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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 74.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
. WIRELESS TELEPHONE
< SERVICE TO EMI EJIST
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, —
Inauguration of the world’s first
westward commercial telephone
service to the Far East was to be
observed today.
The first call will be made bet
ween the United States Chamber
* of Commerce in Washington and
the Manila Chamber of Commerce
at 3:30 p. m..
The trans-Paciiic service oper
ates through a transmitting sys
tem station at Dixon. Caiif., and
receiver at Pont Reyes, Calif. The
stations are operated by the Trans
it Pacific Communication Company,
Ltd., a part of the Beil System
and were the first to open service
to Hawaii, in December of 1931.
With completeion of the Manila
call today, a direct round-the
world telephone system will be in
operation.
Eastward telephone service to
the Pihilippine Lslands was opened
from Europe a month ago. The ser
► vice crosses three oceans and three
continents, and telephone lines
and channels cover about 19.0UU
miles.
F10II5 SPANISH USE
Mil Bt FOPiffiC
MADRID. Spain, March 30,—De
puty Jimenez Asua has requested
• the Superior court of the Republic
to reopen the famous case of 190i,
in which Alfonzo Saenz Y. Martin
ez claimed to be the son of King
Alfonzo 12th.
The Deputy said evidence has
been uncovered conclusively show
ing that Alfonzo 13th, who was
overthrown two years ago, and
^ now living in exiie in France, in
league with Carlos Bordon Y. Bor
don and Fernando Mario de Ba
viera, forced documents disproving
the royal claims of Saenz.
GIRL WOULDN'T KISS
SO HE TURNED KILLER
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 —
As an Army board sought to de
termine whether Private E. L.
King, 33, “kiss killer/’ should be
tried for murder or held as a men
tal case. Miss Katherine Talbot,
told “the first complete story of
the tragedy which occurred on the
lonely Fort Barry rifle range.
Enraged because he had been re
fused" a kiss. King shot and killed
John Smith. 25, wounded Irma
Talbot, 17, three times, and club
ed her sister, Katherine, 20, into
insensibility, according to evidence
before the board.
DEFECTS DEL MONTE
DEL MONTE, Calif.. March 29, —
Midwick won the Del Monte open
» polo championship by defeating
Los Indios 9-6.
Led'by Laddie Sanford the Mid
wick team went on an early scor
ing spree. Sanford accounted for
three scores in the first period.
Eric Tyrell, Martin and Aidan
Roark rallied for Los Indios re
peatedly but their four lacked the
smooth team work of Sanford’s
quartet. _
MORE BAD LUCK
YUMA. Ariz., March 29.—The ill
luck which dogged the attempts of
Lieut. Harold Bromley to fly the
Pacific ocean pursued him Monday
night when his tri-motored trans
port plane crashed at Yuma Air
Port.
He suffered cuts and bruises
about the head. His passenger,
Willard F. Heilman of Los Angeles,
was uninjured. They were enroute
to El Paso, Texas.
WON HIS BATTLE
LOS ANGELES, March 30, —The
little" Aztec fighter, “Baby” Ariz
mendi, after two weeks of reversals,
■was back in the winning column
* today. Arizmendi took the offen
sive throughout his 10 round bat
tle last night with Pedro Mas
qurea, calimant to the South
American title and easily won the
decision.
RUTH GETS LIFE
PHOENIX, Arib., March 30—The
death sentence of Winnie Ruth
Judd, trunk jpurderess, has been
commuted to life imprisonment,
it was reported here last night.
The State Board of Pardons and
Paroles, which in Arizona holds
the power in most states vested in
hte Governohs, held a lengthy ses
sion, and rumors of commutation
were circulated after adjournment.
ML PROSPECTORS
1 SCI EXPECTED
JUNEAU, March 30—The Senate
passed the judiciary committee’s
bill repealing the nrospectors aid
act and sent it to the Home where
passage is expected.
The Ways and Means committee
has been working for two days on
i the measure to regulate and con
| trol as well as tax manufacture
and sale of beer, the plan is to ex
pedite its passage so that it will
be effective by the time beer can
reach the Territory.
Details are unavailable at this
time but will be forwarded as soon
as possible.
MINER ALIVE
MT. CARMEL, Pa., March 30,—
John Cheslock Jr., 27, trapped in
and communicated with rescuers
a mine hole five days ago, is alive
endeavoring to reach him.
Rescuers had dug a shaft 55 feet
deep when they heard Mr. Ches
lock shouting for help. The trap
ped man said he could see their
light, and that his left foot had
been pinned by a boulder. Mr.
Cheslock was buried in a mine hole
last Saturday near the Sayre colli
ery of the Lehihg Valley Coal Co.
RIO SINGER MS
LONELY, TOOK POISON
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30,—
Quick thinking friends who sprang
into action when she telephoneid
them farewells, saved Jean Wake
field. well-known radio singer,
from death by suicide.
By a midnight relay of telephone
-calls they rushed other friends to
her apartment in time to adminis
ter antidotes and obtain hospital
treatment.
“I don’t know what happened”,
she said after physicians deter
mined that she was on the road
to recovery. ‘‘I was all alone and
got very blue.”
DUAL FLIGHT
LONDON, March 30, — Amy
Johnson Mollison and her hus
band, Capt- J. A. Mollison, made
"plans for a dual trans-Atlantic
flight from London to New York
as soon as weather permits.
This flight will be an innovation
for the two fliers, wrho have won
most of their aerial laurels as
“lone eagles.”
After reaching New York, the
couple said, they will fly back to
Europe shooting at a far distant
! mark.
I
CONSPIRACY
OGDEN, Utah, March 30—Charg
es of liquor conspiracy involving
hte mayor, sheriff and a half-doz
en other city and county officials,
were contained in indictments re
turned by the Federal Grand Jury.
Those arrested included Mayor
Ora Bundy and Sheriff Amasa M.
Hammon. Licenses on soft drink
parlors operated by bootleggers
and payment of money by bootleg
gers to officials and tinping off
liquor establishment raids were
among the allegations named in
the indictments'.
STATE OF ALARM
BERLIN, March 30, —Germany’s
500,000 Jews are in a state of alarm
over the national Socialist party’s
proclamation, virtually with gov
ernment sanction, of the nation
wide “economic pogrom” scheduled
to begin Saturday.
The national organization of
German Jews sent an appeal tc
, President von Hindenburg, Chan
cellor Hitler, all cabinet members
and tre police president of Berlin,
to intervene.
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GUNBOATS SEARCH
I MANCHURIA, March 30,—Britist
gunboats are searching off the
Manchurian coast for a gang ol
Chinese buccaneers who kidnappec
four British officers from the
British merchant ship Nanc’nang
! ENTIRE POPULATION
DEPORTED WIPED OUT
SONNY'S LANDSLIDE
LIMA, Peru, March 30, —The
landslide which devatated the vil
lage of Tantaday last Sunday wip
ed out the entire population of
1,000, according to the latest re
ports here.
Previous reports stated 76 bod
ies had been recovered and that
120 were feared dead.
The landslide was caused by
heavy rains, which caused a huge
lake to form on high ground near
the town. Finally the lake roared
I down on the village, carrying tons
of earth and stones with it. Com
munications to the region were
disrupted and it has been impos
j sible to verify the report.
MOTH FOR M
JUUD MURDERING
HIS, DISMISSED
t _
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 30, —A
l motion asking that Winnie Ruth
Judd condemned murderess, be
granted a trial by jury on a charge
of murdering her friend. Hedvig
Samuelson, was dismissed by Su
perior Judge Howard Speakman.
The motion asked that the trial
be set for April 4 and pointed out
this early trial date was essential
since Mrs. Judd is under sentence
to hang Good Friday, April 14, for
the slaying of Agnes Ann Leroi,
another friend.
The State Board of Pardons and
j Paroles met informally during the
1 morning, but failed to take any
i action on Mrs. Judd’s plea for
| clemency in the Lerio case.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, —
Patrick McKie, milk wagon driver
who held a $100,000 ticket on the
Grand National at Aintree, Eng.,
; was cited for contempt of court
by Superior Judge Thomas F. Gra
I ham for failure to file the ticket
with the court pending settlement
of his wife’s divorce suit.
Mrs. McKie obtained the order
in an injunction to prevent her
husband from disposing of the
ticket on the grounds that it re
i presented community property.
FLIERS FOUND
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 30
—W. A. Flowers of Dallas, Texas,
and Harry Scott of New Orleans,
who disappeared three days ago
while flying from Managua to
Puertocabezas, were found alive
near Cacalaya river.
Food was dropped from planes
which had been searching for
them. Then the planes returned
to Puertocabezas. where Captain
Whitehead took off with a United
States army amphibian to pick up
the two men.
!
MAY QUIT
NEW YORK, March 30, —The
New York American understands
| the liner Leviathan, largest of the
' passenger craft operating under
i the American flag, will quit trans
; Atlantic passenger service next
; month.
I A meeting is to be held in Wash
ington today, the newspaper was
j informed, at which time definite
i action will be taken by the United
I States Lines to turn the liner back
to its owners, the Shipping Board.
Declining business was given as
the reason.
LOW BIDDER
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, —
| Healy Tibbits Construction Co.,
I was low bidder, $1,036,500, for the
j contract on the San Francisco an
l chorage of the San Francisco-Oak
| land Bay Bridge, according to un
1 official figures from 10 competing
firms. , ,,
The bid was $326,000 under the
estimate for the job and $12,000
under the second bidder, the Clin
ton Construction Company.
WEDDING BELLS
SEATTLE, March 30,—A mar
! riage license was issued Wednesday
to Albert Osborn, 21, of Juneau
and Miss Elizabeth McClymont, 20
of Tenino.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!
LOS ANGELES, March 30, —A
“moonshine” drinking cat is own
ed by the Central police station.
After lapping the liquor the cat
goes adventuring. Recently it at
tacked a stuffed antelope
I
BERLIN, March 30. —Twenty
four Jewish shop windows were
smashed overnight in Emden by
persons who have not been trac
ed. In Goettingin virtually all
Jewish shop windows were smash
ed. Auxiliary police were guarding
the premises today.
At Gleiwittz, Buethen and Hin
denburg, Jewish stores reopened
as anti-Jewish propanganda ceas
ed after representations by the
Silisean chamber of commerce,
pointed out the inexpediency of
such a campaign.
At Goerlitz, on the other hand,
a crowd numbering 1.000 assembled
before the court house, shouting
for the removal of Jewish judges
and lawyers.
Nazi storm troopers then occu
pied the building and took sever- ;
al Jews into protective custody.
uti rami to
o.s.
STOCKHOLM, March 29, —Ap
parently believing that a woman
looks like a man and can fool
anybody if she puts on pants,
Greta Garbo started for San Fran
cisco in male attire, it was learned.
She went aboard the Swedish
steamer Annie Johnson, not only
wearing men’s clothing, but using
the name of “John Emerson.” It
didn’t last long, though. Once safe
ly aboard, she resumed feminine
garb and became “Joan Emerson.”
I ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., March
I 28,—Don Brennan, 29-year-old
Rookie pitcher from the Newark
International League Club, loomed
as one of the starting pitchers of
the Champion Yankees this year.
He held Boston to three hits in
six innings yesterday, but in the
! eighth inning the Braves scored
i four runs off his successor, Jimmy
! Deshong, coast Rookie, and won,
four to three. The Yanks took the
series, six games to three.
LOOTING
TOKIO, March 30, —Japanese
| troops penetrated south of the
; Great Wall to end looting and ter
i rorism by soldiers of General
I Chiang Kai SJieks army, according
| to reports received here.
Chinese troops were reported
| ransacking homes in Peiping and
I Tientsin, demanding money and
! valuables. The reports listed 2,000
i wounded in Tentsin and 3,000 in
Peiping. The Japanese forces
which entered North China proper
comprised the Nakamura corps.
TENNIS HONORS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, —
Northern California interclub dou
bles championship honors will be
at stake tonight in the course of
the Palace of Fine Arts when a
group composed of Helen Wills
Moody and Alice Marble pair off
to oppose Helen Jacobs and Anna
Harper.
As the result of previous play in
the interclub tournament, the
Berkeley Tennis Club and the Cal
ifornia Tennis Club of this city
merged as finalists.
MORE PROTESTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30,
—A swelling protest against adm
inistration efforts to inject the
League of Nations issue into the
Senate in the midst of vital emer
gency domestic legislation, caused
the Senate foreign relations com
mittee to shelve th court protocols
temporarily.
Alarmed when pro-court Sena
tors joined with opponents against
I hasty action, Democratic leaders
decided to consult further with
President Roosevelt before press
ing the issue.
MILLIONS DIE
BERLIN, March 30, —Millions
of persons are dying of hunger in;
Soviet Russia and the nation is in
the grip of “ruthless terror,” Gar-j
ret Jones, foreign affairs secretary,
to David Lloyd George, said on his
arrival.
“Executions are numerous and
unemployment is rising rapidly,” (
Jones asserted.
I
MOSCOW, March 30,—An offi
cial communique described how
Foreign Commissar Maxin Litvin
off rebuffed Sir Esmond Ovey, the
British Ambassador, when the lat
ter appeared at the Foreign Office
“to acquaint the Foreign Minister,
with steps the British government
intends to take if the Soviet gov
ernment places on trial several
British subjects charge a with
sabotage”.
The men involved, employees of
a British electric company, were
arrested on sabotage charges and
are still in custody.
GOING ABROAD
NEW YORK, March 30, —The
American committee on religious
rights and minorities which sent
a commission to Rumania several
years ago to investigate reports,
voted Wednseday to send a similar
commission to Germany.
The committee will be composed
of prominent Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish clergymen. German
diplomatic representatives will be
asked Hitler’s attitude to such a
mission.
TWO STATES BE FIRST
TO VOTE ON REPEAL
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 28,
—Michigan will be the first and
Wisconsin the second in the par
ade of States to vote on repeal of
the. 18th amendment, it was an
nounced by Jouett Shouse, presi
dent of the association against
the prohibition amendment.
Michigan voters wll go to the
polls on April 3, to elect delegates
for a convention to be held April
10.
The Wisconsin election on April
4 wrill pave the way for a conven
tion on April 25. Other States will
follow thru the summer and fall.
INDISCREET
LONDON, March 30—Lieut. Nor
man Bailie Stewart, the mysterious
“Prisoner of the Tower”, was back
behind the historic stone walls,
awaiting action by the military
authorities and the King on his
trial for treason.
It was expected he would be dis
missed from the army and possi
bly sentenced to prison, unless the
Crown decided he was guilty more
of indescretion than treachery.
BLOCKED
PARIS, March 30,—The Finance
I committee of the Chamber of De
puties in effect blocked the move
1 for immediate payment of the $19,
I 000,000 war debt interest which
I was due to the United States last
December 15.
Foreign Minister Joseph Paul
Boncour explained to the commit
tee the government’s attitude was
that a discussion of the debt ques
tion should be put off because of
negotiations now in progress with
the United States.
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IN SECLUSION
SHANGHAI, March 30. —As a
result of t e recent attempt on his
life, Marshal Chang Hsieu Liang,
the deposed North China war lord,
is now living in seclusion here.
He has purchased an armored
high-powered American motor
car for occasional movements.
His home was bombed March 20.
He is considered a virtual priso
ner here, with Chinese gangsters
allegedly demanding a huge ran
som for supposedly guaranteeing
his safety.
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ANOTHER VICTORY
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 30,
Anti-capital punishment advo
cates won another victory in the
assembly when a bill increasing
the penalty for kidnapping wa*
amended on the floor to exclude
the death penalty. The bill increas
es the penalty to life imprison
ment.
II OEMGNSimS
MARRED PDI1E WHILES
VISIT TO GLASGOW
GLASGOW, Scotland, March 30,
—A tour of Glasgow by the Prince
of Wales yesterday was marred by
two unpleasant incidents.
A Communist addressing a crowd
refused to halt his speech while
the Prince passed. Police took, him
off his platform and to a police
station.
When the Prince visited Saint
Roch’s recreational club a window
was smashed by stones thrown as
the royal car drove up. Police were
uable to find the throwers.
There are large numbers of Com
munists in the Glasgow population.
Just before the Prince emerged
from his sleeping car, a man broke
thru the lines of police and sta
tion officials to the door of the
royal car. He told the stationmas
ter, who stopped him there, that
he had an engagement with the
Prince, but policemen rushed for
ward and escorted him outside the
station.
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UMI SYSTEM
DECATUR, March 30—The first
of the seven negroes facing retrial
on accusations of attacking two
white girls in the Scottsboio case,
were ordered to appear for a hear
ing but a delay over charges of
racial discrimination appeared im
minent.
Heywood Patterson, first of the
defendants, was sentenced to
death but was granted a new trial
on an appeal.
The dgfense counsel is ready for
another attack on Alabama’s jury
system and has summoned 200 ne
groes, among them doctors, law
yers and college professors to sup
port the motion.
RARE SIGHT SOON BE
BOISE, Idaho, March 29, —
Citizens of northern Idaho will
soon be sitting on the station
platforms and watching train
loads of beer pass by, enroute
from Spokane to Montana cities,
it was disclosed.
Beer can be transported across
the state even though Idaho is
bone dry. Attorney General Bert
H. Miller announced that state of
ficials would have nothing to do
with it and that it was entirely
an Interstate commerce issue.
HOME AND SERVANTS
OFFERED EINSTEIN, FREE
LONDON, March 29, —Professor
Albert Einstein, the scientist, was
offered free use of a house here,
including servants, for one year,
because of his self-imposed exile
from Germany during the present
, anti-Jewish campaign.
Dr. and Frau Einstein arrived
at Southampton from New York:
on their way to Holland.
, He reiterated he had no inten
i tion of returning to Germany dur
ing the present regime.
BAYONETS
i -
VIENNA. March 30, —Smashed
I windows in business houses and
coffee shops along the famous
' streets in the inner city of Vien
; na, bore witness today to a dem
onstration by Austria Nazis shout
ing their allegiance to Chancellor
Adolf Hitler of Germany,
i Another demonstration in Leo
ben by Nazi students was more
| than police could cope with. They
. called in the gendarmerie, which
cleared the streets with bayonets.
PALLBEARERS
TIJUANA, Mex., March 29, —
Bartenders here are preparing to
doff their white coats and don
their black Sunday clothes to act
as pallbearers for John Barleycorn
when beer becomes legal in the
! United States.
In other words saloon owners in.
Tijuana were preparing to close
their doors and migrate back to
the states.
PUBLIC DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT