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VOLUME XXlX. NUMBER 30.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FINUNGim CRISIS
INVOLVING SINK RUN
USE FOR UM
NEW ORLEANS. Neb. 6. —A fin
ancial crisis involving a run on the
$64,000,000 Hibernia Bank & Trust
Company Saturday caused Gover
nor Allen to declare a “Wilson da\
holiday.” The anniversary, com
memorating the anniversary oi
the break in relations between the
United States and Germany dur
ing the World War, puzzled the
populace until President Hecht oi
the bank said there had been a
quiet run on his institution.
Mr. Hecht, who is also chair
man of the regional advisory com
mittee of the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation, charged the run
was caused by a speech made in
Congress Friday by Representative
Hamilton Fish of New York.
Hecht claimed Fish’s charges
had done “Incalculable damage to
the financial structure of the
whole South.”
It was near midnight when Gov
ernor’s Allen proclamation setting
aside Saturday as a legal holiday
to “honor the far-reaching prin
ciples of Woodrowr Wilson, 16 years
after severance of diplomatic re
lations with Germany.” reached
the press. There had never been
such a holiday before.
Business men went to their of
fices and establishments but found
bank's and state and city offices
closed, with notices on their doors
announcing they were observing
“Wilson Day.”
NEW YORK. Feb. 6. —When
President-Elect Roosevelt sailed
from Jacksonville on Vincent As
tor's yacht Saturday, lie had defin
itely selected these members of his
Cabinet.
Secretary of State—Senator Cor
dell Hull of Tennessee: Secretary
of the Treasury—Senator Carter
Glass of Virgin!:: Attorney Gener
al-Senator Thomas J. Walsh of
Montana: Secretary of Interior—
Senator Bronson Cutting of New
Mexico: Secretary of Commerce—
Jesse Straus ibusiness man) of
New York: Postmaster General—
James A. Farley (Democratic Nat
ional Chairman) of New York;
Secretary of Labor—Miss Frances
Perkins (State Labor Commission
er) of New York.
The chief problem still confront
ing Roosevelt is selecting the Sec
retary of War, Secretary of Agri
culture and Secretary of the Navy.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 6, —Colonel
Chas. A. Lindbergh was 31 years of
age Saturday.
He attended to his duties as
technical adviser of trans-conti
nental and western air and the
Pan American Airways as usual. !
He dined with his wife and their j
infant son, John Morrow Lind- j
bergh, at the Englewrood home of
Mrs. Dwight W. Moorow, Mrs
Lindbergh’s mother.
Six years ago he was planning
his flight across the Atlantic to
Paris.
WON MILE EVENT
NEW YORK, Fef. 6, —In a fight
ing race that was marked by the
collapse of Eric Ny, of Sweden,
Glenn Cunningham of Kansas
University, won the Wanamaker
mile, feature event of the 26th
annual Millrose games. Gene Venz
ke, of Pennsylvania, world’s rec
cord holder at 4:10, was second.
Cunningham’s time was 4.23
MRS- GANDHI ARRESTED
BOMBAY, India, Feb. 6, —Mrs.!
| Gandhi, wife of Mahatma Ganhi, j
j was arrested Saturday at Ras and I
1 taken under escort to Borsad for!
i trial on charges of violating regu-'
I tions concerning political meet-!
ings.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 6. — j
Representative Hamilton Fish of
New York charged in a resolution
! calling for a Justice Department'
; investigation of the Reconstruction
I Finance Corporation’s books; that'
I certain corporations which had
I gone into receiverships shortly af
| ter granted loans by the R. F. C.,
! must be investigated.
He specifically charged that
President Hecht, of the Hibernian
! Bank & Trust Company of New
! Orleans, should be forced to re
j sign his R. F. C. regional chair-1
j manship because he was also a:
; member of the Union Idemnity
Company which went into receiv
j ership within a few days after re
ceiving a $870,000 loan from the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora-1
tion.
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CHICAGO. Feb. 6.—Albert Rus-:
sell Erskine Jr., sen of the million-'
aire South Eend automobile manu
facturer. was called in for ques- ■
tioning by police after the body
of Miss Vera Hay b ur n, pretty
blonde girl, was found dead on a
ledge of the Medinah Athletic
Club after an eight-floor plunge
from a corridor window adjoining
his rooms there.
The girl apparently had climbed
out the window onto a small bal
cony and from there. 32 floors
bove the street at 505 N. Michi
gan Avenue, hurtled down to the
narrow ledge jutting from the'
building at the 25th floor.
LONG SEA VOYAGE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6, —Con
dance Bennett, movie actress, and:
her husband, left for Amsterdam
for an extended vacation in Eur
ope. The voyage will take 42 days:
Miss Bennett said they were tak
ing this long sea voyage on a slow
steamer in order to rest and escape
social activities.
LONDON, Feb. 6. — Crowds c
thronged Throckmortan Street in ,
the financial district long after
closure of the stock exchange to ^
participate in one of the wildest
gold stock booms in over 30 years.
Traders ignored a light rain, bid-11
ding prices up in a steady advance.
Low' priced mining stocks ben
ifitted chiefly. East Rand reach- v
ed 29 shillings, nine pence, a rise 1
since Monday of six shillings.
Nourse rose to 2% pounds sterl- f
ing, an increase of 10 shillings. ■
TIE CREOSOTE PUT
EXPLODED. IN OREGON«
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THE DALLES, Ore., Feb. 6,—The f
Union Pacific Railroad’s large tie 5
treating plant here was destroyed 1
by fire last night after a pressure
tank containing creosote exploded c
with a roar that was heard for c
miles. f
All available fire fighting equip- i
ment was attempting to prevent
spread of the flames to the storage
yards of the plant where hundreds c
of thousands of ties are stacked. t
LIBEL PROCEEDINGS MAY
BE FILED MUST EDITOR
11 SMITH'S MAGAZINE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. G. —
The Senate trial of Davis Barry,
74-year old sergeant-at-arms, on
charges of having accused Con
gressmen of bribfc-taking, threat
ened to lead to libel proceedings j
against “The New Outlook” of
which Alfred E. Smith is editor.
Barry’s accusations were made in
an article for the magazine. “Pub
lication of charges by a magazine J
is almost as reprehensible as the!
writing of them,” Senator Walsh[
of Montana, informed the press.
“The author and the publisher
would be almost equally liable” in ;
his judgement. “I think the ques-1
tion of criminal libel action should
be put up to the District Attorney ■
for decision.”
NUN CENTHIL SMS
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CHICAGO, Feb. 6. —An intense -
cold wave Sunday blanketed the ■
North Central States for the sec
ond successive day, driving the
thermometer to new sub-zero \
marks at many points thruout the
area
The coldest point in the United
States was Duluth. Minn., which
recorded a temperature of 24 de
crees lower than reported Satur
day. Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Illinois were feeling
the brunt of the frigid weather,;
and the weather bureau held out
Little hope for relief.
A short lull during the next 24
lours will be followed by a second
?oid wave. Twenty thousand cars
ivere stalled, relief shelters and
Doiice stations throughout Chicago
.vere being pressed into use to
iou.se vagrants as the cold wave ■
;wept over the city.
It was estimated that more than
.7.000 homeless persons were given
unergency shelter from the cold,
n the past 24 hours. More than j
;0.000 frozen cars were on the
treets.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, —A
Jnited States Navy armada play
ug the part of theoretical attack-!
rs in the annual war games, mov- [ *
d on the far-flung Pacific coast! :
ast night. j <
Cruisers, destroyers and airplane I
arriers of the attacking fleet were! '
nroute from Honolulu where last 1
teek they won a theoretical vie- ]
ory over defending forces.
Had the Honolulu maneuver j
een an actual attack instead of a j ^
lavy exercise, Pearl Harbor, the j *
-illion dollar Honolulu Navy Yard !5
/ould have been destroyed by air- J ‘
lane bombs- j1
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, —Bob \
larey, 1932 national auto race <
hampion, set an unofficial record ,
or a mile lap at the Oakland T
•peedway in practice for Sunday’s j
00 mile race. t
His machine roared around the
val in 34.75 seconds, or at a speed
f 103,629 miles an hour. The of
icial record, held by Wilbur Shaw, <
; 102,098 miles per hour. *
Postal Inspector George Mar- ]
hand returned Saturday from a (
wo weeks trip to the Interior. i
TEA KING DIES
KAMAKURA. Japan, Feb. 6. —
Kahei Otani, 88, known as the
tea king of Japan, died at his
home here following a heart at
tack.
FILED INTENTION
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6. —Eighty
years a bachelor is too long, Ran
dolph N. McLean, 80, admitted
when he filed notice of intention
to wed Mrs. Genevieve Mosher. 30.
APPOINTED CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 6, —
Rear Admiral George R. Marvell
has been appointed chairman of
the Navy’s general board, succeed
ing Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase,
who retired February 1.
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STAGG SIGNS CONTRACT
CHICAGO, Feb. 6. —Amos Alon
zo Stagg, veteran football coach of
University of Chicago, announc
ed that he had signed a contract
with the College of the Pacific, at j
Stockton, Calif.
CORBETT SINKING
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—The condi
tion of James J. Corbett. San
Francisco’s “Favorite Son”, is un
changed. but that there is little or
no hope for recovery of the former
heavyweight champion of the
world.
SHOT TO DEATH
CHICAGO, Feb. 6. —Warren S.
Corning, 43, steel official and head
of a railroad supply company, was
found shot to death late Satuday
in his suburban Winnetka home.
The coroner’s office reported the
case as a suicide.
REPELLED ATTACK
LONDON, Feb. 5. —Chinese vol
unteers armed with rifles, hand
grenades and swords, repelled an
attack of Japanese and Manchu
kuo forces for an entire day near
Kailu. the Chinese legation an
nounced.
GENERAL REDUCTION
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. —A general
reduction in interest rates paid de
positors by New York's savings
banks will be announced this week.
A cut from three and one-half
per cent to three per cent has been
.inder consideration for weeks.
A WEEK’S REST
PALM SPRINGS. Calif.. Feb. 6,—
Or. Albert Einstein, German physi
cist and his wife, enjoyed the wide
expanses of the desert Saturday.;
rhey motored to the resort from
Pasadena. The physicist seeks a;
veek’s rest from his studies at
California Institute of Technology, j
IN BAD HEALTH
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—James J.
Corbett, former heavyweight box
ng champion of the world, was
iescribed as a very sick man at
ris home in Bayside. Corbett has
>een in poor health for more than
i year and recently has been suf
ering from a heart ailment.
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24 CHILDREN INJURED
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6. —Twen
y-four children were injured, eight
eriously, in a stampede caused by
i- false alarm of fire at the Var
edades theater at Vera Cruz, the
lewspaper Universal reported.
£any of the children jumped from
m outside balcony.
WOMAN INJURED
VIENNA, Feb. 6, —Dr. Rosi Mel
?r, one of Austria’s most brilliant
roung physicians who also is well ■
mown as a writer under the name
>f Frank Mar, was wounded Sat- *
lrday by an unidentified youth
?ho shouted “I come from Hitler’s
>rown house with greeting from .
he third Reich.”
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SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS
ROME, Feb. 6, —Professor Ey
loux, French engineering profes
sor who confessed at his trial Sat
lrday that he had engaged in es
nonage for a high French army
>fficer, was sentenced to five years
mprisonment.
EVANS SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Feb. 6, —The SS Ad
| miral Evans, of the Pacific Steam-!
! ship Lines, sailed for Alaska Sat- (
! urday with six passengers for Sew
; ard as follows: F. Dohran, C. B.
: Douglas, W. Anderson. Joe Glick
lam, Andrev/ Isaacson and Seiig
Dubb.
CARMEL, Calif., Feb. 6, —Two
young women were in a serious '
condition as the result of beatings c
administered by two men who la
ter were said to have admitted the 11
attacks. 1
Mrs. Marian Collier, 24, of Pebble {
Beach, was kidnapped in Carmel, 1
beaten and left unconscious on an
isolated road near the artists col- 1
ony.
Miss Gertrude Cridress, 19 of I
Monterey, was taken from her es- ■
cort, Fred Weber.
Police arrested Ernest Shephard.
23, and Henry Richards, 33, and
said the men confessed the at
tacks.
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DUTCH BATTLESHIP
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BATAVIA, Java, Feb. 6.—Mutin
eers seized the Dutch battleship t
De Zeven Provincien in Olehle r
Harbor. Sumatra, and steamed out 1
into the Indian Ocean under eov- *
er of darkness early Sunday with
nine o. theii ofJicers si.»hi'
the ship's brig. 1
Last night the two modern I
cruisers and destroyers of the
Dutch East Indies Squadron, man
euvering in the Celebes. 1.500 miles
away when the mutiny broke out 0
with swift, well planned sureness,
sped under forced draft in pursuit l
of the battleship.
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ISTANBUL. Turkey, Feb. 6. —A
religious uprising which was con
sidered almost tantamount to an
insurrection, took President Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha to Broussa,
where Orthodox citizens attacked
a Muezzin (Public Crier), who in
giving his call to prayer, used
Turkish instead of Arabic. The
President ordered the saying of
prayers in Turkish instead of Ara
bic several months ago.
Drastic action by the government
against the ringleaders of the j
movement, with the possibility,
that some might be hanged was
expected.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6, —An'
lutomobile driven by Miss Eunice
Force, daughter of Emil C. Force,
wealthy Piedmont contractor,
struck and killed Thomas S. Dunn,
30, associate professor of mining
mgineering, on the Stanfard Uni
versity campus.
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said the lights of a bus from which
Professor Dunn had just alighted,
blinded her. She was not held.
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RECONVENES TODAY
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 6, —
The California legislature recon
venes today after a recess of two
weeks. Investigation of Gov. Jas.
Rolph Jr., administration will be
resumed.
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NAP! F.3, Italy, Feb. G. —Earth
shocks and deep rumblings con
inued to disturb the countryside
Tear Mt. Vesuvius as the ancient
volcano grumbled and sputtered
tfter a silence of two years.
Frofessor Alessandro Malladra,
lirector of Vesuvius observatory,
■epeated his previous announce
nent that 200 quakes were regis
ered. The most severe temblor
hook the observatory for 15 sec
nds.
Peasants and residents are con
inuing evacuating towns neai
he famous volcano, alarmed, al
hough no damage has been re
jorted.
The volcano is still spouting
ishes and exploding deep within.
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CHICAGO. Feb. 6. —The firs
doodshed of the farmers revoi
igainst burdensome conditions in
ensified by unrest that gradual!;
pread from the Atlantic seaboan
o the Rocky mountains, was mad
pprehensive by a milk price wa
;ere.
A South Dakota farmer and hi
wo sons were wounded Friday b
un-fire when they attempted t
un th? gauntlet of 70 other far
aers blocking roads to markets.
R. D. Markel, G7. wealthy Unio
oip.fy- S. D. farmer, was serious
y wounded by slugs. His sons Hai
y. 32. and Keats, 21. were le.;
eriously hurt.
Three States are affected by th
ontoversv as dairymen proteste
gainst low prices.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 6. -
n indignant House of Represen
tives Saturday over-rcde all a
smpts of its more economical!
linded members to reduce the p
f Senators and Congressmen.
A proposal by Representat:
Whittington, Democrat of Missi
ppi. to reduce salaries of Sen
ors and Congressmen to S6,5
;cm the present $9,009 was terr
i “an easy grandstand play” ai
eaten by a vote of 172 to 37.
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OTHERS KILLED GERMU
BERLIN, Feb. 6,—Mayor Kast
f Strassfurt and three other p<
)ns were killed in country-w
jcurrence of the political terr
t Ungat which broke out folic
)g the appointment of Adolf H
t as chancellor and had previo’
r claimed 20 lives.
Nineteen persons were wounc
1 Sunday’s affairs. Mayor Kas
as a Socialist ; he was shot on
17-year-old school boy follow
heated quarrel.
Other serious outbreaks occur
i Che-Kvniz, Breslau and Bo
m.
AMONG BOX FIGHTERS
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 6, —Ce
ayne of Kentucky, 230 pom
>ok a technical knockout c
laude Varner, of Bakersville,
ounds. The referee stopped
ght in th< v* fh. Varner
own twice dmi 1
apke, Jr., 175' pounu_, vvo
?chnical kaho over Frankie
:ada, in the fourth round. Esti
as downed three times before
)ut was stopped.
K F Q D SERENADERS DANCE SATURDAY