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“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.’
—Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 12.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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HE PROGRAM TO
PUT COUNTRY FEET
ANOTHER FLAN PROPOSED BUT
MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL
UNEMPLOYED
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. (/P) — A
group of leading economists of the
United States, after two months of
interchange of opinion, agreed upon
a program of economic action
which is believed will revive busi
ness, restore values, increase em
ployment and strengthen banks.
Warren Persons, prominent econ-;
omist, outlied the program in which
four steps are recommended: en- j
actment of a bill establishing re
construction of finance corpora
tions to deal more effectively with
emergency situations; proper econ
omy in municipal, State and na
tional budgets; increased taxation.
A liberal Federal Reserve policy
is designed to check credit contrac
tion and encourage some expan
sion. A commercial banking policy j
is suggested to cooperate with re- j
serve banks in checking credit dc- j
creases and encouraging increases, j
including an icrease in sound in- j
vestmets; also, cooperation in aid-,
mg necessary treasury financing,
borrowing from Federal Reserve
Banks when necessary to meet
these other sound needs.
BALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Jan. 14. {£>)—
4 lurid story7 that a father and his
seven children w ere burned to
death by two boys as act of ven
geance was being investigated by!
da Ilia County authorities.
The victims were James White, j
n-9, and his children who met death 1
when their log cabin was destroyed j
, 'ast spring. An eighth child wras j
he sole survivor.
Sheriff Swanson of Gallia County j
:.nd George H. Lamb, assistant
superintendent of the Boys’ Indus
trial School at Lancaster, said that
two inmates of the school had con
fessed they fired the cabin because
one of them was beaten by White
during a fist fight.
LEFT $20,000,000 ESTATE
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. UP)—'The will
of Julius Rosenwald was filed for
probate showing an estate of $20,
000,000. The Rosenwald family as
sociation has been formed to carry
an his philanthropies. He be
queathed $11,000,000 to charity and
the remainder will divided equally
mong his five children.
BATTLE CRY SOUNDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.
i/P)—A battle cry for the renomina
tion of President Hoover was
.optmded in a public letter by Sen
ator Moses, Republican from New
Hampshire, asserting: “It is time
for Hoover men to stand up and
be counted.
WILL CHRISTEN SHIP
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. P)—Elizabeth
'Bullen, native born'Alaskan, resi
i dent of Juneau and a student at
the University of Washington, will
break a bottle of Arctic water over
the new North Star, replacing the
MS Boxer, January 18.
DAVIS AND COX JOIN IN CALL
REPUDIATION SPECIAL
PRIVILEGES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 15.
(.*?) — The cohorts of Democracy
heard from their last three stand
ard bearers the call for a militant
campaign to capture the Presi
dency next fall.
One after another, Alfred E. i
Smith, John W. Davis and Janies :
M. Cox, Presidential candidates in ’
1923, 1924 and 1920, depicted con
ditions under the Hoover Republi
can administration as appalling. I
Quoting Republican predictions of j
prosperity in the campaign in which !
Herbert Hoover defeated him, and
drawing a contrast with the pres- j
ent conditions, Mr. Smith said that j
what the leadership of the nation
needed at this time of trial can
come only with a Democratic vic
tory.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Cox joined the ;
former New’ York Governor in con
demning the administration pol
icies. All called for a repudiation
of special privileges.
Ml PUS PL? TO
SWF SICTIC FII05
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15. (£>>—!
William Graham, an Alaskan flier,
paused here enroute North to'
search for the Baychimo’s fur1
treasure.
Graham said he would use a spe- j
daily constructed plane in search- ;
ing for the vessel and that he in
tended to^exercise salvage rights.
He plans to make Wainv;right his
base.
TWO AUTOS CRASH
MIL; FIVE INJURED
OAKLAND, Jan. 14. (£>) — Ralph
Hepburn, 35, of Los Angeles, and
Broan Saulpaugh, 24, of Pasadena,
were seriously injured and five of
ficials were cut and bruised in two
accidents at the automobile races
at the Oakland Speedway here.
Hepburn’s car crashed through a
guard rail and overturned. Short
ly afterward Saulpaugh’s machine,
traveling at 100 miles per hour,
skidded and snapped off the braces
supporting the judges stand.
Five well known speedway offi
cials were hurt but not seriously.
A1 Parmentier, oldtimer of the :
North, passed away at Anchorage
recently, says The Times.
TWELVE DIE IN
TODIDO: SNOW
COVEDS CHLIEDim
75-MILE GALE CAUSES $25,000
DAMAGE IN CALIFORNIA
CAPITOL CITY
(By Associated Press)
Tragedy draped a sombre black j
over a motley and capricious win- 1
ter. Dandelions still bloomed in
the turf in North Carolina but 10,
are dead from a tornado and two‘
in Tennessee. j
In farming communities heavy;
snows dropped temperatures and j
chilled sections of California. Vir
tually all of Southern California
awoke to find its streets covered!
with snow.
A storm struck shortly before'
dawn and citrus growers are using j
smudge pots. A 75-mile gale hit I
Sacramento and the damage is es
timated at $25,000 in windows brok- :
en and fallen wires.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.
(rP)—The Navy Department is dis- j
cussing sending additional Marines
to Nicaragua to assist in the super
vision of the November elections,!
but since the sending of forces!
would be contrary to the adminis- ,
tration’s withdrawal policy, final j
decision will rest with President j
Hoover.
The President has appointed
Rear Admiral Woodward to super- j
vise the elections. There now about:
900 Marines there; it is estimated !
500 more are needed.
ONE-YEAR SENTENCE
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 15. (IP)— ;
Olive Clark Day, convicted of con- f
tributing to the delinquency of
Clarice Taubor Fladebo, 1G, in the
operation of a Hollywood girl mar
ket, was sentenced to one year in
jail by Judge C. S. Tappaan. Her
attorney filed notice of appeal and
the $2,500 bond was allowed to
stand.
FINAL COUNT
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Jan. 15.
'IP)—The final count in Finland’s
referendum on prohibition showed
70.45 per cent of the votes for re
peal of the prohibition law.
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NO UNUSUAL MOVEMENT
MANILA, Jan. 15. (JP)—Naval of
ficers said that no unusual move
ment of the U. S. Navy Asiatic fleet
had been ordered because of the
Manchurian conflict. The fleet is
all anchored here, except for the
ships patrolling Chinese waters
each winter.
ROBBERS RESTORE
ALMOST ENTIRE
NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES ARE
TURNED OVER TO THE
AUTHORITIES
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. (.-fj—A notor
ious bank robber and gangster re
stored virtually all the $2,870,000
loot of the greatest bank robbery
in history when geants for the Lin
coln National Bank & Trust Co., of
Lincoln, Neb., were handed nego- I
tiable securities worth $583,000.
Gus Winkler, the bandit, absolved
of any implication in the robbery,
lias already supplied proof of the
destruction of registered bonds with
a value of $2,217,009, making possi
ble the issuance of new certificates.
The finale occurred in the offices
of the Secret Six where Sergeant
Roy Steffens turned the recovered j
loot over to W. E. Barkley, a director <
of the Lincoln bank in the pres- i
ence of County Attorney Towle of i
Lincoln.
Where they had been cached or I
from whom Winkler obtained them I
remains a secret; thus, Winkler kept;
his pledge.
PIONEER m COULTER
PIES' HI SUP. HONEi
JUNEAU, Jan. 15. (/P) — Harry
Coulter, 60, a resident of Alaska
for 34 year’s, died in the Pioneers
Home at Sitka from a heart attack.
Mr. Coulter stampeded to the
Klondike from California in 1898
and in almost every stampede in
Alaska since, including Fairbanks,
Some, Iditarod and the Kuyokuk. j
He was marshal and sergeant-at- j
\rms in the House of Representa- j
;ives in 1929.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.
(/P)—A new drive by Western States
to establish a bi-metallic currency
system will be inaugurated by
Democratic Senator Wheeler from
Montana in a bill recommending
free coinage of silver at rates of
16 ounces to one of gold.
Wheeler predicted speedy solu
tion of the unemployment problem
as a direct result of the proposed
legislatio nand asserted agricultural
land value would quadruple inside
of two years, thus liquidating the
frozen assets in country banks.
FORMAL HOE OF
1ST DEGREE MURDER
HAN, TWO MEN
GENERAL SHAKEUP UNDERWAY
IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS:
WARDEN OUT
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j HONOLULU, Jan. 15. (JP)—The
I gathering- of evidence in one of this
section’s most sensational homicide
cases was being concluded Thurs •
day for presentation to a grand
jury, when a formal charge of first
degree murder will formally be
made against Mrs. Grace Fortescue,
E. J. Lord and Ai Jont*>, for the
murder of Joseph Kahahawai,
young Hawaiian who was charged
with the assault of a white woman.
During the while the evidence
was being gathered, members of the
Hawaiian Territorial Legislature
were hurrying to Honolulu to at
tend *a special session of the Legis -
iature which has been called by
Governor Lawrence Judd to be
convened next Monday. A complete
change of the Honolulu police de -
partment and prosecutor’s office is
being sought. It is also deshed to
make the prosecutor’s office ap
pointive instead of elective as is the
case now.
Changes have already been an
nounced in the wardenship of the
Oahu prison, and the watchmen
who left their posts to attend New
Year’s celebrations and during
whose absence a prison break oc
curred have been dismissed.
PENH HILLS
BELIEVED SEEN SCENE
OF WHINE HSISTEfi
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 14. (&)—
Through rain and low hanging fog,
cavalry and posses covered many
a mile of wild woodland between
Sterretts and Doubling Gag, south
west of the city, in search of two
women fliers believed victims of
one more airplane disaster of the
Pennsylvania mountains.
Six planes left here attempting
to aid, and were driven back by
storms. The women fliers left St.
Louis, announcing that they pro
posed a flight from New York to
Buenos Aires. Their plane was
last seen by Gentry Shelton of
St. Louis, piloting Mrs. Stewart's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Woemer, in an accompanying
plane.
Shelton landed at the Harrisburg
airport, but did not give the alarm
until evening. He said the missing
ship had cleared the last ridge of
the mountains before a cloud bank
separated them and that he had
expected the women to put Into
port before nightfall.
PRESIDENTIAL BOOST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.
[£>) — A full-fledged Presidential
boost for Senator John N. Garner
developed as the result of an edi
torial by William Randolph Hearst,
describing the Texan as “the hope
of the Democratic party.”
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