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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 22.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANU * RY 27,1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BIG BANKERS HAVE
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 27.—
A senate investigation into charg
es that the big bankers have a
“strangle hold” on industry thru
their directorates of corporations
was favored by Chairman Norris
of the Senate judiciary committee.
The charges were made by John
P. Frey, secretary and treasurer of
the metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor at
a hearing of the five-day 30-hour
w’eek bill sponsored by Senator
Black (Dem.. Ala.).
Such conditions. Mr. Norris
agreed, were “intolerable in a free
country.” and ought to be investi
gated.
Mr. Frey said he had traced the
corporation affiliations of partners
in 16 large banking concerns in
New York, including J. P. Morgan
& Company and Kuhn & Loeb.
"I found that these partners held
71 directorships in other banks and
996 directorships in public utilities,
insurance agencies and manufac
turing firms. The bankers’ control
of credit now makes it impossible
for employers to do what they can
to improve conditions,” Mr. Frey
said.
, MOROCCAN TRIBESMEN
TIKE THE win,
SAINT LOUIS. Senegal, Jan. 27.
Moroccan tribesmen were on the
"war path after rain and snov. .iad
halted their activities. . . ,
It was indicated that units of |
the French Foreign Legion soon
would be co-operating with native
troops against the insurrectos.
A raiding party of 60 Ouleadelim
tribesmen descended on the out - j
lines. The French are able to put;
post of Rayjouyt and cut telegraph
infantry, cavalry, aritllerj men and
motorized machine gun units to
the field.
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FOOTBALL RECEIPTS
GIVEN FOB RELIEF
ANAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 27—.One
third of the Navy’s share of the j
proceeds from the Army-Navy
game in Philadelphia in December;
has been distributed to relief or
ganizations in 34 cities in 23 states.:
the District of Columbia and Ha
waii. Rear Admiral Thomas C.
Hart. Academy superintendent, an
nounced.
Rear Admiral Hart said a con
tribution had been made to the
community chest of Baltimore,
with the request that the money
be used for the relief of needy sea- i
men
BOMBAY, Jan. 27.—Gandhi was
expected to begin a new “fast un
to death” because “untouchables
are forbidden to enter temples for
religious worship.
“The government’s refusal to
sanction the temple entry bill is
a tragedy,” Ganhi told the press, j
He declined further commentj
pending study of the government’s j
plans.
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BREAKERS AHEAD
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 27
Offers to help recall Governor
Rolph came to the Grange from
virtually every section of the state
Thursday as leaders of the farm
organizations met to prepare form- j
al arguments with which they |
hope to convince the people that j
the Governor should be forced out
of public life. j
HOPE EXPRESSED
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 27.—The
belief was expressed by attorneys
for Winnie Ruth Judd that a tem
porary stay from execution will be
granted while the state investi
gates her story of self-defense.
IK CROWS PROIIO
OF THEIR BRIEF CAREER:
CONFESS TO ROEOOPS
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—Two young
men, just old enough to vote, re
lated with manifest pride that it
was none other than they who
held up Irene Dunn, film actress,
District Attorney Buron Fitts at
Los Angeles and a succession of
victims from the Pacific coast to
Chicago's North Shore.
Ralph Lane and Howard M.
Steward are the pair. They were
arrested on Sheridan road in Win
netaka Tuesday night and recog
nized since by several victims of
robberies along the North Shore
suburbs.
Police said they had obtained
confessions from Lane and Stew
art that they held up a bridge par
ty at the home of the Los Angeles
district attorney and obtained $280.
HUBBARD RETURNS TO COAST
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.—Ber
nard Hubbard. S. J., returned here
Thursday from a lecture tour of
the East. He longs to be back in
Alaska, he said, to continue his
scientific exploration of volcanoes
“where everyone helps the next
person and where there is no de
pression.’’ He said he would return
to Alaska in May en route to the
Aleutians Islands.
WEIRS SENITE FLUOR
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 27.—
The Senate of the United States
witnessed an extraordinary inci
dent believed to have a bearing
on Europe’s drive to cancel the war
debts due to this country.
Escorted by Senator Joe T. Rob
inson of Arkansas, Democratic
leader. Sir Ronald Lindsay, British
Ambassador, appeared on the Sen
ate floor and held discussions with
several members. Rules of the Sen
ate do not extend floor privileges
to foreign envoys
HIE SLAVE 1111
CALIFORNIA EXPOSED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.—Federal
agents made sensational disclos
ures Thursday of an alleged white
slave ring operating throughout
the greater portion of Southern
California.
Jim Hirada, a Japanese cafe
owner, was named as the ringlead
er. with U. Niveda, a Mexican, as1
his assistant.
The disclosure was made follow-1
ing investigation of large ship- j
ments of cash Hirada was sending |
monthly to Japan, the last being
850,000.
DIRIGIBLE SUN HELD
PRISONER HI ELEMENTS
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—A gale
lashed the New Jersey and Long
Island coasts while the naval di
rigible Akron flew in wide circles
in the air, made a prisoner by the
elements.
The big ship left her hangar at
Lakehurst, N. J., before the storm
broke and when it was time to re
turn a gale of 40 miles an hour
was whipping in the coast. It found
a calm area in the region of Buf
falo and Rochester and cruised
there all night.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 27—Re
ports slowly coming in last night
from a count of the ballots in Tues
day’s election in the Irish Free
State showed President Eamon De
Valera headed for an apparent
majority over all other parties in
the next session of the Dail Eire
ann.
The standing of the parties at j
8:15 last night was 8 Finana Fail
'De Valeras party), 40 sents; Wil
liam Cosgraves’ party (Cume Na
Ngahael), 20: Independents, 6; La
bor, 5: Central. 3, and Independent.
Labor 1. At this time De Valera
had a majority over all parties]
combined, and with his ally, the
Labor party, had a considerable
majority.
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TO MATCH SOVIET
TOKIO. Jan. 27, —Japan is
striving to build a military air
force equal to the Soviet Russia
aerial squadron. Minister of War
Sadao Aarki told the House of
Peers in replying to an interpella
tion.
In pointing out the need for
adequate military air equipment
the War minister emphasized the
recent statement by Josef Stalin
that fulfillment of Soviet issues of
the five-year plan had been ham
pered by the necessity of prepar
ing for war.
ADOPT WESTERN CALENDAR
SHANGHAI. Jan. 27.—With the
beginning of the present Chinese
New Year the Natio'nal government
has officially adopted the Western
calendar year.
TI STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK. Jan. 27.—Activities
amonk rails were the bright spots
on Thursdays market. Twenty
five railroads issued earnings re
ports. Steel had a bad day: cotton i
and wheat moved slowly.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27. —!
Prices changed in firm light trad-1
ing on the San Francisco stock j
exchange. A few issues show’ed j
fractional movement, but the maj-l
ority held unchanged from pre-,
vious closing levels.
Curb shares held in a narrow j
range after a steady opening. The
American telephone and Southern
California Edison each showed j
fractional gains
Als. Juneau 12%, Am. Can 60%, j
Am. Smelt. 1312. Ame. Fone 10534.
Am. Tobac. 62%, Auburn 46%. Bal- j
dwin 5%. B. & O. 9%, Beth. Steel ;
15, Cal. Pkg. 9%. Can. Pac. 1214,
Case 46%, Chrysler 14, on. Gas
5S34, Dupont 39%. Eastman 59%,
Gen. Elec. 15%, Gen. Foods 24%,
Gen. Mots. 13•%, Goodrich 5%,
Goodyear 16%, Int. Tel. 7%. Monty
Ward 14%, Dairy Prod. 15, Pac.
Gas 2974, Penn. Ry. 13%, Pullman
22%, Radio 4%, Radio Keith 13%,
Simmons 7, So. Pac. 177/8, Std. Oil.
Calif., 2474, Un. Carbide 27%. Un.
Oil. Cal. 10%, Un. Pac. 74%. Steel
28%, Steel, prd. 6174•
FIRST DELIVERY OP
AIRilL MT.
BURBANK. Calif., Jan. 27.—The
first delivery of air mail to Mount
Wilson. 6.000-foot peak, back of Los
Angeles and site of the famous
Mount Wilson observatory, was
made yesterday.
It was an unique flying maneu
ver which also provided the first
communication the scientists there
have had with the outside world
in 10 days.
AND THE LADY WON
CHICAGO, Jan. 27, —A bitter le
gal battle between Albert Brun
ker, millionaire Chicagoan, and
his divorced wife. Mrs. Margaret |
Ruppert, over custody of their two
children, ended in victory for Mrs.
Ruppert.
GRANTED DIVORCE
LONDON, Jan. 27, —Lady Doro-;
thy Mills, well konwn author and;
traveller and the first English
woman to visit Timbuctoo, was
granted a Nisi decree of divorce
from A. H. Mills. The suit was notj
defended.
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ONLY HALF-SHOT
CHICAGO. Jan. 27, —Actors in;
“The Song of the Flame’’ rushedj
to storm the castle. “I’m shot!”|
cried William Dalton, 27. a castle j
guard. Sure enough he was. Wad- j
ding from a blank cartridge in-1
flieted a deep thigh wound.
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LA BARBARA FAVORED i
NEW YORK. Jan. 27.—Fidel La j
Barbara of California is a 2 to 11
favorite to beat Seaman Tom Wat
son, British featherweight cham
pion, tonight in their scheduled 12
round bout at Madison Square
Garden.
ENGLAND RETRENCHING
LONDON, Jan. 27.—The govern
ment, for reasons of economy, has
displaced some of the policemen on
duty at the Houses of Parliament,
using a new corps of custodians
instead at a saving of 13.000 pounds
a year.
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CAN’T FIND HIM
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 27.—Po
lice inspectors reported they had
traced a man allegedly sent here
from San Francisco by the Com
munist party to undermine the
confidence in Portland banks, but
that they had been unable to ar
rest him.
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WORKERS RECALLED
TOLEDO, Ohio. Jan. 27.—More
than 3.000 workers have been re
called by 51 major factories here
since January 1 and a further gain
of more than 2.000 is expected to
be shown on account of big re
employment by the Willys Over
land Company. *
OPERATIONS INCREASING
NEW YORK, Jan. 27—Building!
operations are increasing, accord
ing to F. W. Dodge Corporation,
which reported new construction
contracts awarded in 37 states east
of the Rockies from January 1 to
January 15 totaled S43.261.300 as;
against $37,312,000 in the corre-!
sponing period of 1932.
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TSK! TSK! TSK!
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27.—Prince j
Lennart of Sweden, who has been j
plain Mr. Bernadette since he dis- i
obeyed the king and married Miss|
Karin Missvandt, a commoner, last I
year, was reported to have applied
for a job as a radio announcer j
with the Swedish Broadcasting;
Company.
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ADMISSIONS REDUCED
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27.—Di
rectors of the Pacific Coast Base
ball League voted unanimously for
minimum admission prices of 25
cents for bleachers and 40 cents for
grand stand seats. No maximums
were set, parmitting each club to
fix its own admissions at those or
larger amounts.
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WON HANDICAP
NEWBURY, Eng., Jan. 27.—Chat
terer, owned by Mrs. F. Ambrose
Clark of New York, won the Janu
ary handicap hurdle race with an
other American horse, J. Metcalf’s
Mince second. Third place went
to G. Todd’s Priddy Hill. Chatter
er was seven to one in the betting
and Mince seven to two. Priddy
Hill was at four to one.
The SS Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co.,
was reported out of Cordova at 5
a. m. today which would bring her
into Seward 8 in the morning .
JUDD CLEMENCY PLEA
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 27.—The
state board of pardons and paroles
will hear the clemency plea of
Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned
murderess either January 30 or
February 1, it was announced.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 27. j
—Bennett Champ Clark, son of the
famous speaker of the House,
Champ Clark, who came so near to
winning the Democratic presiden
tial nomination from Woodrow
Wilson in 1912, is being rushed
forward into a position of national
prominence.
Senator Harry B. Hawes of Mis
souri in .ending his resignation
to Governor Guy B. Park, paved
the way for his youthful protege,!
Senator-elect Clark, to obtain se
niority over other newly-elected
members of the upper branch of
Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The
“share the work” movement has
provided jobs for 5,000,000 unem-l
ployed, according to reports receiv
ed by Secretary of Commerce Roy
D. Chapin from a special commit
tee named at President Hoovers
White House conference on unem
ployment.
The movement, Chapin said, was
designed chiefly to aid the unem
ployed manual laborer rather than
the white collar worker.
STOLE THE WORKS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan- 27.—E. E.
Walker reported to police that
burglars had broken into his home
and stolen his radio; they overlook
ed the tubes which Walker had
taken out that night to test. But
they came back the next evening
and stole those.
SEAMAN WHS SWEPT
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SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27. —
A United States seaman was lost:
and two naval officers narrowly
escaped death when the U. S.
Sumpter was caught in heavy
seas off San Francisco bar, it wTas
announced yesterday at Naval:
headquarters.
Robert Ernest Page, seaman, of
Omaha. Neb., w'as washed over
board by a giant wave which
swept over the anchor deck.
PIS FUNERAL SEBIICE
Fi SOCIETY LEPDER
PARIS, Jan. 27, —Funeral ser
vices for Mi’s. Oliver H. P. Belmont.1
New York society leader who died i
here Thursday morning at the!
age of 80, will be held at 10 a. m.
Saturday in the American cathe
dral.
The body will be taken to the
United States on the SS Berengar
ia, sailing February 4.
After a second service in New
York burial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery there.
FORMER MAYOR PASSES
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan.
27,—Thomas Finlay, former mayor
of this city, died Thursday from a
paralytic stroke.
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THREE-CUSHION BILLIARDS
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—Johnny Lay
tons, veteran cue star from Sedalia,
Mo., advanced to third place in
the world's three-cushion billiard
championship today by defeating
I Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia 50 to
S6 in 36 innings.
Hf-GILLl DOLLAR
RELIEF MEASURE IS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 27.—
The Senate manfacturers’ com
mittee voted in a brief session to
report favorably to the Senate the
$500,000,000 Costigan-La Follette
relief bill.
It was understood several metn
bers of the committee planned to
offer amendments to the measure
when it comes up for Senate con
sideration. The bill provides that
40 per cent of the proposed relief
funds be distributed among the
states on a population basis in the
form of direct grants.
The remaining 60 per cent would
be distributed for emergency pur
poses where Federal and state
funds were incapable of meeting
the needs.
GERMANY WILL EXERT
INFLUENCE TO RIG
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—Germany will
exert her influence at the League
of Nations to bring about peaceful
settlement of the Chinese-Japan
ese dispute, Baron Konstantin von
Neurath, Foreign Minister, inform
ed the foreign affairs committee
of the Reichstag.
Von Neurath refrained from spe
cifying what form Germany’s peace
efforts at Geneva will take, but
emphasized his government’s atti
tude of neutrality in the dispute.
He met in silence an accusation of
Communist deputies that the Reich
government is pro-Japanese.
MIY 8E DEUTH-KKELL
LONDON, Jan. 27.—England’s
most famous and traditional col
lege crew race, Oxford vs. Cam
bridge. is in serious danger of los
ing much of its prestige and gla
mour. The race, while not hit by
the depression like America’s
Poughkeepsie regatta, is suffering
from superiority.
For nine years the forces of
Cambridge have been victorious on
the Thames river. Now, because
of this one-sided situation, rowing
experts are predicting the death of
the event, if the Cantabs make it
10 straight when they meet Oxford
on April 1.
HAVANA. Jan. 27.—Thirty de
monstrators. thought to be Cuban
Communists, stoned the Chinese
legation, badly damaging the au
tomobile of the Chinese consul and
breaking most of the windows in
the legation building.
The consul’s chauffeur, Rafael
Chu, was attacked but escaped.
The attackers carried placards
reading “Down with the Nanking
government.” Police dispersed the
mob. There were no arrests.
RESOLUTION OPPOSES
CANCELLATION OF RESTS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.—A reso
lution asking Congress to reaffirm
its opposition to cancellation or
reduction of war debts was pre
pared by Senator Arthur R. Rob
inson, Republican of Indiana.
His purpose is to block any
agreements at the debt conference
called by President-elect Roosvelt
to transfer the debt load to the
American people.
PUBLIC DANCE SATURDAY 1.0.0. F. HALL