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TODAY’S WEATHER
Seward 48 above zero, Tunnel
40 above, Anchorage 38 above,
Curry 35 above, Broad Pass 30
above, Healy 18 above, Nenana 30
above and Fairbanks 32 above.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED RIvESB
'doLUME XXIX. Numbers 224-225.
SEWARD, ALASKA, Tuesday, September 26, 1933.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
MINE INDUSTRIES1
«FUTURE SAID BE
QUITE BRIGHT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. —Op
timism regarding the future of the
mineral industries’ prospects of
recovery from the severe recession
suffered in the past four years
was voiced by the Bureau of Mines
in a mineral yearbook for 1932
1*933.
The report said consumption of
minerals cannot be suppressed in
definitely. As the steady rise in
living standards made possible
chiefly through increased utiliza
tion of minerals and metals and
as the rise in living standards goes
an increase in consumption
must follow suit.
It was pointed out the mineral
industries employ more than 1,
100.000 men and furnish more than
naif the tonnage handled by the
railroads, placing these industries
in key positions with relation to
national business recovery.
The production of gold, the re
port said, exceeds the yearly Quan
tity produced during the boom
period.
EARLY ALASKAN
DIES AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Sept. 26. — Funeral
Ibrvices were held Sunday for the
late Abraham Springs. 77. who died
Friday at his home here.
Spring was a, leader in Jewish
religious and educational circles.
He went to Alaska during the ex
citing Klondike gold rush of ’98
and served as a postmaster at the
Circle Hot Springs. Later he was
one of the leaders in the organiza
tion of a city government at Fair
fcbanks.
Spring also served as a prosecut- .
ing attorney at Fairbanks. He has;
lived in Seattle for the past 181
years. Two sons survive to mourn!
the loss of the early Northland pio
neer.
GOLD AT S31.30
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — The
United States treasury quotation
on gold yesterday was $31.30 an
ounce. On the Chicago exchange
wheat closed at 835*; cotton $10.13;
domestic copper .09; export cop
per .0805; bar silver 39; pound
sterling $4.75 *2
PEIPING MAY
BE ATTACKED
PEIPING, China, Sept. 26, —
The irregular army of General
Fang Chen Wu was’ reported to
be within 20 miles of Peiping and
it was expected that the ancient
capital would soon be attacked.
The first outbreak of hostilities
~;n connection with Japan’s ef
I'ort to force Chinese irregulars
out of the North China neutral
zone, took place when a Japanese
airplane dropped a bomb on the
headquarters of General Fang.
EXECUTIVE CALLED
NEW YORK, Sept. 26. —Myles
4b. Lambert, 60, nationally known
as an electric transportation ex
ecutive, died at his home after a
lingering illness. Lambert began
work as a brakeman on the Long
Island railway system and rose to
the position of transportation
sales manager of the Westing
nouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company.
NRA RADIO CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, —Plans for
a gigantic NRA radio campaign
were begun with the formation of
the National Radio Legion, headed
by Kate Smith, radio singer.
DR. SUZZALLO PASSES
SEATTLE, Sept. 26, —Dr. Henry
Suzzallo, 58 years old, interna
nationally known educator, died
in a hospital here following a
heart attack. The former Univer
sity of Washington president hadi
been associated with the Carnegie
Foundation since 1926.
POSSIBLE WAR
PREDICTION IS
MADE, GENEVA
GENEVA, Sept. 26. —The warn
ing by Premier Johan Mowinckel.
of Norway, of the possibility that
war hangs as a menace of the
world, startled the League of Na
tions Assembly at its opening ses
sion yesterday.
Mowinckel, president of the
League Council, declared fur-'
ther that the four-power peace ;
pact recently signed by Germany, l
Italy, France and Great Britain
can aid considerably in a torn and
divided Europe where liberty of
thought and personal liberty is
not everywhere secure.
Another surprise was occassion- |
ed by the election of Charles T. E.
Water, South African high com
missioner at London .to be pre
sident of the assembly, defeating
Francisco Castillo Majera, of Mex
ico.
This is the 14tli regular assemb
ly of the League. Their conclave
is darkened by the “failure” of
three other world discussions dur
ing tlie past year including ttjg.
failure of a settlement of the Sino
Japanese incident, the disarma
ment conference and the London
Economic conference.
ROCKNE’S STYLE
BEING ALTERED
NOTRE DAME, Ind., Sept. 26,— '
An altered offense, varying from'
the traditional style of Knutej
Rockne, was demonstrated in the'
first scrimmages of the year in'
the Notre Dame football camp. j
Coach “Hunk” Anderson put
two teams through a scrimmage
drill using a revised offensive
which was kept secret. The “seven
and a box” type of defensive,
likewise gave place to other types
of defensive formations.
TAKES ANOTHER CHANCE
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. Sept. 26,—
After eloping by airplane to Yu
ma, Arizona where they were
married by a justice of the peace,
Sally Eilers, film star, and Harry
Joe Brown, director, started their
honeymoon in Hollywood.
GOV. SELIGMAN
DIED SUDDENLY
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. 26,'
[ —Governor Arthur Selgiman of
New Mexico, died suddenly in a
hotel here of what doctors des
| cribed as an attack of angina
pectoris.
The Governor had come here
from Santa Fe to attend a meet
ing of the New Mexico state bank
ers association of which he was a
member.
PUBLISHER FOUND DEAD
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, —Sam
Silverman, 61, publisher of the
theatrical magazine, Variety, was
found dead in his hotel apartment
here. Death was attributed to a
heart attack.
A SLASHING DEFEAT
PARIS, Sept. 26, —In their first
meeting as professionals, William
T. Tilden, 2nd, of the United
States, administered * a slashing
defeat to Henri Cochet, veteran
French tennis star, 6-3, 6-4 and
6-2.
WORLD RECORD
MOOSE BAGGED,
MRS. R. F. WELSH
I
Establishing a world’s record for
women hunters, Mrs. Robert F.
Welsh of Philadelphia, brought
down a moose with a spread of
antlers of 67 1-4 inches and 26
points. Mrs. Welsh also bagged a
large black bear.
This was Mrs. Welsh’s first hunt j
and first experience in firing ai
rifle, but Frank Towle, guide, in!
charge of the hunt, says “she;
handles a gun and is a better:
big game hunter than many men!
I have had in the field.”
Mrs. Welsh shot the moose from'
a distance of 200 yards, and the|
bear, at 150 yards. Together with
other trophies, Guide Towle has!
placed the heads on exhibition in'
one of the Seward Trading Com
pany’s windows.
Mr. Welsh, prominent banker of
Philadelphia, was content to
watch his charming bride enjoy;
herself. “We had wonderful
weather and a wonderful time!
during the entire 10 days of the
hunt,” Mr. Welsh said. The pres
ent trip to Alaska was his third,
hunting each year, in 1930-31-33,
under the guidance of Frank
Towle, one of Alaska’s foremost!
guides and of national renown.
“We could have shot a moose the
first day out,” Mr. Welsh added. ;
Perhaps, next year, Mr. and Mrs.,
Welsh will return and go to Ko
diak-Island for a brown bear hunt. j
The occasion of their romance;
and marriage, on August 5 last,
gave Mr. and Mrs. Welsh a deluge
of publicity altogether unexpect
ed. Many Alaskans will recall re
cent newspaper and magazine ar
ticles relating details of the beau
tiful romance between the Phila
delphia banker and his lovely
young bride.
Juneau Flats, Kenai Peninsula,
was the locale for the hunt, and
other members making up the
party were W. C. Knaake, packer;
and Guy Terrill, cook.
Mr. and Mrs. Welsh, and Guide
Towle, arrived in the city yester
day, and are registered at the Van
Gilder Hotel. They leave for the
East next Monday.
Murderer Stalked
Mountain Trail
WAYNESVILLE, N. C., Sept. 26.
—Thomas Price, 65, retired New
York business man and secretary
of the Union Pacific Railroad, was
shot to death as he rode with two
companions on a mountain trail
near his lodge Sunday.
Dewey Potter, a mountaineer,
against whom Price had filed a
trespass charge recently, surrend
ered to the authorities at Waynes
ville soon after Price’s compan
ions said Potter had fired the fa
tal shot.
Both of Price’s companions were
also wounded but not seriously.
ALASKA PLEDGES
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26,—Re
gional Administrator George Creel
said that 551 National Recovery
Act pledges have been signed by
Alaskans.
BASEBALL SCORES
Sunday’s Games
National—Cin. 1-1, Chi. 7-0.
Boston 5-5, N. Y. 6-2.
Pitts. 4-5, St. L. 5-4.
Phila. 7-2, Brook. 12-5.
American—St. L. 1-2, De't. 2-5.
Chi. 8-6, Cleve. 7-12.
N. Y. 8, Boston 10.
Phila. 11, Wash. 4.
Coast—L. A. 8-3, Holly. 7-4.
S. F. 4-5, Missions 8-4.
Oak. 1-4, Seattle 3-0.
Sacs- Port. rain.
HUNG UP NEW MARK
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 26, —!
Colonel Roscoe Turner, speed J
flyer, hung up a new West-East j
transcontinental record racing hisj
swift plane at times at 315 miles
an hour to cross the continent in;
10 hours and 5 and one-half min-1
utes.
NRA STATUS OF \
HENRY FORD
BE INVESTIGATED
DETROIT, Sept. 26. —An NRA i
committee in Dearborn is making
ready to organize a compliance1
board to hear complaints against
Henry Ford and possibly to bring
into the open the attitude of'
Ford toward the NRA. Ford’s at- j
titude has not been definitely de-,
termined and it is not known if
the Ford Company plant will be
represented on the board and
whether Ford would be made hon- 1
orary chairman of the committee.
Some complaints have been re
gistered by Ford workingmen. The
charge is that when the company
decided to hire 5,000 war vets the
selection was left to the American
Legion post of that city. Others’
protested the policy, which the
company claims it has now ab
andoned, of paying workers who
are deeply in debt only a dollar a;
day in cash and the remainder;
represented by provisions from the
Ford commissary and payments on
outstanding bills.
Others have protested the step- j
ping up of the production line. j
DIVORCE FAILS
DAUNT WRESTLER
RENO, Nev., Sept. 26, —Gus
Sonnenberg, here to establish res
idence in order that his pretty
film actress wife, Judith Allen,
may obtain a divorce, defeated
Dr. Peter Visser, Fresno, Calif.,
chiropractor, in a professional
wrestling match.
A large crowd witnessed the
match. Visser won the first fall,
Sonnenberg the next two.
PLANTERS HOMELESS
PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad,
Sept. 26, —More than 100 planters
were homeless in Central Trini
dad following gales and torren
i tial rains that destroyed property
and crops and paralyzed transpor
[ tation and communication facil
ities.
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AVIATORS GET
PAY INCREASES
CHICAGO Sept. 26, —Represen -
| Natives of five major airlines an
| nounced an increased pay scale
i affecting pilots and co-pilots.
The program will provide better
: working conditions and it is hoped
i will eradicate the unrest manifest
I recently regarding compensation.
The airlines affected are the
American Airways, Eastern Air
transport, Transcontinental West
ern Air, United Airlines and West
ern Express. The new wages will
be effective October 1.
Officials said the new scale will
average $7.50 per hour and include
about 250 of the pilots employ
ed by the five lines.
EARTHQUAKES BOOMED
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 26, —Night
ly earthquakes followed by thun
derous roars and booming explo
sions were reported by a party of
hunters returning via airplane
from Post river and lake. The
hunters said they felt the quakes
several nights last week near
Rohn river roadhouse, on the
south fork of the Kuskokwim.
DEATH, HAVOC
VISITED UPON
CITY TAMPICO
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 26,
—The city of Tampico, in Mexico,
was virtually wiped out yesterday
by a hurricane which swept into
that area and left at least 5,000
dead and untold property damage.
The first report of the tragedy
was radioed by the German steam
er Kiel as all communication lirles
to the city are down.
Later reports said that parts of
the city stood in water 15 feet
deep and that the high water con
tinued for miles inland.
Several trains en route to Tamp
ico from Mexico City are unreport
ed and it is feared that they may
have been caught by the hurricane.
Airplanes are preparing to rush
to the scene to bring relief work
ers. President Rodrigez. of Mexico,
has issued an appeal for contribu
tions to aid in the relief in the
stricken area.
Tampico is 275 miles south of
Brownsville.
CUBA TOLD PUT
HOUSE IN ORDER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 26,—
The United States State Depart
ment became more stern in its at
titude toward the revolutionary re
gime in Cuba and has served no
tice that Cuba must put its house
in order or there would be the pos
sibility of armed £arce to protect
American citizens and property.
It was also revealed that the
commanders of warships in Cuban
waters have been given authority
to land armed forces if and when
they think such action is warrant
ed.
LETHARGIC MARKET
NEW YORK. Sept. 26, —It is the
opinion of traders that it will take
considerable boosting to take the
stock market from its present dol
drums. Yesterday’s trading saw'
shares drop from as much as one
to five points. Saturday’s strength
did not carry over. Dow Jones aver
ages gave industrials 98.08, off 1.75;
rails 43.51, off 1.08; utilities 26.25,
l off .61; bonds 84.55, off .14.
CUBAN POLITICS
NEAR SOLUTION
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 26, -r-Cu
! ba’s political problems neared a
solution as President Grau San
Martin and opposition approached
an agreement on a compromise
government.
It was learned from a high
authority that the government
demands retention of Grau San
Martin in the presidency but is
| willing to divide cabinet posts
! with opposition elements.
NOT CONFERENCE GAME
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 26, —The
football squad of the North Texas
Teachers’ College of Denton,
which played the Southern Meth
odist “Mustangs” to a scoreless
tie last season, put on more
steam and made it a 7-0 victory.
It was not a Southwest confer
ence game.
WILL FADE AWAY
| CHICAGO, Sept. 26, —Mary Mc
1 Cormick, petite opera singer,
sued for divorce by Prince Serge
M’divani, in a Los Angeles bill
charging an affair with Samuel
Insull, Chicago utility “king”, un
til he went broke, said all of the
charges would be made to fade
as snow in sunshine when the
case went to trial.