Hard Times Masquerade Ball, New Year’s Eve
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 319.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
A NEW RECORD, BUI
NOT THE KIND IT LIKES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12. —Everj
portion of California is in the
throes of record breaking temper
atures. but not the kind Southerr
California boasts; hail and snov
has fallen in this area in the Iasi
24 hours.
Sacramento turned in a temper
ature report of 23 above zero, the
lowest in its history. Freezing tem
peratures extended as far as Fres
no.
From the Rocky Mountains tc
Ohio sub-zero temperatures contin
ued to prevail late Saturday and nc
help was seen for three or four
days, according to weather fore
. casts.
Ontario. Canada regitesered 38
degrees below zero and at St. Louis
. four inches of snow fell.
Alaska, according to a dispatch
from Seward, has reversed the
tables with temperatures of more
than 40 above where last year at
this same period. 40 below was re
corded. Seward’s temperature Sat
urday was 42 above.
Several inches of snow fell in
Chicago Sunday. Snow has fallen
three days straight in San Francis
• co, and citizens are visiting Gold
en Gate Park by the thousands to
romp in the snow.
Three people were injured in San
Francisco when a gas main explod
ed. They were struck by flying
metal. All will recover. It is es
timated that the fruit crop has
sustained a loss cf $40,000. The
citrus crops suffered little damage,
for smudge pots have been kept
burning.
In the eastern part of Nevada 10
below zero was registered Sunday
and zero at Reno.
Sunday’s storm was general,
spreading from New York to the
Pacific coast. In Ohio a blizzard
swept down. Montana, Wisconsin
and Minnessota continued to shiv
. er in zero and sub-zero weather.
It was 32 above at Chicago.
Few deaths were reported Sun
day, but probable floods in South
ern Nevada have sent a wave of ap
prehension over engineers of the
Hoover Darn that the cofferdams
may be wiped out, causing finan
cial loss and delay. A repetition
of the 1910 Nevada flood is feared.
* Concern is also felt for Nevada
prospectors who may have been
caught in the open by the storm.
Rain is forecasted for today.
BT11 DETECTIVE
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. —W. Clyde
Davis, fugitive from justice from
Colorado from whence he abscond
ed with a million dollars and fled
to Europe, was arrested here yes
terday.
Through a photograph in a de
tective magazine he was recogniz
ed by a New York detective who
shadowed him for a month before
arresting him.
He accosted Davis in a park yes
terday and Davis admitted his
identity. The detective will receive
rewards totalling $1,100; $000,000
of the million had previously been
recovered from Davis’ loot but the
remaining $400,000 is still missing.
50 YOUTHS ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, —Mere
than 50 young men were given a
free ride to the police station Sat
urday. Though each of them had
tickets for the Notre Dame-U. of
* S. C. game, they missed it. They
were arrested on the charge of
misdemeanor; scalping tickets.
AMY TAKES WING
CAPE TOWN, S. A., Dec. 12.—Amj
Johnson, England’s famed aviatrix
i took off here Sunday morning at t
o’clock for the return flight tc
London. She hopes to lower hei
; record of four days.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, —Fifteen
i thousand men, recruited from the
| ranks of the unemployed, are busy
i cleaning the streets of a heavy fall
of snow throughout the metropoli
j tan area.
Two deaths were reported in
Manhattan fiom freezing and two
aviator 3 in New Jersey were burn
ed to death in their plane which
1 burst into flames in midair. Also,
J in New Jersey, an automobile skid
' ded off a pier with its driver, a de
| tective, into the bay. He was res
cured but suffered a cracked skull.
At Brooklyn eight firemen were
overcome by smoke while fighting
j a fire which started from an over
| heated furnace.
PLEIGS«SEW OF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12,—A plea
j that the old wine decanter be re
stored to the dinner table was
made by Representatives of the
; grape growing industry before the
| House Ways and Means Committee
in its Hearings on the legalization
| of wine and beer.
For nours, the committee heard
“naturally fermented wines’’ ex
! tolled by a French wine producer
; and representatives from the many
grape producing States.
Prohibitionists will state their
side of the case Monday.
James M. Moran, commissioner
of industrial alcohol, in his testi
mony before the House Ways and
Means Committee, meanwhile, re
j commended use of a Federal per
| niit system to control manufacture
; of legalized beer. He said, “It was
I very desirable if not necessary’’ to
employ such control methods.
MORE TROUBLE
WASHINGTON. T). C., Dec. 12, —
The British debt instalment to the
United States has reached a ser
ious aspect. England is said to
have dispatched gold in payment
with the provision that it is part
of the final payment of a lump
I sum to be agreed upon at later con
ferences. This, government offi
cials said, will be flatly refused.
TWELVE OF MINE
VMS WERE NEGROES
•-—
HURLEY, Ky„ Dec. 12,—Twenty
three bodies have been removed
from the gas-filled interior of the
Zero Mine at Yancey, near here;
the opening was sealed up and
rescue parties left the pit, in the
I belief that all the bodies of the un
derground tragedy had been recov
I ered.
i Twelve of the victims were ne
! grroes and 11 were wrhite men. Six
! brothers were included among
these.
An investigation will be held this
week to determine the cause of the
: disaster.
ROBBERS ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, —Dean
Stanley and N. Barrister have held
up gas-filling stations for some
months past, they admitted, so
will probably be breaking rocks for
some years to come. They were ar
rested Saturday.
BH UPWARD TIN
III GRAIN Bum BN
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, —Stock
; moved irregular Saturday and stee
common appeared depressed. Cop
per shares dipped on account c
failure of the meeting betwee:
manufacturers in the copper in
dustry. The new low of 4.95 wa
established for copper.
The day’s turnover was less tha:
j a half-million shares.
At Chicago there was a brisk up
I turn in grain buying which begai
I on the report that President-Elec
| Roosevelt intended to abolish th
! Farm Board.
Another reason for the revive'
I interest was because of the smal
Iler cr°P of Argentine wheat. Thi
' year’s crop was estimated at 232,
i 000.000 as against 280,000.000 fo
|1931.
j Wholesale quotations to the re
I tail trade on butter eggs and chees
j were butter 26 1-2 cents a pound
j cheese 13 cents per pound, extr
i eggs at 29 cents per dozen ani
| mediums, 26 cents per dozen.
CONVENTION ENDS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12,-A m i i
a din of applause, delegates to th
Farmers National Relief Confer
ence concluded their first Nationa
convention after adopting a resolu
tion advocating immediate pay
ment of the Soldiers bonus and re
cogination of Soviet Russia.
BFFOBE COMMITTEE
PBBTEST BEPEAL Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 12, -
l Vice President-Elect John Garner’
| beer for Christmas slogan seems t<
| have fallen by the wayside. It i
doubtful, leaders say, if the meas
| m-e can be put through before th
; holidays.
On top of rejections by the Hous*
! and committees, the grape grower
demand for light wines to be in
; eluded in the bill has complicatec
j matters
j Beer hearings will be resume*
today by House committees.
Women drys were to appear to
day before the House ways am
; means committee to present argu
; ments why repeal bills should no
be entertained.
BE 15DSEB ASK
LONG BEACH, Dec. 12,—Polic(
! and district attorney deputies be
j gan a final conference on the ques
tion of issuing a formal murdei
! complaint against William Jame;
Guy, 24, adventurer, held in con
nection with the mysterious shoot
ing and death last Monday night
of Walter Wanderwell, professional
traveler and explorer, aboard the
latter’s yacht, “Carina”.
The Los Angeles Times said il
had learned from authoritive
sources that a complaint will be
issued on the basis of a grudge helc
by Guy against Wanderwell, grow
ing out of their travels togethei
and conflict in testimony as tc
Guy’s wjiereabouts at the time ol
the shooting.
ZAZU PASSES CRISIS
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 12, — Zazr
Pitts, talented screen ccmediar
who has been critically ill follow
ing an appendicitis operation, ha
passed the crisis and is now on the
road co recovery, physicians an
nounced Sunday.
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Fleets c
| vessels from every port in the worl
I i are arriving with hundreds c
cases of Yuletide merchandise.
\ BURIAL AT SEA
LONG BEACH, Dec. 12, — Th
j body of Walter Wanderwell, mur
i dered adventurer, will be take:
out to sea today for burial.
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RELATIONS' RESUMED
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—Europea]
trade relations with the Unite*
States have been resumed. Fifteei
thousand canaries arrived Sundaj
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ZAZU HOLDING HER OWN
0 HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 12, —Zazi
j Pitts, movie comedian who ha.
been in a critical condition fo
several days was holding her owj
Sunday.
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1 CROSS-EYED?
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12, —Th
~ Nation’s eyes were turned to Ver;
" Cruz today where the governmen
’ i is rushing upwards of 10,000 troop
* to quell an Agrarian rebellion,
t * * * *
SNOW COVERS DOME
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12, -
; The first snow fall of winter fel
* Saturday covering the city an*
? Capitol buildings with a thin laye
‘ of flakes.
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‘ 60,000 KILLED
" SHANGHAI. Dec. 12, —It is esti
mated by the Chinese governmen
that Japanese have killed 60.00
I Chinese in Manchuria since Sep
tember, 1931.
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MILLIONS THURSDAY
| WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 12, -
The British and French war deb
instalment payments will arrive oi
j time Thursday, Dec. 15, it wras be
‘ ; lieved.
-j EASTERN STAR MEETING
3 The annual election of officers fo
) the ensuing year for Eastern Star
3 will be held this evening iMon
- day) beginning at 8 o’clock in Ma
? sonic Temple. All members are ask
j ed please attend.
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> SHOT A SUB PAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, -
i Johnny McCue of San Diego, sho
a sub par of 69 to win Saturday’!
1 qualifying national golf matches
O. Dutra was compelled to retir<
■ from the game because of illness.
[. * * * *
AT IT AGAIN
: OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 12.—The Fed
eral court jury which last wee!
was unable to reach an agreemen
in the case of 16 prominent citizen!
charged with operating a gigantic
liquor ring, was ordered to resume
deliberations today.
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S. F. WATER SPOUTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ’12, -
San Franciscans blinked their eye!
1 in astonishment Saturday wher
1: they discerned 300 foot water
spouts whip up from the waters ol
j the Golden Gate, then fall with a
' crash which echoed throughout
> the city like cannon.
i * * $ #
GERMANY RETURNS
i
GENEVA, Dec. 12. — German}
, I will return to the World disarma
ment conference, it was announc
, ed Sunday by Premier Ramsay Me
, Donald chairman, after an absence
, of five months. The conference
convenes Wednesday. Sunday Pre
mier McDonald was host at a ban
. quet to the delegates.
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IIE IS THE CHIEF
BERLIN, Dec. 12,—Adolf Hitler
backed by two of his political lieu
tenants. issued a communique em
phasizing he is the sole leader o1
| the Nazis.' He appointed Reichstag
Deputy Ley as his representative
on the partv’s propaganda depart
ment and announced he woulc
outline the party’s new polieie:
next week.
DISCARD DRY LAW TODAY
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 12, —Th<
j Wright Act enjoyed its last day to
j day, which marked the ending ol
! the State dry law which was wipec
j off the statute books at the Nov
^ i ember election.
i ENORMOUS GilT
i
J WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12,—A
\ sharply cut money bill for the first
, time in many years, carrying less
than $1,000,000,000 for the Treasury
and Post Office Department, was
recommended to the House by its
„ appropriation committee.
* Decrease brought the total for
these two big departments down
to the sum of $961,416,000 for the
next fiscal year. The cuts extend
ed even to the Coast Guard, altho
Rear Admiral Harry C. Hamlet, the
^ Commandant of the U. S. Coast
t Guard, told the committee he ex
pected greater rum running activi
ties in the next two years.
Hamlet said legalizing beer of
low alcoholic content, which the
House Ways and Means Committee
1 is now considering, will have no ef
i feet whatever on the smuggling of
r distilled spirits into the United
States from the sea.
GOLD ON THE WAY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 12.—
^ The British and French war debt
) instalments are understood to have
been dispatched last Friday to Am
erica. The British payment is $95,
500,000 and the French $20,000,000.
The strings attached to the pay
' ments are discounted by officials
I WEEK-END VISITORS
| OF PflESIDENT-ElECT
HYDE PARK, N. Y-, Dec. 12. —
President-Elect Franklin D. Roos
evelt is continuing his study of
railroad credits and general eco
. nomics.
. Among the prominent railroad
and transportation executives to
[ visit the Governor over the week
end were Gary Grey, of the Union
Pacific; John Kelly, of the New
York & Hartford; and F. C. Wil
liamson, of the New York Central.
Mr. Roosevelt was more or less
'j reticent but informed his visitors
^! that the situation was a serious one
’ and called for drastic measures.
, However, he is waiting to see
! what action the lame duck session
j will take; meanwhile the policies
expressed during his campaign, re
! main.
CHAS. MEADOWS DIES
YUMA, Arizona, Dec. 12, —Chas.
Meadows, said to the originator of
rodeos, died here Saturday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12,—Urging a
larger army and navy, Rear Admir
al Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. Navy, de
clared here Sunday that “Interna
tional Law is not law at all, but
merely a compilation - of agree
ments that cannot be enforced ex
; cept by war.
“We are like an unarmed man,
, | confronted by a possible holdup
I man”, he said. “This is not diplo
: matic language, . but diplomatic
• language is not truth telling lan
! guage.”
EASTERN FOOTBALL
11 CHICAGO, Dec. 12, —The Chica
; | go Cubs defeated the Green Bay
Packers Sunday, 9 to 0.
MEN OF TROT WIN
MI F00T9IL GAME
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, —The
Men ox Troy defeated the Irish—
i U. of S. C., vs. Notre Dame, Satur
day by the score of 13 to 0, thereby
emerging 1932 champions of the
United States.
The Trojans made two quick suc
I cessful thrusts for their scores.
Notre Dame threatened twice but
; lost the ball each time inside the
j U. S. C. 12-yard line. U. S. C-’s first
! touchdown came on a beautiful 31
yard pass from Homer Griffith,
quarterback, to Bob McNeish, sub
stitute halfback. McNeish made
a fingertip catch across the goal
line. Ernie Smith, giant U. S. C.
tackle and the greatest player on
the field, converted. The second
touchodwn climaxed a 26-yard
drive with Griffith’s going over
j from the 1-yard line for the score.
Ernie Smith, of the Trojans, was
the outstanding player of the game,
i The crowd felt that Notre Dame
, was responsible for much of the
rough play. Two fights occurred in
the last quarter when two players
were ejected—smiling—from the
grounds; also two slightly inebriat
ed sailors in the stands; but they
passed out of the picture battling.
About 109,000 spectators witness
ed the game.
SEATTLE, Dec. 12. —Ray Ryan
j anh U- Anderson middleweight
wrestlers of the new school, went
four rounds in the main event
here Saturday night Ryan winning
two out of three falls and the
! match.
Nothing was barred, aside from
i deliberate fouls; elbows, fingers,
j ^nees, feet and fists were permit
ted and each of the wrestlers were
j frequently floored with uppercuts
and other blows.
Anderson hit the floor so hard
. the last fall that physicians thot
I for awhile he had sustained injury
to his back. Ryans jaw was almost
broken by Anderson’s elbow.
In the semi-final Bulldog Smith,
! the pride and joy of Arizona, lost
to Billy Murdock, of Seattle.
J
i NEW YORK, Dec. 12, —J. Set
l ters, 74 years of age, the famous
Kentucky minstrel, arrived here
enroute to England where he has
been extended an invitation to ex
hibit his talents.
Packed in his fiddle case are a
| pair of homespun overalls, bro
j gans and a hickory shirt,
i Setters ‘alloowed he’ed been here
before, and ‘hit’s a er right smart
town bekaze of hit’s bigth. But
they ain’t no sense in ther biggity
carryin’ ons like people ’thout a
drap o’ common sense. They’re
wuss’n a passel o’ wild shoats a
runnin’ f’r er goober patch.”
WAR CLOUDS HOVER
LONDON, Dec. 12.—Threat of
war hcvers between England and
Persia because of the latter’s can
cellation of Britain’s oil contracts.
Great Britain last week sent Per
sia an ultimatum that the cancel
lation be withdrawn by Thursday
of this week. It is reported that
Britain’s naval fuel supply is jeop
I ardized.
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