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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 518.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1932.
PRICE I'EN CENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept., 17,—
Speaker John Garner, Democratic
vice presidential nominee, said that
the Republican leadership was pan
*ic stricken. He claimed for the
Democrats a 10,000,000 plurality in
the November election.
Garner arrived from Topeka,
Kas., where he conferred with Gov
ernor Roosevelt. He will leave early
next week for Democratic head
quarters in New York City. His
speaking campaign has not been
arranged.
Garner challenged President
Hoover's assertion before the Wel
fare and Relief Mobilization Con
ference that the President had “se
cured for the Red Cross 85,000.000 j
bushels of wheat, half a million1
bales of cotton” and obtained au- :
thorization for the Reconstruction 1
Finance Corp.. loans to relieve dis- j
tress.
"President Hoover did not obtain
a bushel of wheat or a bale of cot
ton for the Red Cross. It was Con
gress that initiated and passed this
legislation,” he said.
NEW YORK, Sept- 17, —The fight
to come is. for the first time, both
offensive and defensive, in the Le
gion vote to force upon Congress
the payment of the bonus and to
halt all attempts to write a “needs
clause” into veterans’ legislation.
The American Legion will draw
fire from the National Economy
League, U. S. Chamber of Com
merce and other potent adversaries.!
It must also contend with for
midable opposition from inside its
own ranks. This is stronger than
was revealed by the 1167 to 109 pro- '
bonus vote, the M. E. L. announced, i
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SURGED THRU STREETS
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept., 17,—La !
Paz was in a turmoil with indig- J
nant crowds surging in the streets j
after local newspapers had pub-1
hshed leports of alleged Paraguay- j
an published reports which said;
Paraguayan soldiers have been
killing Bolivian stretcher-bearers
and cutting the throats of Bolivian
captives.
Crowds demanded Bolivia send!
an aii- fleet to bombard Ascuncion,!
the Paraguayan capital.
GEM* EXPECTED
PMCIPMFEBEIE
GENEVA, Sept., 17,—League of
Nations officials indicated they ex
pected Germany to participate in
further sessions of the World Dis
armament Conference despite the
reports that the Berlin government
intends to withdraw from further
deliberations.
In a letter to Arthur Henderson,
chairman of the conference, For
eign Minister von Neurath said
Geimany will follow the conference
proceedings “with interest”, and
will determine its future attitude
by the course the conference takes.
playing no favorites
NEW YORK, Sept., 17, —The
ock Exchange ordered members'
to furnish them with “all tele
graphic communications dealing in
any way with topics of a political
nature" handled between Septem
ber 12 and 15 when the Maine elec
I
tion was in progress. This action1
was taken to refute Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s charge that members
were favoring Hoover and playing
the market, accordingly, for the
benefit of public reaction. *
SS. ALEUTIAN SAILS
SEATTLE, Sept., 17,—The SS.
Aleutian sailed from Seattle at 9
[ a. m. today for Alaska with the fol
j lowing passdngers tfor Seward:—
R. C. McKenzie, C- A. Shonacker,
I W. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Amis
Sorenson, Mrs. Maybelle Taylor and
daughter Alva, Thelma Cook, Mrs.
W. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. A. Larsson,
Mrs. S. E. Robbins, Mrs. Nellie Kiki
er, and Miss Kay Oliver.
SHE SHOULD KNOW.
HAS THIED :EM ALL
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Miss Peg
gy Hopkins Joyce has concluded
that literary men make better
company than millionaires, espe
cially if literary men write books
of best seller type.
In an interview Miss Joyce said
she was completing a novel called
“Transatlantic Life.” “Million
aires are all right in their way, but
yen know, they can't compete with
men who are interested in human
nature,” she said.
AERIAL SHAM BATTLE
ROME. Sept-., 17.—Citizens of
Rome will participate in a three- j
day huge sham aerial attack be- J
ginning September 28, the govern- i
ment announced. Conditions akin
to actual war will prevail as the
government carries out its project'
described as a “form of discipline j
in case of war”. Pedestrians who;
fail to participate will be fined.
NEW YORK, Sept., 17,—Declaring i
the bonus demand of the American
Legion is “without fair basis”, and J
that payment would prolong de- j
pression, the National Economyi
League announced it proposes “To
fight thus issue to a finish.”
The National Economy League is j
a nonpartisan group organized for!
the purpose of educating the public |
to demand economies in govern-1
ment.
The advisory board includes Cal- j
vin Coolidge, Alfred E. Smith, Gen- ;
eral John J. Pershing and Newton
D. Baker.
SWALLOWED POISON
| BERLIN, Sept. 17.—Dr. H. Deh
mel, founder of the institute for ad
vice to would-be suicides, killed
himself by swallowing poison.
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FIGHT SEPTEMBER 23
NEWYORK, Sept. 17.—The hea
vyweight fight between Max Schm
vy weight battle between Max
Schmelling and Mickey Walker was
officially postponed until Friday
night, Sept. 23. }
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ABSOLVE BANK
TOKIO, Sept. 17.—The Foreign
Office issued a statement absolv
ing the National City Bank of sus
picion in photographing industrial
plants for advertising, after For
eign Minister Uchida conferred
with Ambassador J. Grew.
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LOWEST LEVEL
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Business
failures dropped to the lowest lev
el of the year with a total of 2,410
compared with 2,547 in July, Brad
streets Weekly reported.
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WILL FAST AS TRIBUTE
LONDON, Sept. 17, —Friends of
the India Society issued a call to
all Indians residing in England to
fast for 24 hours, beginning Sep
tember 20, as a tribute to Mahat
ma Gandhi’s zeal in undertaking
a hunger strike onto death.
WILL NOT RESIGN
BAKER, Ore.,—Mayor Bert L. -
Harvey of Baker will not resign in I
the face of recall petitions being j
circulated against him. He said:!
“To resign would be to admit there!
is substance in the charges placed j
against me.” Continuing he said: \
“They are absolutely false.” 1
AT THE NATIONAL
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(By W. A. S.)
The Bureau of Fisheries is in
formed that on August 19 a ship
ment of 49,334 seal skins, taken
from the Pribiloff Islands this sea
son, arrived in Seattle aboard the
U. S. S Sirius, and were later ship
ped to St. Louis. There the skins
will be tanned and dyed before they
are sold at auction for the account
of the United States Government.
This shipment is about 190 skins
smaller than last season’s kill. The
decrease was caused, it is said, by
unfavorable weather at the Pribi-1
lof Islands, which prevented as;
many young male seals coming:
ashore as anticipated. The seal
skins from the Pribilof Island herd
represent about 80 per cent of the j
world’s supply, and the demand for
these skins determines the price of
seal skin coats and wraps which j
will be worn next season. Thel
Pribilof Island seal herd is consid
ered the most valuable in the
v/orld, and has been under the
management of the Bureau of|
Fisheries since 1910. When the'
government first took charge of |
this herd it numbered about 125,030 !
animals, .and since that time it
has been rebuilt to approximately
l,2CC,0Q0 animals, an increase of
more than a million in 22 years.
In the same period the bureau’s
workers have taken about 500.000
skins from the surplus three-year
cld males.
Dr. Gustax Egloffy oa-Augu-t 21'
reported to the American Chemical j
Society that as a result of his work
in the laboratory of the Universal!
Oil Products Company, Chicago, 60 i
per cent of the oil of a Pribilof fur
bearing seal is anti-knock gasoline.
He further says that the same seal
also yields: 12 per cent of “as
plaalt, suitable for road making,”
i per cent of oil which can operate j
diesel engines, 16 per cent of il-'
luminating gas, 5 per cent of pure i
water. As there is net any demand !
for anti-knock gas among the Es- !
kimos, the research has two indi-'
rect values. For one thing it is!
part of a series reported by Dr.1
Egloff showing many available na- |
tuial products can be converted ;
Qrite unexpectedly into gasoline if i
and when the wrorld needs them.!
Wood from plain trees is one* of:
these sources, he has previously j
reported. Cottonseed oil is an-!
other.
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Almost entirely owned by the;
Federal government the Territory
of Alaska is vitally interested in
the consideration extended it by
the Congress of the United States.
For that reason there is naturally
much apprehension as to just what
attitude may be taken by the ma
jority leadership in the House when
Congress convenes at the coming
short session in December. That
there will be further economies in
the appropriation and expenditure
is evident from an expression that
has just been given by Rep. Joseph
W. Byrnes of Tennessee, chairman
of the House committee on appro
priations, who says: “We are go
ing to start cutting appropriations
to the yery bone from the begin
ning of the session. The country de
mands further retrenchment in
Federal expenditures and the com
mittee will comply.” Delegate
Wickersham has many friends
among both political parties and
has high hopes that he may be able
to prevail upon Congress to extend
fair treatment to Alaska, and not
to sacrifice the best interests of a
patient people and a deserving
Territory by recklessly curtailing
needed expenditures that are ma
terial to the development of a land
rich in natural resources.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and \
party were scheduled to arrive in !
Seattle today; the Democratic
presidential nominee speaks tonite
at 10 in the Civic Auditorium: mid- j
night Seward time. (It was thot j
Sept. 20 was the date.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3; Philadelphia 2.
No other games were played.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 6; Cleveland 2.
New Yo<*T4; Chicago 1.
Washington 8; Detroit 3.
Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 2.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 4; Oakland 3.
San Francisco 7; Portland 5.
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Ml REFUSES TO
MCE HIS MIND
BOMBAY, India, Sept., 17,—
Though the government plans to
release him from prison sometime
next week, Mahatma Gandhi in
sists he will starve himself to
death in protest against Great
Britain’s new communal settle
ment, the press was informed.
Numerous appeals have been sent
Gandhi urging him to forego his
contemplated hunger strike, but'
he rejected them because of objec- j
tions to the government’s plan for i
a separate electorate in India.
ANNA ARRESTED
VIENNA, Sept. 17—Anna May
Wong, Chinese-American film star,
and Rudolf Primal, noted compos
er, were arrested at Wiener Neu
stadt, Austria, charged with run- j
ning down and seriously injuring i
a cyclist with their automobile, i
WED 81 TIFF
WASHINGTON, Sept., 17, _
Because of United States import'
levies on copper, El Boleo Mining!
Company, operating in Lower Cali- j
fornia, will market its metal ini
Europe.
The company has sent the first!
shipment of 800 metric tons of cop- ;
per, to Guaymas, for shipment to i
San Francisco, whence it will be j
re-exported to Europe.
I
LOG, INTER MM
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 17.—
Frank Leforque was spending the
day pondering on the dangers of
leaping before looking. Crossing
a canyon, Leforque mistook a dark
blob on the ground for a log and
unceremoniously, he leaped upon
it. to be thrown for a loss as the
blob galvanized into 800 pounds of
black bear fury.
Leforque clinched with the ani
mal and tumbled down the sides
of a gully. As he rolled he pulled
his knife from, its scabbard and
plunged it in the bear’s side.
At the foot of the gully the pair
separated and Leforque managed
to reach his rifle and shoot the
bear dead. The man’s arm and
shoulder were badly mangled and
torn in the conflict.
BOW TO YOUTH
BALTIMORE, Sept. 17, — J. Good
man of Omaha, defeated Francis
Ouimet of Boston, defending cham
pion, four and two in the semi-fin
al round of the National amateur
golf championship, while R. Som
mervillee of Canada defeated J.
Guilford of Boston, seven and six.
Goodman and Sommerville will
today to decide the championship, i
Lieut. Comdr. J. F. Warris, com
mander of the U. S. S. Swallow,
was a guest of the Seward Country
Club Friday where he enjoyed a
couple of rounds of golf with H. S.
and A. D. Balderston, local cham
pions. Commander Warris, though \
not having many opportunities to
keep in practice, nevertheless made
the champions extend themselves.'
BUY MACHINE GUNS
COPENHAGEN, Sept., 17,—Over
$500,000 worth of machine guns
have been purchased from a Dan
ish rifle syndicate by an unnamed
South American country, the press
learned. It was understood the
purchase was made by Paraguay
currently in dispute with Bolivia
over Gran Chaco area.
OLDEST NEW JERSEY
WOMM PISSES ON
NEWARK, N. J., Sept., 17,—Mrs.
Dora Meyer, believed to be the
oldest woman in New Jersey and
among the oldest in the coun
try, died at the age of 116 years, j
The aged woman, who had out-j
lived three husbands and all save
one of her children, had attributed
her longevity to the fact that she
ate a dozen eggs each day, provid
ed heii finances permitted.
CHINA SPEAKS PLAINLY
SHANGHAI, Sept., 17,—The For
eign office instructed W. W. Yen,
Chinese delegate to the League, to
request early action on the Lytton
report. “Japan’s policy is one of:
violence, murder and conquest with
territorial aggrandisement as its |
objective”, the government declar
ed.
MIAMI, Ariz, Sept, 17, — Two
men were killed and the town of:
Miami threatened with distruction
by an explosion of gasoline during
the filling of a storage drum.
Ike Frazer, a former secretary of'
the State of Arizona and manager
of the company’s branch, was
burned to death.
Ralph Kawes, truck driver, died
when thrown into the air and into
the crest of the flame.
The combined fire departments,
of Miami and Globe worked for
three hours to check spread of the |
flames. The damage is estimated at
$75,0CQ.
NOTED SCIENTIST DIES
LONDON, Sept., 17,—Sir Ronald
Ross, noted physician, died after a
long illness.
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RETURN SAFELY
TOKIO, Sept. 17.—Henry Kin- j
ney, an American, and J. N. Bell- j
ington, a British newspaper man, j
reported kidnapped by bandits who j
wrecked a passenger train on thej
Chinese Eastern Railway, arrived
safely in Harbin.
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“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17.—Judge
Will G. Fields suspended a $25
traffic fine imposed on Leonard
Lamborn on condition that Lam
born, who had sold his saxaophone
to pay the fine, continue to do with
out the instrument.
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STORMY ROMANCE
NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, Sept.
The stormy romance of Lina
Basquette, actress, and Teddy
Hayes, former trainer for Jack
Dempsey, ended when she sued for
divorce.
DON TAKES BRIDE
GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 17,_
Kaye Don, British automobile and
speed-boat racer, apd Miss Eileen
Martin, 21 year-old heiress of a
wealthy textile manufacturer o f
this city, were married here.
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BODY FOUND
PLYMOUTH, Mass., Sept., 17,—
The body of Mrs. Edith Dubois,
who$e husband committed suicide
Friday morning, was found under!
the cement floor of the celar in the j
Dubois summer heme at Great j
Herring Pond,, near here. The {
finding of the body and the sui-J
cide of Dubois, tlimaxed a sensa-j
tional search for the woman who!
vanished from home five weeks |
ago.
Cm REFUSES JO
SEHTIOm
MIST PICKET®
SOUIX CITY, Sept., 17,—Gover
nor Dan Turner refused the request
of Souix City authorities for use
of the National guard to put a stop
to picketing of highways by farm
ers.
The Governor said negotiations
were pending which led him to be
lieve the difficulty will be ironed
out in a few days. Business men
planned to send the Governor a
second appeal.
The original request for the
guard was made by Sheriff John
Davenport after four carloads of
deputies had been lured into the
country by a false telephone call
for help and then stoned as they
ran thru the picket lines. The
blockade has continued with fre
qucnu outbreaks of violence in
spite of the fact a truce in the
farm strike was called by the
Farmers Association.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 17,—
The> stop talking football to start
playing it today on the Pacific
Coast; one team playing a double
header. The “Golden Bears” of
California get the dual workout as
they meet the California “Aggies”
and the “All-Navy” aggregation in
this afternoon’s program.
“Pop” Warner’s Stanford squad
engages the Olympic Club, its time
honored foe of the season openings.
Oregon States gees into action
and holds little if any edge over
Gonzaga University at Spokane,
Wash.
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j WASHINGTON, Sept., 17, —
Net railway operating income of
the Class 1 railways in the United
States amounted, in the first six
j months of 1932. to a total of 112
000.000.
This figure represented a reduc
tion of more than 53 per cent be
low the corresponding months of
last year.
Even more important, however,
as indicative of the seriousness of
the present railway situation, is the
fact that this net railway operat
ing income earned in the first of
this year is sufficient to pay less
than half of the interest due upon
railway bonds outstanding, and is
less than one-third of the amount
required to pay the total railway
fixed charges which have accrued
in this period.
AN AUTHORITY
PARIS, Sept., 17,—U. S. Senator
D. A. Reed, considered an authority
on the Sino-Japanese situation, ar
rived from London reportedly to
confer with members of the French
Cabinet on the International sig
nificance of Japan’s recognition of
Manchukuo. Senator Reed repre
sented the United States in nego
tiations with Japan during the
London Naval Conference.
SORTIES REPULSED
ASUNCION, Para., Sept. 17, _
Two sorties by Bolivian soldiers
.defending Fort Boqueron in an ef
fort to break thru the encircling
Paraguayan lines, failed when the
attackers over-powered the ene
my and took them prisoners, an un
official report said. Paraguayan ar
tillery is preventing Bolivians from
escaping toward Fort Arce, anoth
er Announcement said.
The Frank Towle prospecting
party who have been down in the
Funny River country, returned Fri
day night. Huff, the mechanical
genius at Ogles Garage, who went
along as packer, is now packed in
bed, it is reported, recuperating
from the grueling “mush” to which
he was not accustomed.