treasury postoffice
appropriation bill.
This means that the Johnson
amendment to have the govern
ment adopt the “Buy American”
policy in purchases of supplies and
building materials will be voted on
possibly today.
, Immediate legislative action to
preserve American markets for
American labor and industry was
demanded in a Senate speech by
Senator Henry D. Hatfield, Re
publican from West Virginia.
FRESH OUTBURST OF
BERLIN, Feb. 1, —Adolf Hitler’s
appointment as Chancellor precip
itated fresh outbursts of politi
cal violence Tuesday in which three
persons were killed and at least
35 injured. About 300 Communists
were arrested.
But the new Fascist govern
ment appeared to have weathered
threats of a general Communist
strike and riots in several cities
were dispersed by police.
The Nazi leader’s first day at
the head of the Reich was marked
by negotiations designed to win
for him the toleration of the 70
members of the Centrist party in
the Reichstag, who would give him
a majority and pave the way for
constitutional rule.
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BOSTON, Feb. 1.—Charles King
Solomon, Boston night club pro
prietor, recently indicted by a fed
eral jury in New York in connec
tion with a $14,000,000 rum smug
gling conspiracy, was brought into
the city hospital fatally wounded.
A taxi driver found him lying on
the sidewalk outside a night culb
in which Solomon had a part in
terest. There were bullet wounds
in his abdomen, head and neck.
“The dirty rat got me”, was Solo
mon’s only statement to police be
fore he died.
BUDAPEST REDEEMS
BUDAPEST, Feb. 1, (£>)—1When
really cold weather reached Buda
pest, the city government redeem
ed 40,000 overcoats from the public
pawn shops and turned them back
to their insolvent owners. Nearly
400,000 garments remained in
pawn.
In the first 10 months of last
year the amount owned on pawned
objects increased from $3,700,000 to
$7,647,000. Within the year 173,000
articles were redeemed, but last
spring 154,000 winter garments
were pawned.
STMH CHAIN HEATS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1,—Police
coordinated a strange chain of
events in the hope of finding a
clue to the murder of Paul Robin
son, whose bullet riddled body was
found in San Mateo County Nov. 1.
Lincoln L. Lindsay was arrested
for questioning after an automo
bile assertedly used by gangsters
in an attempted assassination was
in front of the Belvedere house
identified as one often seen parked
from which Robinson, asserted
bootlegger, disappeared last Octo
ber.