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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 513.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EVICTION Of EX-SERVICE
MEN IT WASHINGTON
UPHELD Bt HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Sept., 12—Presi
dent Hoover made public a report
that the eviction of the Bonus
Army from the Capitol was an ab
solute necessity because it had brot
to Washington at 'one time the
largest aggregation of criminals in
history.
His report said that 1,069 mem
bers of the army were ex-convicts
and that a large proportion of the
remainder were communists and j
“reds” and that 879 had no military j
record.
American Legion spokesmen an
swered by saying the report was
another alibi of the administration
which is endeavoring to get back
into the good graces of the Ameri
can Legion on the eve of the or
ganization’s annual convention at
Portland, Ore.
The report, which was drafted by
Attorney General Mitchell at the
request of President Hoover, said
the result of the Federal investiga
tion and eviction was no reflection
upon the better element of the
bonus seekers and he hoped the
public would not misconstrue the
facts and would give the report
careful consideration.
The better element lost control
of the situation with the result
that just about every law in the
Capitol was violated, that house
wives and small business men were
constantly threateneed and almost
every crime, from rape to arson,
had been committed by members
of the Bonus Army.
At Portland, where the American
Legion Convention has convened,
success is generally conceded for
immediate payment of the bonus at
the forthcoming session of Con
gress. The Legion delegates are
having a wonderful time here play
ing around and enjoying them
selves, as well as taking care of
convention business.
W. W. Walters, leader of the
Bonus Army, wired from New York
that he is unable to raise funds
with which to attend the conven
tion but wished the convention suc
cess. MacNider, recently resigned
ambassador to Canada, turned back
from the convention towards home
because of the illness of one of his
children.
IHHKIHC PfTHOIf GIUGHT
III HOUSE IFTIB 90 DIES
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 12, (jP)
One of the two pythons which es
caped from the bathroom of a
lodging house was found three
months later in a residence two
doors away, a house-holder tried
to kick it out the back door, mis
taking its coiled form for that of a
cat.
A snak-charmer and her lion
tamer husband brought the rep
tiles into the rooming house with
out the landlady’s knowledge or
permission.
CHINESE ORGANIZE
PEIPING, China, Se£t., 12,—The
Chinese press reports say 20,000
Chinese guerillas, hitherto operat
ing independently in the Province
of Jehol and Chamar, have organ
ized a joint military commission
for common action against the
Japanese in South Manchuria and
have issued a statement determin
ed to defend Jehol.
FIVE CENT COW WON PRIZE
TRENTON, N. J., Sept., 12, -A
cow that cost Earl Kinney, 17, five
cents, won him the premier show
manship dairies award at the State
Fair.
PRODUCES GREAT MEN
LEBANON, Tennv Sept. 12, (/?)—
v Cumberland university, in the
Cumberland mountains, has pro
uced 4 college and university pres
idents in its 90 years’ history, two
v United States Supreme court jus
tices, nine United States senators,
and 59 congressmen.
MINERS TURNED BACK
WILMINGTON, Iii., Sept. 12.—
Striking miners from the Peoria
district picketed a mine of the
North Illinois Coal Corporation
turning back 332 workers to their
homes. The men had been at
work since last March until two
weeks ago
CHICAGO, Sept. 12,—An unpre
cedented hunt centered in Chicago
slums for Col. Raymond Robins,
colorful crusader for world peace,
prohibition and political purity,
who mysteriously vanished from
sight while on an alleged visit to
his close personal friend, President
Hoover.
Colonel Robins, who amassed a
large fortune in the Klondike, is
thought to be either a victim of
amnesia or to have been kidnapped
or slain by gangsters.
President Hoover is greatly con
cerned over the disappearance of
his almost life-long friend and per
sonally ordered Department of Jus
tice agents to continue a relentless
search for Robins. A few days ago
a report was made that he had been
seen in Chicago.
WINN BP EG, Sept., 12,—The
wheels of industry are slowly gain
ing momentum and there has been
a remarkable increase in confi
dence during the past few months
in Eastern Canada, S. G. Dobson
assistant general manager of the
j Royal Bank of Canada, stated in
an interview.
i A large element of well-informed
people in Canada and the United
States believe the corner has been
turned and “we are now on the
road to recovery”, he said.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5; Cleveland 4.
Boston 1-8; St. Louis 7-3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3; Brooklyn 1.
Boston 13; Cincinnati 3.
St. Louis 3-3; New York 7-2.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 4-9; Los Angeles 2-3.
Seattle 5-7; San Francisco 2-2.
Hollywood 6-4; Portland 5-3.
NEARS HALF-MILLION
OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 12.—With
in the area designated as Greater
Vancouver, according to last year’s
census, the population is placed at
308,000.
MINING INCREASES
OTTAWA, Sept., 12,—Gold pro
duction in Canada continued to in
crease in June. The Canadian out
put of 2,070 ouces with a value of
$5,592,778 established a new high
record.
NOT DISTURBED
LONDON, Sept., 12,—Great Brit
ain is not disturbed over the ap
proaching $175,000,000 war debt in
stalment due to the United States
in December because “bigger”
schemes are afoot, a Whithall
spokesman declared.
TOLD THE TRUTH
SEATTLE, Sept. 12, —Mrs. Carl
White had her fortune told and
the events predicted came true. It
seems that the fortune-teller in
formed Mrs. White that she would
lose $20 worth of groceries which
had just been purchased. After the
departure of the woman Mrs. White
found her groceries gone. An ac
complice of the fortune-teller had
carried away the market basket.
100 INJURED
HARBIN, Manchuria, Sept. 12, —
A Chinese train was wrecked near
here by bandits who tore up a sec
tion of the rails, and 100 passengers
were injured.
NO TRACE IS FOUND
OF MISSING WOMAN
' FROM FERRY BOAT
LO SANGELES, Sept., 12,—Search
continued here for Dorothy Millette
aged 35, the “other woman” in the
Paul Bern tragedy, who is believed
to have jumped into the Sacramen
to river from a ferry boat in the
middle of the night.
A trunk, left at her hotel, was
opened by the police but aside from
personal effects, no clue was ob
tained as to her mysterious disap
pearance. A letter, however, from
Paul Bern, is said to have been
found in her satchel left in the
stateroom, in which Bern instruct
ed her at what hotel to register
and hoping she would enjoy her
visit.
Henry Bern, brother of the late
movie producer, sought and was
granted a second interview with
Miss Harlow, Bern’s widow, but
nothing new was learned as to the
motive of his brother’s suicide. The
talk consisted primarily of Paul’s
finances and insurance.
Miss Harlow said Paul and she
had no quarrel on the day he sui
cided, that he really was in love
with her ad had been for two years
Miss Harlow will resume her stu
dio work as quickly as possible in
1 order to try and forget the tragedy
of which she was an innocent vic
tim.
SINKING INTO SEN
NEW ENGLAND, Sept. 12.—Eng
land is sinking gradually to sea
level at the rate of nine inches
every 100 years, Capt. T. E. Long
field, ordinance survey expert, told
the British Association of Scien
tists.
“The evidence seems conclusive,”
he said, “that the level of high
tide 2,000 years ago must have been
at least 15 feet lower than at pres
ent.
“The Bank of England in London
has sunk more than six inches
since 1863, and St. Pauls Cathe
dral is gradually tilting over from
the effects of the subsidence,” he
said.
ATTACKING FORTS
BOLIVIA, Sept., 12,—Five thous
and Paraguan troops have launch
ed an extensive assault against two
forts in the Gran Chaco district
* * * *
ELECTION TOMORROW
SEATTLE, Sept., 12, —National
and State elections will be held
here Tuesday. One senator is to
be elected, also six congressmen
to the House, a governor and a
number of state offices.
* * * *
ALMOST BONE DRY
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Sept. 12, (/P)
It will take more than a change in
federal prohibition laws to make
eastern Oklahoma wet, or even
moist. In addition to the dry clause
in the state constitution there are
the Indian laws which apply to 41
counties.
* * * *
6 EGGS BUY 1 STAMP
HICKORY FLAT, Miss-, Sept 12,
A farmer traded six eggs here
for a three-cent stamp to mail a
letter. Eggs were selling at seven
cents per dozen and the barter was
made at a corner drug store. At Le
land, Miss., a pig was used for pay
ment of post office box rent.
* * * *
WILL HAVE TO WORK
NEW YORK, Sept., 12—Under the
assumed name of Charles Howard,
Howard Hughes, movie producer,
obtained a job as co-pilot with an
airways operating a fleet of planes
between New York and Los Angel
es. The superintendent of the sys
tem, when informed of the circum
stances, said if Hughes wanted the
job he could have it but must earn
his pay the same as the rest of the
employees.
WANT 75c A BUSHEL
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 12, —
Many wheat growers in this dis
trict refuse to dispose of their crops
at 63 cents per bushel preferring
to take a chance and try and ob
tain 75 cents per bushel. In some
aspects the local situation is taking
on the aspects of the Iowa farmers’
strike.
CANADA AND U. S.
GAMES CHIEFS TO
HOLD JOINT MEET
WASHINGTON, Sept- 2.—Canada
and the United States will join
hands at the joint convention of
the International Association of
Game, Fish and Conservation Com
missioners and the American Fish
eries Society, convening in Bal
timore, Md., September 19, to dis
cuss mutual will life problems and
exchange experience.
William J. Tucker, executive of
ficer of the Texas Game, Fish and
Oyster Commission, is president of
the International association, and
James A. Rodd, director of fisher
ies of the Dominion of Canada, is
president of the American Fishing
j Society. Albert C. Richie, Gover
nor of Maryland, and other not
ables will address the internatioanl
banquet September 21.
NO BEER PARLORS
| TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 12. —
There will be no beer parlors in
I Ontario but a system of serving
■ wine and beer in hotels might be
| worked out, Premier Henry told a
■ deputation of hotel operators.
BIG PROJECT APPROVED
OTTAWA, Sept-, 12,—Plans for
the great works of the $50,000,000
Beau Harnois project have been
approved by the Dominion Govern
ment.
EXPECTED SET RECORD
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, (/P)—
—An all-time record for Canadian
gold production is forecast by the
commerce department on the basis
of increased gold mining operations.
It is estimated that at the cur
rent rate of increase in gold pro
duction the total value of Ontario’s
yield in 1932 will reach $50,000,000
and the total Canadian yield to
$62,000,000.
AUTOS COLLIDE
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 12,—About
six miles from the city limits of
this city, two automobiles collided,
one person, John Petrie, being kill
ed and three seriously injured.
*■ * * *
FLOOD WATERS SPREAD
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept., 12,—
The jlfllow flood waters of the Rio
Grande river are spreading over the
coastal countries and, unless check
ed, will cause millions of dollars of
damage to crops. The waters are
now two feet below the tops of lev
ees which have been built up an
extra two feet with sand bags.
* * # *
HURLEY UP IN THE AIR
WASHINGTON, Sept., 12,—Sec
retary of War Patrick Hurley left
here by plane for Portland, Ore.,
to attend the American Legion
Convention, where he hopes to ad
dress the Legionnaires and alibi
the administraation for its action
in evicting the Bonus Army.
* * * *
SS YUKON NORTHBOUND
~ SEATTLE, Sept. 12, —The SS Yu
kon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed for
Alaska at 9 a. m. Saturday with
57 passengers, 18 for Seward as fol
lows: Frank I. Reed, H. F. Morton,
A. D. McCrea, Mrs. J. H. Filckin
ger, W. Hammer, Geo. Blackman,
Joel Whalqu'ist, J. Heller, E. R. Sor
enson, Mrs. Sorenson, R. M. Cra
ford, Ruby Mercer, Miss M Grand
jean, Mrs. J. Kurcher and baby,
Dolores Broe, Joe Kurcher.
IT IE NATIONAL
i
Assistant Attorney General Chas.
P. Sisson has been traveling over
the United States for the past
month conferring with officials of
the Department of Justice in an
effort to impress upon them the ne
cessity for practicing the utmost
economy in administration because
of the reduced appropriation al
lowed the department by Congress.
General Sisson is now on the Pa
cific coast, but has decided it will
not be necessary to make a pil
grimage to Alaska, as the officials
of the Territory are co-operating
toward the necessary aim of econ
omy.
* # * #
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board has determined finally the
makeup of the 12 regional bank
districts and has fixed the mini
mum capital of each regional bank
so the Federal financial unit for
the relief of home owners will start
operating with capital of $134,000,
000. Alaska has been assigned to
District No. 11, which includes the
States of Washington, Oregon, Ida
ho, Utah, Montana and Wyoming,
together with Alaska. A capital
of $6,000,000 has been assigned to
this district, while the eligible in
stitutions in the district hold ap
proximately $200,000,000 of the
mortgages of all types. Franklin
W. Fort, board chairman, announc
es that it is the definite hope and
purpose that every one of the 12
banks shall be in operation and i
doing business by October 15. It is
explained by board officials that!
for obvious reasons no town in
Alaska can be selected as the head- j
quarters for the district, as the city
selected will have to meet the
needs of the area from the stand
point of transportation and con
venience, so that extreme portions
of a district will be out of the pic
ture as headquarters- It is under
stood that Seattle and Portland
are making strong efforts for re
cognition.
* * * *
Capt. R. S. Patton, director of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, has
named the following American sci
entists who will take part in the
second international polar year
program at the Fairbanks College: !
from the Coast and Geodetic Sur-!
vey, Franklin P. Ulrich, Everett R.'
Johnson and Harold F. Bennett; j
from the Naval Research Laborato
ry, Dr. H. B. Maris, associate physi
cist, and C. E. Johnson, radio man,
first class, U. S. N.
* * * *
The Secretary of Commerce, Roy
D. Chapin, has a particular inter
est to the people of Alaska because
of his supervision of the fisheries
of the Territory and of the States,
and of which he says: “Our Bu
reau of Fisheries fosters and pro
tects a natural resource which sup
ports an industry that is the means
of livelihood for a half-million of
our people.” Over the radio the
other evening, Secretary Chapin
gave a very cheerful e p i t o m e of
trade sentiment and predicted that
with a distance change in spirit
in recent weeks, America is on its
way to win the fight for economic
revival.” He added: “There is no
doubt that a new and aggressive
mood is gripping the country, a
more typical of American buoy
ancy and fighting spirit. The bar
rage of economic forces against us
appears to be weakening.” Secre
tary Chapin sees a basis for recov
ery in the “driving spirit of the
people,” plus measures being in
voked by the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, the Federal
Reserve Board in credit expansion,
and Home Loan Bank Board. Pre
dicting that the next six months
will be monentous in the history
of the United States, Mr. Chapin
pointed out that the conference of
business leaders to be held in
Washington means much to in
dustry, agriculture and labor.”
Alaskan Legionaires support the
movement for taking care of the
insane of Alaska in the Territory.
DISISTED OWES
FLYINEHUTCHINSON
FH. GREENUND
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept.,
12,—Disaster, it is feared, has over
taken the “Flying Hutchinson Fam
ily” who were enroute to Europe,
via Greenland, on a leisurely air
plane flight. An emergency land
ing was made, SOS calls sent out
but when nearby vessels rushed to
the location, no trace of the big
Sikorsky plane or its inmates could
be found.
The emergency landing was made
in the sea off the southern coast
of Greenland; radio signals for
help were intercepted, but those
suddenly ceased. The British traw
ler, Lord Talbert, which was only a
few milies away from the designat
ed position of the plane, immedi
ately rushed to the spot, 30 miles
off the coast, but not a sign of the
plane could be seen.
The family comprised Mr. and
Mrs. George Hutchinson and their
two daughters, Janet Lee, aged six
and Kathryn, eight; and a crew of
four men.
The flight to London from the
United States began several days
ago and until this time, the air
cruise had proceeded without mis
hap. The family had been flying
for four years, their most recent
flight being a cruise around the
United States, 21,000 miles, requir
ing some seven months to complete.
The present flight was the first
time the children have been pas
sengers on a trans-Atlantic plane.
- A late dispatch from Greeland
said a further intensive search of
the area where the plane is thought
to have landed, proved futile.
HUSH MEN
BATTLE FOREST FIRE
VENTURA, Calif., Sept., 12,—
More than 1,000 men continued to
throw their strength against forest
fires which are raging over a 35
mile front in this area which is
covered with ashes and a thick pall
of smoke.
Indiscriminating recruiting of
fighters has been resorted to bol
ster the present forces. The fire
warden announced that heroic
measures are needed to save the
region over which flames have al
ready blackened 60,000 acres.
The advancing flames, fanned by
a wind sweeping toward the Pacific
ocean, are manacing a number of
towns and virgin forests and resi
dents of the area are terror-strick
en. American Legion organizations
as well as many others, have vol
unteered their servicees.
DELEGATE WICKERSHAM
CHAMBER LUNCHEON GUEST
The honor guest at Tuesday’s
Chamber of Commerce will be Del
egate to Congress James Wicker
sham who, with Mrs. Wickersham.
arrived in Seward last week from
the Interior. The public is extend
ed an invitation to attend the
luncheon, at which Delegate Wick
ersham will address the gathering,
and which will be held in the Mer
chants Grill at 12 o’clock.
emergency call
VENTURA, Calif., Sept., 12,—An
emergency call for additional fire
fighters was issued by Fire Warden
W. A. Forbes who said a brush and
timber fire in the Santa Barbara
National forest had burned over
25,000 acres and continues to spread
despite the efforts of 500 men to
check it- The fire is the worst in
this region since 1917, according to
Forbes.
OLD HOUSE COLLAPSED
CHICAGO, Sept., 12,—One man
lay dead and eight persons, six of
them children, were suffering from
serious injury resulting from the
sudden collapse of an old house.
The man killed was Casper Shiba,
50; the injured were in a hospital '
where physicians say one of them,
Teresa Elleison, 12, may die. The
> girl’s head was crushed.