MKMKBR ASSOCIATED TRUSS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 64.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Volcano Phenomena
Predictions are Made
by Famous Geologist:
GATEWAY GIVEN EXCLUSIVE STORY OF SEA-;
SON’S PROGRAM OF EXPLORATION BY’ NOTED
JESUIT “GLACIER PRIEST,” NOW EMBARKED
ON SIXTH CONSECUTIVE ALASKA TREK
SEWARD FEATURED SECOND TIME AS OFFI
CIAL STARTING POINT OF EXPEDITION
Two years ago, Bernard R. Hubbard, S. J„ “the Glacier Priest,"
eminent professor of geology of Santa Clara University, Alaska ex
plorer and internationally known lecturer, predicted the foUowing,
3931, would see a major eruption on the Alaska Peninsula. ^
When Mount Aniakchak exploded, now known as the “Moon Crater,"
the oracle's prediction came true, and since that period there has been
little peace in that narrow strip of Westward land for, when Aniakchak
let go, the many other volcanoes in an 800-mile stretch decided to join
in the celebration with the result thunderous salvos followed, with
belching flames, sombre clouds and hundreds of tons of ashes wer
scattered broadcast. ___
Upon this, his sixth consecutive®
Alaska exploration without finan
cial backing. Father Hubbard ven
tures a second prediction; that the
general activity which staited last
year with the great eruption of
Aniakchak, and which, incidently,
created considerable comment in
* the East, would not terminate for
another year, believing that in two
years following the initial earth
convulsions, it will have subsided.
Also that such widespread activity
is caused by the various weak spots
giving way
He further predicts that Katmai,
like other historic volcanoes, blew
off its top and must heal itself,
which will probably be accomplish
ed as is generally the case in such i
instances, by the rising of a new j
active ash-throwing cone from j
1,000 to 1,500 feet in height, to one ,
side of the lake; and speaking of j
-his lake, Father Hubbard said he j
was certain if it is still there, it j
w will be found pushed over to one ,
side of the crater if it has not been j
partially or totally obliterated by j
the rising of the new cone. This
cone will probably attain its full
grow-tli in two and one-half years .
Katmai probably is following the j
same line as the world-renowned j
Vesuvius and Montesuma and in
the next few' years it can be ex
pected that its cone will rise above ,
Katmai’s rim.
Forty thousand feet of moving i
picture film is being taken into the
field this season. Last summer’s
explorations and studies and films
on the Alaska Peninsula gave Fa
ther Hubbard sufficient material
for 200 lectures this past winter
throughout the entire country,
principally in the East. To enum
erate the cities visited and organ
isations, schools, etc., before which
he lectured, would require too much
space; sufficient to say they were
the most prominent. And while in
New York, he was made a member
of the Explorers’ Club. The Na
tional Broadcast Company signed
up the learned explorer under a
two-year contract, six months in
each year, beginning in 1933. He
is writing exclusive articles for the
Saturday Evening Post, three of
which were published this winter.
Every lecture in Philadelphia was
preceded by a full-page rotograv
ure.
The explorer was joined in Sew
ard by Ken Chisholm, University of
San Francisco student who accom
panied him on his two previous
journeys, and by Jack Mort-on, son
of the Anchorage attorney, who is
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Mar. 17. —Latest
stock quotations: Bethlehem Steel
20%; Chrysler 11 Vi; General Elec
tric 20%; U. S. Steel 44%; Stand
ard Oil of Calif 25%; American Can
67%; International Nickle Can 8%;
Radio 7Vi; Standard Oil of N. J
29%; General Motors 20%; Inter
national Teel. & Tel. 9%; Westing
house 28%.
2,000 WENT A-HUNTING
BRADIN, Neb., Mar. 17. — Two
thonsand people here went wolf
hunting Tuesday and bagged five
coyotes.
making his first trip as a member
of the party. A team of 11 dogs,
and an extra husky, “Klondike,”
together with a ton of supplies and
equipment, is being taken to Ko
diak on the SS Admiral Evans. At
Kodiak the party will transfer to
Karl Armstrong’s gasboat and con
veyed across Shelikoff Strait to
Katmai beach. The trek into the
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
and other volcanoes in that area,
and elsewhere far remote, will then
begin. It is proposed to drive the
dogs up to the towering rim of
Katmai, an unusual feat in itself.
After leaving Aniakchak crater,
where much equipment will be left,
and after the party’s arrival on the
Bering Sea side of the peninsula,
it is thought the snow will have left
the lowlands; so motorcycle wheels,
which Father Hubbard brought up
with him. will be attached to the
12-foot sled for travel along the
beach to False Pass, across from
Unimak Island. Difficulty is ex
pected in crossing the innumerable
streams and rivers enroute.
False Pass should be reached in ;
May. There they will build a sig- ;
nal fire for a Harris cannery ten
der to pick them up for the cross
ing to Unimak Island. Here they
will be on Mount Shishaldin’s home
soil; up this 7,500-foot volcano the
geologist and party will climb to
study and record its eruptive phe
nomena. This, it is thought, will
climax this season’s scientific ex
plorations.
But prior to ascending Shishal
din, the party will be increased by
three members, two entirely new
ones, but the third, is a veteran
member, Rod A. Chisholm, Jr., pro
fessor of geology and higher math
ematics at the University of San
Francisco and elder brother of Ken,
who left here Wednesday with Fa
ther Hubbard. The first of the
new members is Rev. Paul Galtes,
S. J., one of the best Jesuit chem
ists and mineralogists; and the
second, Ed Levin, a former Santa
Clara student and an amateur
heavyweight boxing champion, now
studying at Stanford University.
These three will leave Seattle June
2 on the SS Victoria direct for
Unimak.
The Seward Associated Press re
porter will fly to* the party some
time in June. Father Hubbard
hopes to cooperate with Aviators
Joe Barrows and Harry Blunt dur
ing the season and plans to return
to Seward, where the 1932 adven
ture began, either July 11 or 15.
NEW WORKING HOURS
DETROIT, Mar. 17.—The Lincoln
branch of the Ford shops here
Wednesday went on a six-hour
four-day week basis. Officials of
the Ford company refused to com
j ment on this new basis, or to state
I whether it would be put into effect
j in other plants as well.
FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
NEW YORK, Mar. 16. —“Bat”
Battalino Tuesday signed articles
j calling for him to meet Billy Pe
trolle at Madison Square Garden
on March 23 or 24. The bout will
be a title match.
NEW YORKER’S FOLLOWERS ARE
APPREHENSIVE BECAUSE
POOR SHOWING
BISMARCK, N. D., Mar. 17. (/P)— 1
With the rural precincts slowly re- j
porting returns of Tuesday’s Presi- !
dential reference primary, Gover-!
nor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New |
York, maintained but a scant lead j
over Governor William H. “Alfalfa
Bill” Murray, of Oklahoma.
Returns from 748 of the State’s
2,192 precincts gave Roosevelt 12,
143 and Murray 10,049 votes.
The Roosevelt majority is far
less than his supporters expected
and the followers of the New York
Governor are placed in an uneasy
position as to their favorite’s
strength. The North Dakota elec
tion is the first real test of Roose
velt strength, it is said, and the New
Yorker appears to be losing rather
than gaining votes.
The Democratic candidates com
mand the outstanding interest in
the North Dakota election, although
this is a nominally Republican
State. A larger than usual num
ber of Democratic ballots were
called in many communities, elec
tion judges said.
At Fargo early reports showed
about 25 per cent of the voters
called for Democratic votes, while
four years ago, returns from the
same precincts showed but 13 per
cent of the voters cast Democratic
ballots.
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GIN EGGS ARE EAID
B! GRIGAGO RABBITS
CHICAGO, Mar. 17.—An unusually
steady stream of men went into a
| delicatessan store here Wednesday
and it was disclosed that they each
bought an Easter egg.
A prohibition agent got suspic
| ious and got in the line of men,
i purchased a beautifully decorated
-Easter egg and when he opened it
! up, he spilled gin all over his vest.
1 The Easter eggs each contained
! one stiff drink of liquor. The pro
hibition agent immediately sum
moned his cohorts and they soon
raided the delicatessan store.
MAXIMUM PENALTIES
' WARREN, Ohio, Mar. 17.—Maxi
i mum penalties are being meted out
! for persons connected with kidnap
ping plots in all parts of the coun
try these days. In this city Judge
Lynn Griffith sentenced Dowell
Hargraves, 31 years of age, to life
imprisonment for the recent kid
napping of James Dejute, Jr., 11
years of age. Another man. said
to be Hargrave’s accomplices, will
be tried here next week. At New
York City another extortionist drew
a 50-year sentence for kidnapping
Sidney Mann, a butcher.
GIANT SLH WRESTLER
RETURNS TO AMERICA
SAN FRANCISCO, Mai'. 17.—Back
after an absence of years spent in
touring the world and meeting all
coiners, John Euko, Slavorian
champion, was to again appear in
a feature bout here.
The Slav, a giant in stature, was
to tackle Dr. Karl Sarpolis, wrest
ling medico of Cleveland, in a fin
ishing match at the Dreamland
Auditorium, and Promoter Edward
J. Lynch expected a large throng
to witness the tussle.
BASEBALL VICTORY
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 17. —The
University of California at Los An
geles Tuesday held a 1 to 0 base
ball victory over the University of
California at Berkeley.
MEN GOING TO WORK
FRESNO, Calif., Mar. 17.—Five
hundred men will be put to work
immediately on new work on the
Golden State Highway. The job
will last 90 days.
REBELS SCORE VICTORY
CHANG CHUN, Manchuria, Mar.
17. (/p)_Chinese rebels opposing
the new pro-Japanese regime,
headed by Henry Pu Yi, succeeded j
in capturing Fu-Yu, a city of 80,000 j
people. Fu-Yu is 100 miles west of!
Harbin. Japanese military chiefs
are making preparations to lead
their forces again the Chinese
“rebels.”
BANK RACKETEERING
MUST STOP ASSERTS
SENATOR JOHNSON
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.—
International bankers deliberately
sold bonds to the American public
which they knew never would be
redeemed, Senator Johnson told
Congress.
The Congressman denounced the
financial structure of interna
tional loans and asked for early
action on his two bills, one giving
full publicity to such transactions;
i the second, a revision of the for
leign loan bill.
“We must put a stop to this
racket which has grown larger than
all other forms of racketeering,”
Senator Johnson asserted.
SUES TAX BILL IS I
' GIVEN STRONG SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.— !
The sales tax bill, now before the
House, is promised strong support
from a large group of Representa
tives at the capitol from New York j
State. It is said that the majority j
of the New York House members J
will vote in favor of the measure, j
A night session will be held to
night so that debate on the tax bill
can be completed without inter
ruption.
It is thought that it will take ;
about a week for the House to |
complete action on the measure, i
SENTENCE OF DERTH
FOB IMS®
LIMA, Peru, Mar. 17.—Jose Mel
gar, 19-year-old youth, and a mem
ber of the Aprista party, who tried
iso desperately to end the life of
President Luis Sanchez Cerro last
week while the latter was attend
ing church services, was found
guilty of attempting the assassina
tion and was given a sentence of
death.
Another Peru youth, who. was
found guilty of handing the pistol
to Melgar, was given a like sen
tence. Others, who were found
guilty of complicity in the attempt
ed assassination, were given heavy
prison sentences.
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MUCIN BILL
PISSED BY THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.—
The House passed the LaGuardia
anti-injunction bill, 363 to 13. A
similar bill by Senator Norris of
Nebraska passed the Senate last
week. Now both bills will be co
ordinated by the committees of
both houses and the measure will
go to the President for his signa
ture.
The LaGuardia bill sharply limits
the power of Federal courts to is
sue injunctions against labor unions
in their disputes with employers
and safeguards newspapers against
indiscriminate prosecution of con
tempt charges by judges whom
they may criticize.
NOT THIS SESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17—
Although a revised plan calling for
American adherence to the world
court has been prepared and Secre
tary of State Henry L. Stimson has
been asked to submit a new for
mula on the proposal, it is believed
in many circles that the Senate
will not take a vote on the ques
tion at this session and thus delay
the United States answer as to
whether she will enter the world
court or not.
GREAT EFFECT
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 17.—With
,lmost every hope blasted and clue
ifter clue failing for the police in
heir search for the little Lind
>ergh child, the tension is begin
ling to show great effect on the j
:ouragous mother and father—Col. j
ind Mrs. Chas. A. Lindbergh. They j
still are hoping that the child is
safe.
SPEGUUTOHS HOPE FOR
EXRLY ST1LIZ1TION
OF EN6LISH STERLING
NEW YORK, Mar. 17. (^—Spec
ulators, hopeful of the early stabili
zation of the English pound ster
ling, sent that currency soaring in
wrold markets during the first of
the week to the highest level since
early in November.
Following the rise of 18% cents
to 3.6 in London, the price at New
York rose 20 cents to $3.73, closing
at $3.70.
New York’s exchange bankers
reported heavy sterling buying from
all sections of the world and said
speculators have made thousands
of dollars in the rise of the pound
from its recent low of $3.24.
ANNUAL PUBLICITY
ABOUT ICES ENDS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar. 17.
—“Babe” Ruth, home-run king, is
again once more a Yankee, having
come to terms with the Yankee
manager, Col. Jacob Ruppert, Wed
nesday.
Babe had'been holding out for a
salary of $80,000 for a one-year
contract or $70,000 yearly for a two
year contract. Babe and the man
ager agreed on a salary of $75,000
for a one-year contract.
The contract was signed at a St.
Petersburg hotel.
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'“HE” 11 COLONEL
OOLO ANNUL DEBATE
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! ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar. 16.
—"Babe” Ruth and Col. Jacob Rup
pert, owner of the New York Yan
kees, had their long awaited con
ference Monday, but it failed to
reach any agreement over Babe's
salary.
| “I told the Colonel what I want
ed,” Ruth said, “and the Colonel
said he couldn’t give it to me. That
was all.”
Another conference is cheduled
for today. Ruth will continue to
ask $80,000 for one year or $70,000
annually on a two-year contract.
AIRLINER CRASHES INTO
ST. LOUIS, 111., Mar. 17.—A Cen
tury Airliner crashed into a wind
mill here last week, killing two pi
lots and injuring three student pi
lots. L. H. Atkinson and John F.
Kirk of Chicago were killed. Syd
ney Cleveland of Goldfield, Iowa,
Ira Smalling and Theodore Graff
of Chicago were injured. All were
licensed pilots.
They had been practicing night
landings with a 10-passenger Stin
son training plane. Smalling and
Graff were at the controls.
Century Airlines, a subsidiary of
the Cord Corporation, recently re
placed its 23 pilots after the latter
had refused to accept a new wage
scale.
RETURN LANDS TO STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.—
Western Senators are urging that
mineral lands, as well as non-min
eral lands, be given back to the
States.
BEING WATCHED
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 17.—
Gangsters from Denver who have
come “easy” by airplane are being
watched by police in the hope they
may be able to shed light on the
kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby.
MEAGRE CLUES FAIL TO MA
TERIALIZE ANYTHING
CONCLUSIVE
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 17. UP)—
Search for the kidnapped Lind
bergh baby, whose parents believe
he is still safe and well, doubled
back Wednesday to an old trail.
The police turned to the trail of
two German servants, who vanish
ed two weeks ago, the day after
the child was kidnapped, and the
servants have not been seen since.
When they left, they said they were
going back to Germany.
The servants, professedly man
and wife, went to work for Mrs. C.
L. Lightfoot of Franklin Park, near
New Brunswick, about a month be
fore the crime. The servants used
the Lightfoot’s automobile on the
night of the crime. When they %
brought the car back, the speedo
meter is alleged to have shown
that the car had traveled 60 miles.
New Brunswick and the Lightfoot
residence is about 20 distant from
the Lindbergh estate, near Hope
well.
Suspicion was thrown on the
servants when they suddenly left
the Lightfoots, saying that they
had news of an illness abroad.
Later word said that this latest
clue in the Lindbergh search had
collapsed when the police investi
gated the story of the residents of
Franklin Park. It was stated that
the servants evidently had used
the car before the kidnapping and
it was also said that they left be
fore the-child was taken from its
! nursery.
The wood missing from the
.Lightfoot estate, said to be similar
I to that used in the construction of
the ladder used to reach the ab
ducted child’s nursery window, was
not sufficient evidence to pin any
connection of the servants for par
ticipation in the crime. Police ex
i plained that the wood used in the
ladder’s construction could have
i been obtained at a hundred places
in the region.
i Another faint hope glimmered in
j the search Wednesday when a note
| was reported to have been left in
ja Harlem apartment house in New
.York City. It was said that the
| note said the baby would be left in
'that apartment house at 11 o’clock
| that evening. However, nothing re -
j suited during the evening. The po
j lice are checking up on the per
sons who could possibly*have had
j any connection with leaving the
jnote in the apartment house.
BROOKLYN HIS
KCQOIRE THREE STUBS
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NEW YORK, Mar. 17. (£>)—'The
Brooklyn Dodgers were built over
| night into formidable champion
jship contenders by trading “Babe”
Herman, Wally Gilbert and Ernsto
Lombard down to Cincinnati for
Tony Cuceinello, Joe Stripp and
Clyde Suckforth.
Boiled down, the exchange
amounts to Outfielder Herman for
second baseman, Cuceinello, a 300
hitter, and Stripp, a third baseman,
to fill a gapping hole in the Red’s
infield.
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IRISH REPUBLIC
DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Mar.
117.—President Eamonn de Valera
* Wednesday declared that he hoped
to have the unnatural boundary
between North and South Ireland
broken down. He also said that he
was opposed to the paying of land
annuities to Great Britain and
stated that his ultimate objective
was the establishment of an Irish
Republic.
KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT
NEW YORK, Mar. 17.—A new
kidnapping attempt was revealed
here when Ely Culbertson, of bridge
fame, asked that his two young
children be closely guarded. He
said he had received a threatening
note.