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Terri tary
2nd, 3rd, 4th Diriaiona of
Alaaka
.EMBER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
OLUME XVI. NUMBER 114
PRICE TEN CENTS
1
GOVERNMENT NO LONGER PRO
FESSES CATHOLIC RELI
GION AS OFFICIAL
MADRID, May 23. (.-P) —Spanish
provisional government struck
what is generally regarded as the
first important step in its avowed
program to separate the church
from the state when the cabinet
Friday night decreed absolute re
ligious freedom of worship for all
creeds in Spain.
Although the measures do not
yet actually mean separation since
there is a signed concordat between
the Madrid Vatican City which
must be terminated by mutual ag
reement the decree provides that
the government no longer pro
fess that the Catholic religion is
the official religion. This is regard
ed as highly significant.
GENERAL 1 MUR
SECONDS HERB'S NOTION
ABANDON S3 POSTS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 23.
uP)—The total or the partial aban
donment of 53 military posts was
proposed by General Douglas Mc
Arthur. Army Chief of Staff, in
iine with Fresident Hoover’s econ
omy program.
Meanwhile, the Postoffice De
partment officials were invited
oy President Hoover to confer
with his at the Rapidan Camp
concerning possible savings in that
department. Other departments.
War and Interior, have met there
on previous week ends.
President Hoover hopes to cut
governmental expenses to a point
where a tax increase will be un
necessary.
RESTIVE DIVISION SPAIN
ISII COMPONENT PART
WASHINGTON, May 22. (JP) —
Announcement that Catalonia will
be a component part of the new
Spanish republic emphasized the
recognized different character of
the prosperous, the most densely
populated, and often the most res
tive of the 14 major divisions of
Spain.
Catalonia, better known as the
state of which Barcelona is the
chief city, was an independent
country long before Spain and al
so France became wealthy.
‘DOCTOR OF APPLESAUCE’
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 23. (/P)
—If Will Rogers takes an hon
orary degree to his name he
wants it to be D. A., “Doctor of
Applesauce,” he said, following a
report that Oklahoma City Uni
versity was considering bestowing
ipon him an honorary degree of
'Doctor of Humanity and Letters.”
Rogers informed the president that
-n his opinion the honorary degree
is the hooey.
FAMILY AUTO RIDE
IS DEATH JAUNT
FOR 10 DAUGHTERS
EDMONTON, May 23. (JP)—R. C.
Voght, of Camrose, took his fam
ily for an automobile ride 14 miles
from town, and shot his daughters,
Mary , eight years of age, and Nor
ma. six. Voght's wife leaped from
the car.
When another car drew alongside
Voght ran to a nearby lake and
drowned himself.
His body was recovered. Investi
gators said that Voght was the
manager of a lumber yard and
was despondent over business af
fairs.
A son, Jack, aged four years, was
unhurt.
; RUING TENNIS
PLAYER WITHDRAWS
ROLAND GARROS STADIUM,
Auteuil, France, May 23. (/P)—
Henri Cochet, the world's ranking
tennis player, officially withdrew
from the French hard court sin
gles championships, leaving Jean
Borotra as the main reliance of
France to protect the title from
the United States.
With Cochet out, George Lott
Jr., of Philadelphia, is conceded
an excellent chance of meeting
■Borotra“-in the finals.
WHEAT COH ENDS
ON AGREENBIE TEAMS
LONDON, May 23. (/P) — The In
ternational conference called to
solve the world’s problem of wheat
overproduction ended after agree
ing to establish an information
bureau for the collection and dis
tribution of accurate figures on all
phases of the wheat industry and
recommending a reduction of the
wheat acreage wherever possible
All countries agreed that they
would tolerate only orderly mark
| eting and would -not sanction th*
i so-called “dumping” method.
WRESTLING MATCH
I BROCKTON, Mass., May 23. (/P)
—Gus Sonnenberg, former claim
ant of the world’s heavyweight
wrestling championship, defeated
George Wykoff of the University
of St. Louis, two out of three
falls.
NO HOME SNOOPING
WILL BE PEBMITTED
I
j CHICAGO, May 23. (/P)—Mayor
; Anton Cermak announced a new
I police policy that eliminates look
ing for evidence of wine or beer
making for home consumption.
“I think that the police have
sufficient work to do without
snooping at the back doors of
homes,” the Tribune quoted the
mayor as saying. “I don’t see
why the police should be con
cerned with the small manufactur
er of wine or beer in the homes
where it is intended for home
use.”
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY
AGREES WITH ONE OF HOO
VER’S CONTENTIONS
■..
| GENEVA, May 23. (/P) —High tar
(iff walls were denounced by Bri
tish Foreign ^Secretary Henderson
! as the leading cause for the world
| wide economic depression. He urg
ed the Pan European commission
to draft some common plan upon
which all nations could agree and
save Europe a nr the world from
economic disaster,
He suggested this might be ac
complished by the appointment of
a commission to consider all plans
j for economic relief and bring in
! a general program acceptable to
all powers.
Mr. Henderson said he was in ac
cord with President Hoover’s con
j tention that a successful disarma
! rnent conference would be a big
'step toward world recovery. “An
| atmosphere of security—a freedom
! from the fear of war—is the first
1 reQuisite for economic sability, he
1 said. “But tariff walls are the worst
• threat against economic welfare,”
i the foreign secretary added.
“They are the bfrriers to pros
perity. Because of them creditor
nation&demand goldj of which there
is none, instead of goods, of which
! there is an abundance.”
“T he debtor must be allowed to ,
! sell his goods if he is able to pay |
! his debts. This tariff system is un- j
| dermining the very foundation of
j our economic structure.”
Immediate action was taken on ;
j his proposal with creation of an
economic commission of IT mem
I bers. Their work will begin im
mediately.
| Shortly after his speech the Lea
I gue Council appointed the British
' foreign secretary president of the
disarmament conference of 1932.
| The selection was a surprise.
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FLUTTER SI CUM
SHAM DEFENSE CITE
CHICAGO, May 23. (/P)—A storm
of Army air birds clustered about
Chicago ready to show the city
and it’s environs what they could
do if the city was threatened by a
i hostile army.
More than 650 planes flew in
[from Dayton and Cleveland, most
! of them in formation and there
was not a serious mishap despite
the soggy condition of several
Chicago airdromes.
1 The demonstration which had
been planned as a climax to Chi
cago’s Jubilee was postponed for
the moment. Immediately after
the demonstrations take place,
the force will fly back to the di
vision base at Dayton.
halibut quotations
* SEATTLE, May 23. (/P) —Halibut
from three vessels totaling 39.^
oounds here brought 10M» and fi/e
cents. At Prince Rupert 57.00C
pounds brought from seven to four
?ents cn the American market. The
Canadian price is the same.
■Ell IS HIST
CONVENING CONGRESS
IK SPEC! SESSION
WASHINGTON, May 23. (IP) —
Because he belives that a special
session of Congres would hinder
the economic recovery of the na
tion President Hoover has decided
against calling one.
His action is stated to be inter
preted as a direct answer to the
Senate republican-independens and
others who insisted that an extra
session be convened to deal with
unemployment and depression.
Hoover said he “knew of no
thing that would so disturb the
healing processes now undoubtedly
going on in the economic situa
tion"
POLICE RECOVER SUM
$12101M ROBBERY
TORONTO, May 23. (^P) —Louis
Kish, 21 years of age, of Detroit,
and Adam Morgan, 20 years of age
of Pontiac, accused of making their
getaway from a $12,000 bank rob
bery in Pontiac in a stolen airplane
are in jail here.
The money was recovered. The
police said that the two youths
confessed to the robbery and waiv
i extradition.
-he arrest wasimde^whetHtne^
tried to change trains after aban
doning their plane at Chatham.
EELSSCO’S DAUGHTER
IS CHIEF BENEFICIARY
NEW YORK.. May 23. (P,)—David
Belasco’s will, making his daugh
ter, Mrs. R. B. Gest, the chief
beneficiary, was filed. Mrs. Gest,
wife of Morris Gest, the producer,
is to receive $25,000, personal be
longings, art objects, furniture and
jewelry as well as the residence
of the estate, to be held in trust
for life.
The noted producer provided for
a $5,000 legacy for the Actor’s
Fund of America, which was the
only public bequest.
SHOT AND KILLED WIFE
EDMONTON, May 23. (P) —
Word has been received here that
Colonel Hilliard Lyle, aged 52 years,
former soldier of fortune and a
lacrosse player shot and killed his
wife at Beaver Lodge. Domestic
troubles are given as the reason
for the shooting and killing.
WIFE WHITS DIVORCE
FROM FORTOIILEO
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 23.
(P)—Mrs. Norma Jones Edwards
has started suit for separation
from William Big Bill Edwards,
former Princeton All-America
football player, and he has start
ed counter suit for divorce. y
Information regarding the suit$
was withheld until Mrs. Edwards
application for $1,000 a month
temporary alimony and $10,000
counsel fees was called for hear
ing.
POLAND AND AUSTRALIA PRE
SENT DEFINITE PROPASALS
AT WHEAT CONFAB
LONDON, May 23. (JP) — The re
duction in the production of wheat
was advocated by Samuel McKel
vie of the United States Farm
Board as the surest way out of the
crisis growing out of the surplus of
grain.
His suggestion was made at a ses
sion of the lui/ci national Wheat.
Conference, at which he assured
representatives of other nations
that America would not dump its
wheat into the world market but #
would release it in an orderly fa
shion. The United States presented
no concrete plan.
Definite proposals were present
ed by Poland and Australia. Each
would limit exports. Poland would
put each nation on an export quota
basis, while Australia would set up
an international commission to
control exports on a basis of agree
ments reached between nations.
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- REMOVAL RIPPLE M
SEYMOUR M11S
j OTTAWA, May 23, </P) — The
removal of Ripple Rock in Seymour
Narrows between the Vancouver
and the Quadra Maud Islands was
recommended in a commission re
j port today.
The cost of its removal is es
timated at about $250,000. Parlia
ment will consider the recommen
dation later.
The commission held its hearing
on the coast.
ARCHBISHOP ASCENDS
TO MCI BENCH
LONDON, May 23, (ff)—A unique
spectacle was seen in King’s Bench
Law Court when the Archbishop of
Canterbury ascended the bench
to sit as judge in an ecclesiastical
case.
It was the first time the present
Archbishop had presided over such
a trial under a law of 1926 which
provides for his appearance on
the bench in such cases alongside
a judge of the Supreme Court
nominated by the Lord Chan
cellor.
DUCE, BITES EARTH
ROME, May 23. (/P) — Mussolini
was thrown from a horse while
taking his morning constitutional
on the grounds of his home at Vil
latorlonia. He suffered slight in
jury; principally face scratches.
MARINE OFFICIAL DEAD
NEW YORK, May 23. (JP)—John
H. Thomas, 62, vice present of
-the International Mercantile Ma
rinV'and director of the Port of
New York during the war, when
he supervised supply ships, died
after a long illness.