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VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 226-227.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, September 28, 1933
PRICE TEN CENTS
VIVID PICTURES
t DESCRIBES RUINS
TAMPICO CITY
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 28, —Vivid
pictures of the hurricane-stricken
and debris-covered city, which is
all that remains of Tampico, Mexi
co, are being brought out by per
sons who have flown over the area.
Tampico, once the world’s lead
ing oil exporting port, is nothing
but wreckage. Virtually every other
house has been demolished and
thousands of persons are trudging
the streets. Many are hungry, and
even thirsty, as the water supply
is inadequate. The sanitation of
the city is described as bad.
* To add to the trouble caused by
the hurricane which swept in from
the Gulf of Mexico Sunday night,
there was the added misery caused
vby the flooding over of three
streams which placed portions of
the city standing in from four to
14 feet of water.
The oil fields nearby resisted
the damage quite well but it is
said that the damage in the oil
fields will run into the millions of
dollars before the pumps can be
repaired.
The death toll was great but not
os large as first predicted. Over 100
bodies have been removed from
the wreckage with more being
found each hour. The wounded
md sick are counted by the thous
ands.
The city is without light facili
ties and communication is badly
interrupted.
Seventeen convicts in the Tam
pico prison escaped from their
confinement and so far only two
nave been caught. They were shot
and killed by soldiers.
LATER—It is now estimated 500
persons perished and 3,000 injur
* ed; 3,000 houses were destroyed.
The towns of Puebla. Viejo y Ciu
dad and Panuco have totally dis
appeared with heavy losses of life.
Gold Regulations
Copy Received
k \ copy of regulations, prescrib
ed under the Executive order of
August 29, 1933. relating to the sale
and export of gold recovered from
natural deposits, has been receiv
ed by The Gateway from Anthony
J. Dimond. Delegate from Alaska,
at Washington, D. C.
Delegate Dimond said that “no
doubt the Nuka Bay boys and all
other gold producers in your re
gion hailed with joy announce
ment that they are to receive the
going world price for the metal. It
ought to make things boom.”
Ketchikan Votes
To Buy Utilities
KETCHIKAN', Sept. 38, —Tax
* payers voted by an 80 per cent
majority to approve the proposal
of bonding Ketchikan up to one
million dollars to buy the electric,
water and telephone utilities
which are still operated by the
Minneapolis headquarters of the
collapsed Foshay chain of utilities.
Opponents to the issue muster
ed only 88 votes. The same propo
sition failed three years ago when
only 91 tax payers favored the is
sue. In both instances an Act of
Congress requires a 65 per cent
majority of tax payers to carry
the issue.
PLENTY OF FIGHT
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, —
Shifting Cal Clemens and Bob
McNeish, blocking half backs, to
the first string team, Head Coach
Howard Jones, of the Trojans,
has indicated the players will
have to show plenty of fight if
they expect to get into the games
this season.
j WINTER DESCENDS
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 28, —
Frost-nipped vegetation in parts |
of North Dakota and Minnesota, i
and Northwestern North Dakota,
was the coldest area in the two
States, with minimums of 23 de
grees above zero at Sanish and
Parshall.
LIVING COSTS
NOT BE BASED
OLD INDICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28,—
In an effort to determine wheth
er Federal pay cuts made under
the economy act should be re
I stored, thousands of Federal em
! ployees have received official
j questionaires asking them what
| it costs them to live.
The questionaire is a marked
departure from previous methods
i for compiling data on which to
base salaries.
This action was devised by
I Federal agencies to supply more
accurate figures than have been
used previously, the indices show
ing price trends.
Friends of President Roosevelt
j said the last figures were not sat
i isfactory to him and that employ
ees contended the old indices pre
sented erroneous conceptions in
regard to living costs.
NEWSFLASHES
The Treasury Department, not
the State Department, will handle
preliminary debt conversations
with Great Britain and other na
tions.
Figures from the first 57 rail
roads to report for August show an
aggregate net operating income of
$51,054,000 against $25,810,000 for
August of 1932.
Three sacks of registered mail
containing money and valuables
valued at $100,000 were stolen at
the Boston station by four thieves
who made their escape.
‘‘Hoot” Gibson, movie actor,
claims to have only 95 cents and
is unable to satisfy a judgement
j of $2,500. He has been sick and out
i of work, he told the court.
Eric Forss, 87, past Grand Pres
| ident of of the Pioneers of Alaska,
i died at Ketchikan. He was a navi
j gator in Alaskan waters before bea
I con bouys and charts appeared. He
j was born in Sweden.
| Department of Justice agents
i announced that George ‘‘Mach
ine Gun” Kelly, acknowledged par
ticipation in the Urschel kidnap
ping saying: ‘‘You got me right.”
;He has agreed to return to Okla
j homa City to face charges. The j
j agents recovered $73,250 buried un
j der a Texas cotton field, Kelly’s
loot from the Urschel ransom.
| At Chicago former President and
| Mrs. Hoover ended a 9-day visit
j to the World’s Fair. Before leaving
Mrs. Hoover invited “Slim” Wil
liams, Alaska dog team driver, to
visit the Hoover home in Califor
nia. Wednesday Mrs. Hoover rode
about the Fair grounds behind
“Slim’s” team.
Nine Justices will begin Monday
on disposition of 500 cases which
have accumulated since the recess
of four months ago.
MAY SUCCEED MARTY
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 28, —
“Bucky” Harris, who resigned as
manager of the Detroit Tigers,
may succeed Marty McManus as
manager of the Boston Red Sox.
Ted Hunt, Bureau of Public
Roads truck driver from Moose
Pass, is due to arrive and join
the local work of the B. P. R. pro
ject. One or two trucks from the
Pass will also be sent here tem
porarily.
SWEPT OVERBOARD
AT SEA, TOM OLSON
DIED WEDNESDAY
Tragedy stalked the waiters of
the North Pacific again yesterday
afternoon when Tom Olson. 47, of
Ketchikan and Seattle, lost his
life in the swirling waters into
which he had been swept from the
working deck of the halibut vessel
Superior.
The Superior was fishing at a
point about 35 miles south of Seal
Rock and while the weather was
not particularly bad, the tide was
running against the wind, making
the seas hazardous. Capt. Nels
Ford had just gone below to oil
the engine when a mountainous
swell struck the ship and hurled
it so far over on its side that it
was almost unbelievable the ship
could or wc«ald right itself. The
crew had gear out and were
hauling in the bouy line when the
the wave boarded the craft.
As the giant wall of water came
down it smashed the dory on the
port side to kindling wood and
tore away other gear on the port
side of the deck. The two men who
worked to the rear of the Superior,
near the baiting table, were swept
overboard. Carl Mattson was the
second man swept away.
The hatch covers were swept off
and tons of water poured into the
holds and stood high in the engine
room. Mattresses and other arti
cles were swept into the engine
room by the coursing waters and
stopped the engine.
On deck all was in confusion. In
addition to the two men overboard,
several members of the crew were
badly hurt. Wreckage was strewn
over the deck and there was no
dory left in which to go after the
two men swept overboard. But one
of the men was finally rescued;
the other, Tom Olson, was too far
away. He was seen clinging to a
piece of wreckage for several min
utes but as the vessel was without
power for maneuvering, and dories
smashed. Olson could not be res
cued.
Mr. Olson is survived by a widow.
He had married three years ago.
One of the other men was said
to have been quite badly injured
about the head. He was to be taken
to the Seward General Hospital
today. Other members of the crew
were also to recieve medical at
tention for lesser injuries.
The Superior will remain in port
for about two days. In addition to
the crew requiring medical atten
tion there is some carpenter re
pairs to be done on the craft and
arrangements for another dory.
The weather at sea today had
moderated considerably. Captain
Ford said, soon after his arrival at
10 a. m. He added that it was
simple to replace lost gear but a
terrible thing to lose a man.
E. H. BAKER CALLED
CLEVELAND, Sept. 28, —Elbert
H. Baker, 79, chairman of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer Publishing
Company, died in the Lakeside
hospital where he underwent an
abdominal operation Friday.
BASEBALL SCORES
Tuesday’s Games
National—Boston 5, New York 3
Phillies 3, Brooklyn 2
No games in American League.
Coast—Seattle 5. Portland 3
Oakland 10, Sacs 9
Los Angeles 9, S. F. 6
Missions 6, Hollywood 10.
Wednesday's Games
American—N. Y. 7-1, Phillies 0-10
National—Phillies 1-6, N. Y. 3-0
Coast—Seattle 6-5, Port. 7-0
L. A. 4, S. F. 5
Oaks 10, Sacs 8
Missions 6, Hollywood 5
STAGING A COMEBACK
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 28, —Maybe
down but never out—a bit groggy
from Hollywood’s summer rush to
divorce courts—little Dan Cupid
; is staging a comeback in cinema
1 land, records reveal. The month
Kof September will show a definite
j turn from divorce to marriage.
LABOR TROUBLES
STRIKES, RIOTS
| SPREAD IN EAST
SEATTLE, Sept. 28, —Despite
i the activities of the NRA to alle
viate labor troubles, strikes con
tinued to spread throughout the
East.
I At the Ford assembly plant in
j Pennsylvania 5,000 workers walked
j out; at Philadelphia 15,000 work
1 ers are striking for better working
conditions in their industries. The
strike is declared to have been in
cited by communistic agitators.
At Clairtown, Pa., 500 striking
coal miners attempted to get others
j to join them.
Connecticut also reported trou
bled labor conditions with one
major strike reported.
DONATE §25,000
* WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 28.—
The American Red Cross gave
i $25,000 toward relief of hurricane
■ sufferers of Tampico.
THE STOCK MARKET
i NEW YORK, Sept. 28. —A turna
I bout in wheat came to the support
’ of the market after the list had
j been driven to new lows on the
! current decline. Stocks snapped
back easily after being down two
to three points, "as wheat recover
ed losses of one and one-half cents
a bushel and rose for net gains on
: the day. Other commodities im
proved in sympathy after early
weakness.
» The Treasury quotation on gold
Wednesday was $31.35. The pound
sterling closed at $4.72 1-2; Cana
dian dollar 97 7-16; wheat 87 5-8;
bar silver 39; copper and lead un
changed.
VETOED TWO BILLS
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. —Mayor
i John P. O’Brien vetoed two pro
posed tax bills which led the New
York Stock Exchange to threaten
! to nftve to Newark, New Jersey.
| Richard Whitney, president of
the exchange, told the Mayor earl
? ier in the day that the market
I would abandon its plans to move
if. the tax measures were vetoed.
The measures were designed to
raise between $12,000,000 and $15,1
000,000 for unemployment and
home relief.
50,000 DROWNED
NANKING, China, Sept. 28, —
Floods of the swollen Yellow river
in July and August caused deaths
of 50,000 Chinese and reduced 1,
000,000 others to starvation.
BANDITS STOLE $31,491
CHICAGO, Sept. 28, —A trio of
bandits invaded the offices of the
Garden City brewery nad escaped
with bonds estimated to be worth
$31,491.
GAS MASKS LOST
A check-up of firemen’s equip
ment Tuesday night showed that
three gas masks were missing. Any
one having them, or knowledge
where they may be found, will con
fer a favor by informing the Chief
or a member of the department.
Six inches and a half of fresh
snow up Palmer creek, at the
Heaston quartz mine, necessitated
closing of operations for the sea
son, according to the local report.
NEW REGIME
IS PRODUCT OF
CUBAN PEOPLE
HAVANA, Sept. 28,— Although
t sporadic fighting and rioting con
j tinued throughout Cuba, Presi
; dent Ramon Grau San Martin is -
sued a message saying that his
government was a product of the
will and power of the people of
Cuba. He said “the government was
brought about by revolutionary
| means which overthrew the tyran -
nical leadership of former Presi
dent Machado and rests upon truly
I democratic principles.”
San Martin stated that the lives
j and property of foreigners in Cuba
| as well as nationals of that coun
try, were being protected with ail
possible effort.
The serious labor troubles in
, Cuba are blamed on the Machado
regime. In elucidating this state
ment it was pointed out that 20
cent wages for a 12-hour day, paid
in credit slips, was one of the evils
that the new government is seek
ing to eliminate. It is ultimately
planned to give labor an 8-hour
day.
San Martin concluded the con -
ference with leading political fig
ures in Cuba but met with little
; success. The conference broke up
with San Martin still lacking the
solid support which he seeks. Mar -
tin’s position with the people is
’ growing stronger daily, however,
i and he has announced a vigorous
campaign against communist agi
tators which menace his adminis
: tration.
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AREAS BE CLOSED
| SEATTLE, Sept. 28, —The Inter -
national Fisheries Commission has
announced halibut fishing in areas
three and four will close Oct. 26.
Non-Gold Hoarding
Order Held Legal
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. —A New
j York attorney, who filed suit to
| test the constitutionality of Presi
: dent Roosevelt’s orders against
| gold hoarding, was indicted by a
' Federal grand jury on hoarding
charges.
The test suit was filed in Feder
al court against a National bank
to compel that institution to re
turn 27 bars of gold bullion the
attorney said he had entrusted to
the bank’s care as custodian for
hire.
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Vessels Collided
| On The Hudson
| POUGHKEEPSIE, Sept. 28, —
| Two hundred passengers on the
| Hudsoh River steamboat Rensiel
aer were imperiled and four in
jured when it collided with the
Swedish freight steamship Roxena
in a heavy fog.
With her side torn and in a
sinking condition, the Rensielaer
was warped to a stone barge; the
passengers were then taken ashore.
An attempt was made to tow the
vessel to New York but her list
was so bad that it was abandoned.
CAN PLAY DRESSEN
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 28, —Com
I missioner K. M. Landis authorized,
the New York Giants to use Chas.
Dressen, infielder, in the world
series. Dressen was not eligible
to participate in the series, hav
ing joined the Giants too late in
the season, but the Washington
club had already agreed that New
York could use him.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stafford of
Moose Pass are building a 20 by
26 log cabin. A cement foundation
is now being laid.