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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 106. SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
H¥ II STEP TO
CONTINUOUS UCK
OF UNEMPLOYMENT
CERTAIN BANKERS, EMPLOYERS
ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE
WAGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.
</?)—Seeking to forestall what is
said to mean “continuous and per
manent unemployment” the exe
cutive council is asking workers
to resist wage reductions to the
flulest extent.”
In the study of joblessness the
council announced they found an
“attempt, which is apparently
from certain banking interests
and certain employers, to bring
about in general deduction in
wages.”
The executive council proposed
to appeal to workers to “stand
firmly in opposition to wage re
ductions as it violates the under
standing reached at the confer
ence of industrial and labor lead
ers with President Hoover that it
is only a step to continuous and
permanent unemployment.”
PUBLICITY MAY BE TERMED
VULGAR BUT IT
PAYS
MANCHESTER, England, May
14. (/P)—Adoption of the trade
methods of the United States which
are commonly called “vulgar,” here
was urged on British manufactur
ers by the Prince of Wales as a
means of arresting the decline
the British prestige in South Am
erica.
The heir to the throne spoke
before the Manchester Chamber
of Commerce. To the Industrial
ists, whose eyes are turned long
ingly towards the great southern
markets, he gave a report on his
recent extensive study of com
mercial conditions there.
“I am sorry to say that as a
nation we are behind in regard
to advertising,” the Prince told
about 4,000 listeners. “That is
one of our national characteristics.
We do great things and we invent
great things which are of great
value to the world, but we never
let the world know what we have
done. Our foreign competitors
advertise a great deal and the
foremost among them are our
friends in North America.
“I have heard a great many
Englishmen say that the American
way of boosting goods, the Amer
ican way of publicity, is very vul
gar. That is entirely a matter
of opinion, but the fact remains
that our friends in the United
States get away with it. If we
wish to push our goods better we
must take a leaf out of their
book.”
DAVID BELASCO DIES
FLASH, (A*) New York, David
Belasco, theatrical producer, died
at 4:15 this afternoon.
Station KFQD
ft-■
The land lays dead in its shroud of snow. Outsidg
the blizzard whines warning to all things alive to seek
shelter. The malamutes lift up their voices to the spir
its of their wolfish ancestors riding on the wings of the
storm. But it is all cosy and warm within the crude lit
tle cabin half buried in snow. The sheet iron stove is a
ruddy red. The day’s catch has been skinned out, and
the velvety pelts placed upon the stretching boards and
hung in a far corner to dry. The dishes are washed, sour
dough for the morning’s flapjacks has been mixed and
placed upon the little shelf above the stove, and a gun
ny sack is laid along the crack at the bottom of the
door to halt the hoar frost seeking to bore its way into
I the comfort of the interior.
Bill Trapper is alone, save for the eerie sounds re
! minding him of the inexorable power of wild nature. It
is the hour of meditation—when the mind dwells upon
a thousand things.past regrets . . .. future ambi
tions .... dreams of the day when he can emerge from
his isolated life and take his place among his fellows
with a competency .... For Bill Trapper is not away
out there in the wilderness by choice .... He is a pawn
in nature’s game of destiny, performing a service that
! will lead to the final encroachment of that higher civil
ization following in the footsteps of the frontiersman.
With pipe pulling rythmically he stretches his tired
| limbs on the bunk, piles a mackinaw* beneath his head
and waits. From time to time his eyes drift to a strand
of wire leading through the roof and into a comer. He
does not have long to wait.
“KFQD, Anchorage, Alaska,” calls to him from the
'dim recess where the fitful candle has fallen short of
| illumination. “We are broadcasting a program under
| the auspices of Blank. Our first number will be “Moon
| light on the Rockies.”
Bill’s pulses quicken. The spirits of the storm have
i conjured up happy memories of the time when he
! spread his blankets under the frowning buttresses and
; bastions of Pike’s Peak, or, reclining upon some grass
grown plateau, has drunk in the beauties of the Sangre
de Christi range shimmering in the sunlight like a fairy
castle many miles away.
Again it may be “The Suwanee River,” with its vis
jions of ghostly cypress, caparisoned with moss like an
j old man’s beakl. The breath of jassamine and wild
honeysuckle battles with the fragrance of his pipe for
mastery of the ambient air. Or it may be the rollicking
ditties of the Cowboy Chorus from far-away Texas. Yes,
(Please turn to the editorial column)
SIML1 TO GUESSING
WHEN ICE COES OUT
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 14. (£>)—
Advance predictions for the Ken
tucky Derby on Saturday were
further scrambled when “Pitts
burger” won the Derby trial over
a sloppy track.
| Two other Derby candidates
“Spanish Play” and “Sweep All,”
) finished in that order noses apart
'three-fourths of a length back of
(the winner. The distance was a
mile and sixteenth.
TROUBLE LOOMS
GENEVA, May 14. (JP)—A stormy
session with Russia and the Aus
tro-German customs union in the
spotlight forecast for the com
mission on European union which
resumes work tomorrow after four
days of hot debate. The European
body asked the Soviets to join it
DR. S. P. BROOKS DIES
|
WACO, Texas., May 14. (£>)—
Doctor S. P. Brooks, 67, president
of Baylor University, died of
cancer. His widow and three
children survive him.
CRUISING
KETCHIKAN, May 14, (/P)—
Colonel A. O’Donohue Hunting
ton, of Rhode Island, and patry
of three, passed through here
on Campbell C h urch’s yacht
Nooya on a vacation trip. They
hope to cruise much of South
eastern Alaska before returning
South.
STANDARD WAGE SCALE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. (/P)—
The standard wage scale for San
Francisco will apply to all men
employed on the Golden Gate
bridge. This was decided at a
joint meeting of bridge district
directors, representatives of or
ganized labor and the San Fran
cisco Industrial Association.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, May 14, (JP)—Nine
vessels with 76,000 pounds of hali
but sold their cargoes at 6c and
9c.
FIDST TWO HIES
GEOLOGiCm SURVEY
EMTEJO HIM
SEATTLE, May 14. {&)—The
plans of the Interior Department
field projects in Alaska by the
Geological Survey, were advanced
to the stage where the first party
of engineers boarded the SS Ala
meda.
The party is headed by R. H.
Sargent and Vernon Seward. They
are to make topographic surveys
in the vicinity of Wrangell and
to the northward.
Charles Fueschel heads another
t othe Klutina Lake country for
a reconnaisance and topographic
surveys as basis for mineral inves
tigations which will be carried on
when maps are available.
OOtIMER IS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF FRUICE
JF.'
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PARIS, May 14, (/P)—Doumar
was elected President of France
on the second ballot after Briand,
who trailed Doumar on the first
ballot, withdrew his candidacy
and left the city.
The official count was Doumar
504, Senator Pierre Marraud 334;
the latter had the backing of
socialists.
Doumar polled 442 to Briand’s
401 on the first ballot.
DUTCH. HARBOR, May 14, (IP)
j—A volcano near Chignik, one of
| those visited last summer by Fr.
Hubbard, geologist of Santa Clara
University, is erupting.
The volcano is 150 miles north
of Squaw Harbor and is throw
ing ashes around the country.
At Chignik over half an inch
of black ashes cover the ground.
There is also a light sprinkling
of ashes at Squaw Harbor.
FAMOUS LUGOMOTI1IE
RETIRED TO MUSEUM
YORK, England, May 13. (£>)—
The Great Western railway’s fam
ous locomotive “City of Truro,”
described as the fastest engine in
the world, has been retired to the
railway museum here.
The City of Truro once made
102.3 miles an hour whle speeding
to Plymouth in competition for
the American mails in 1904. But
the directors thought the public
would be frightened at mere men
tion of such a speed and the rec
ord was not made public until
1922.
In 27 years the engine traveled
more than 1,000,000 miles.
GOVERNMENT STRIPS
ALFONSO FUNDS 11
PERSOli PROPERTY
RESIGNATIONS OF FOUR SPAN
ISH GOVERNORS DE
MANDED
MADRID, May 14. (JP)—The
banks of Spain were ordered to
turn over to the Minister of Fi
nance all funds credited to Al
fonso.
The minister was empowered to
take charge of all personal pro
perty of Alfonso and create a
special account for accruing of
rents until the constitutional con
vention has decided as to the dis
posal of the money.
The government decree charged
Alfonso has not been king since
1923 when he permitted De Rivera
to become dictator and misused
the royal office for personal en
richment.
The resignations of governors
at Elicante, Cadiz, Cordova and
Malaga were demanded. They
are charged with laxity in re
pressing disorders.
BELIEVES PINCHOT WOULD
CARRY PENNSYLVANIA
DELEGATION
Ij
i
! WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.
i (/P)—Organization of a movement
i for the nomination of a Progres
! sive by the Republicans next year
| was reported by Senator Brook
• hart of Iowa, who recently advo
| cated such a campaign in the
i primaries.
! Senator Brookhart said his pub
lic Statement proposing a Pro
gressive movement in opposition
to the renomnation of President
Hoover had brought a huge stock
of mail to his office together with
word that an organization was be
ing perfected in Illinois.
As for candidates to go into
the field, Senator Brookhart first
mentioned Senator Borah of Ida
ho. He said the letters he had
received mentioned Borah and also
Senators Johnson of California,
Norris of Nebraska, and LaFollette
of Wisconsin and Governor Pin
chot of Pennsylvania.
Senator Brookhart predicted “if
the Progressives go into the presi
dential primaries they can gain
a majority of the votes in the
next convention.” He said he be
lieved Pinchot would have a ma
jority of the Pennsylvania del
egation.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
SAN DIEGO, May 14. (£>)—Mild,
silent, his slight frame stooped
with weary dejection and only
keen blue eyes apparently alert
to the occasion, Moss Garrison,
37-year-old Georgian, in township
court, heard himself formally
charged with the murder of Hazel
Bradshaw, his telephone girl
sweetheart, and was remanded to
jail pending for preliminary hear
ing May 27.