VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 120.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1932
PRICE TEN CENTS
FATHER HUBBARD IS
SUCCESSFUL sen
FALSE PASS, May 23, (IP)—Fr.
Bernard Hubbard, geologist of San
ta Clara University, reported Sun
day that he, Kenneth C h i s
holm and George Peterson had
scaled Mt. Shishaldin in a 21-hour
climb, on May 16, and believed it
to be the first time such ascent of
the 9,400 foot high volcano had been
made.
The party encountered great dif
ficulties especially the last 3,000
feet.
While awaiting the June steam
er to convey them to Aniakchak,
Father Hubbard planned to return
to the east side of Unimak Island
and excavate at the scene of the
buried primitive villages he found
on another trip.
NOT MUCH LEFT
LONDONDERRY. Ireland, May 23,
—Workmen and mechanics who
are dismantling Amelia’s Earhart
Putnam’s plane here preparatory
to shipment back to the United
States, found that when Mrs. Put
man put her plane down onto an
obscure pasture near this town,
there was only one gallon of gas
oline left in the tanks.
BEPUBLICAN MITE
LOSI OREGON MM
PORTLAND, May 23, UP)—Rep
resentative Hawley who sought re
nomination in the Rep u b 1 ican
party’s primary election, was ap
parently defeated by James Mott,
corporation commissioner.
With but a few scattered pre
cincts to report, Mott was leading
by 900 votes.
Harvey Starweather apparently
is wresting the Democratic nomi
nation for the same position from
William Delzell by more than 300
votes and appears to be scheduled
to oppose Mott in November.
Mott was given 30.950 votes and
Hawley 29.972.
CARACAUTIN, Chile, May 23. —
Forty-one laborers entombed over
three days in the 3,000 foot Las
Laices tunnel were rescued alive
and uninjured when rescuers dug
an auxiliary tunnel and drained
the main shaft of water.
Despite their 91 hour ordeal the
rescued men declared that they
would return to work within 10
days.
The miners said that the rising
waters would have drowned them
within eight hours had the rescue
been delayed.
Capt. Ivan L. Peterson, Chicka
loon driller for oil is returning to
the Northland from California. It
is expected Petersen will resume
work.
NORTH KING AGROUND
The SS North King, of the P. A.
F., grounded between Bellingham
and Seattle Saturday in a heavy
fog. it was thought the steamer
would be refloated at hign tide.
The North King was to take on a
load of cannery supplies at Seat
tle before sailing for Alaska.
Roy Oxman, baritone who has
been singing over radio and in
theaters in Pacific Coast cities,
is singing his way to Fairbanks.
Col. O. F. Ohlson, geenral mana
ger of the Alaska Railroad, made
a quick journey to Seward Satur
day evening for the purpose of
conveying Brig. Gen. J. G. Steese
to Anchorage.
Miss Mary Pullen, member of
the well known Pullen family of
Skagway, who has been teaching
in the Kodiak school, arrived Sun
day on the Admiral Evans.
SEARCH FOR RUM RUNNERS
HOPEWELL, N. J. May 23. — A
sudden and mysterious trip by Dr.
John F. Condon to Connecticut and
a search in Baltimore for rum run
ntrs who are reported to have
known of the killing of Baby Lind
bergh before the body was discov
ered and efforts to free John Cur
tis from the Hunterdon county jail
were the only developments Sat
urday in the investigation of the
Lindbergh baby kidnapping and
murder.
KIDNAPERS INTENDED
TO ABDUCT LINDY AND
NORFOLK, May 23, —Capt. F. H.
Lachmann of the yacht Marcon,
used by the Norfolk negotiators in
an attempt to contact with the
kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby,
expressed the opinion that the kid
napers intended to abduct Colonel
Lindbergh.
“These men asked no ransom
before the baby’s delivery,” Lach
mann said. “They said they would
return the child safe and sound
and depended on Curtis’ good faith
to pay them on delivery so what
could they have been aiming at if
not to get Lindbergh?”
He revealed especially for the
first time that Lindbergh was on
board during the cruises in search
of the child and that the boat was
heavily armed. There were stores
of ammunition and Browning au
tomatic rifles aboard the yacht
each time the craft went to sea.
PARIS, May 23, (/P) — President
Albert LeBrun, presided over his
first council of Ministers at which
Premier Andre Tardieu and Minis
ter of the Interior Albert Mahieu
outlined measures for moi'e strict
control over foreigners in France
considered necessary as a result of
the assassination of President Paul
Doumer. In order to increase con
trol over foreigners in France it was
decided to search all frontier trains
and passport officials will report
daily the names of ail foreigners
entering the country. Passports
issued by the League of Nations will
not be visaed until they have been
inspected by the Interior Ministry.
NEW YORK, May 23, (JP)— The
current misunderstanding of the
League of Nation by American is
“due chiefly to its lack of precision
and dramatization,” Newton D. Ba
ker, former Secretary of War, said
Saturday in response to a question
aire from the League of Nations As
sociation, Inc.
Mr. Baker continued by saing
that “We efficient Americans want
the League to act with the dramatic
precision of Americans when the
whole value of the League lies in
that fact that it is never dramatic
nor precisive but is flexible, con
structive and conciliatory.”
PROTEST IMPLICATIONS
WASHINGTON, May 23, (IP) —
The Internationally famous banking
house of J. P. Morgan and Company
protested indirectly to the Senate
Banking and Currency committee
against implications regarding the
relation of the United Food Corpor
ation in the United States and Can
ada.
TWO DIE IN GALE
SALT LAKE CITY, May 23, —
A heavy gale swept over this area
Sunday taking a toll of two lives.
More construction material for
the new Faibanks federal building
went forward Saturday. Included
in the shipments were three car
loads of cement and two cars of
reenforced steel.
INVESTIG1T0R HINDS
OUT t FUST LINE OF THLK
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 23,
(/P)—Two days before the Lind
bergh baby was found murdered, a
New Jersey rum runner said it had
been murdered, according to Ar
thur Mills, investigator, who was
quoted in a copyrighted interview
in the Baltimore Sun that the baby
was kidnaped and murdered with
no intention of saving its life.
It was killed by blows; the actual
murder was done by a hop head,
Mills quoted the rum runner.
Mills said he gave the informa
tion to Col. H. Norman Schwartz
kopf, of the New Jersey State po
lice, as soon as he received it to
gether with the name of the rum
runner and descriptions of other
kidnappers.
AUTHORITIES SEARCH
liras ran sue
COLVILLE, Wash., May 23, (JF)
—Scores of authorities are seeking
Harry Chitwood, 45, in the moun
tainous Lake Thomas country.
He is suspected of slaying his
former wife, Blanche, and the pos
sible fatal shooting of A. E. Cars
sow, druggist.
Mrs. Edward Stevens, the dead
woman’s sister, said Chitwood en
tered his wife’s store and began
shooting without warning.
She fainted and later found her
sister dead.
Carssow said he heard shoot
ing and ran to investigate. He said
Chitwood ran from the store
shouting ‘my wife committed sui
cide.’ He then began shooting at
Carssow whom he hit with three
bullets.
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WORLD-WIDE BREVITIES
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WOUNDED GENERAL DIES
SHANGHAI, May 23, '(^—Gener
al Yoshinor Shirakaw, supreme
commander of the Japanese army
forces during the Shanghai bat
tles who was critically wounded
April 29 in a bomb explosion at
Honkew Park, died here.
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AWAITS WEATHER
SEATTLE, May 23, (/P)—Aviator
Browne awraits clearing -weather
which is reported today or tomor
row and permission from Japan,
before taking off for his Pacific
ocean flight.
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HAS TEN HOMERS
NEW YORK, May 23.—Babe Ruth |
hit his ninth home run of the sea
son in Saturday’s game with the j
bases full in the fifth inning of the
first game between the Yankess and
Washington- In the sixth innig he
got his 10th home run with one
man on base.
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ORDER NEW FLEET PLANES
SEATTLE. May 23, —The United
Airlines have placed an order with
the Boeing Airplane Co., for a new
fleet of all-metal planes which will
be sufficiently powered to cut down
the present 30-hour flying time be
tween Seattle and the Atlantic
coast.
LANDED IN AZORES
HORTA, Azores, May 23. — The
German flying boat, the D O-X,
landed here Saturday afternoon af
ter flying the 1,300 miles from New
foundland in 17 hours. The DO-X
was to take off Sunday for her base
at Lake Constance.
TAKES THE AIR
VIGO, May 23, (/P)—The D O-X
took off for Southampton after re
fueling.
BASEBALL SCORES
(Sunday’s Games)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 1, Brooklyn 2.
Philadelphia 2-5, Boston 4-3.
Pittsburgh 5-5, St. Louis 1-3.
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 4, Cleveland 2.
Detroit 2-7, Chicago 3-8.
Philadelphia 4, New York 2.
Boston 1, Washington 7.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 5-3, Missions 2-3.
Portland 5-1, Oakland 0-0.
Sacramento 14-7, Seattle 2-1.
(Saturday’s Games)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 8, Cleveland 7.
Detroit 5, Chicago 1.
Washington 2-0, New York 4-8.
Boston 6-3, Philadelphia 18-6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 12, Brooklyn 5.
Philadelphia 5, Boston 6.
Chicago 5, Cincinnati 6.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis, rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles at San Francisco,
rain.
Missions 5, Hollywood 2.
[Oakland 11, Portland 2.
Seattle 7, Sacramento 4.
OFF FOR PUGET SOUND
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 23, (JP)
—Stores are aboard the navy diri
gible Akron which will take or to
day on her flight to the Puget
Sound area- The return hour has
not been announced.
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IS STILL MAYOR
PORTLAND, Ore., May 23, —
George Baker is still Mayor of this
city having succesfully withstood
the recall election. But Commis
sioner Mann was re-called by a big
vote.
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PRUSSIAN CABINET QUITS
BERLIN, May 23. —Premier Otto
Breun, of Prussia, informed the
Diet that his cabinet had resigned.
The Ministry will remain until the
newly elected Diet can select a new
premier.
QUAKE IN SALVADORE
SAN SALVADORE, Republic o f
Salvadore, May 23. —Severe earth!
shocks are reported throughout this I
Republic as well as in Nicaragua, i
The shocks occurred Saturday and j
at least 10 deaths resulted. Property |
damage was said to have occurred:
in many of the cities which were
recked by the tremors.
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AWAIT RETURN
PORTLAND Ore., May 23, UP)— ]
Thirteen votes in the national re- i
publican convention, enough to as- j
sure President Hoover of nomin
ation for president hinged on the
returns from the Oregon primary.
There was no such uncertainty in
the Deocratic ranks, however, and
republicans as well as democrats
conceded the nomination of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
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JOURNALISTS ENTERTAIN
LONDON, May 23, (/P)—Amelia
Earhart Putnam is spending her
time today shopping. At noon she
was to be the luncheon guest of
journalists.
DELEGATION INSTRUCTED
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 23, (A1)
—The Tennessee Democratic Con
vention instructed the states dele
gation to the national convention
to cast its 24 votes as a unit for
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of
New York.
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FLIERS HOPPED OFF
PARIS, May 23, (JP)—Nine French
ocean flyers left for Rome Satur
day as a mission of the Ministry
of National defense to attend a
Congress of 52 ocean flyers in the
Italian capital. Amelie Earhart
Putman who flew across the At
lantic also hopes to attend the Con
gress.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, May 23, —Satur
day’s closing quotations on the New
York stock exchange were: Alaska
Juneau 9%; Chrysler 6% General
Motors 10*4; Kennecott 6 V2; Radio
Keith, no sale; Radio 3%; United
Corporation 5*4; U. S. Steel 29;
U. S. Gas 1.
POISED FOR TAKEOF
SEATTLE, May 23. —Nathan C.
Browne, Chicago aviator, was des
cribed as being poised today for
his trans-Pacific hop to Japan- He
made his last test flight Sunday.
Browne has not secured permission
from Japanese authorities to land
on Japanese soil and he is of the
opinion that he will not need
any such permit if he is successful
in making the flight. Browne is
taking a food supply with him and
other emergency requirements.
GANGSTERS BELIEVED
TO HAVE ‘RUBBED OUT'
TALKATIVE BOOTLEGGER
TRENTON, N. J. May 23. —New
Jersey State police spent most of
Sunday in questioning several un
underworld characters which they
are holding. They hope that these
persons will make some admission
which will give them a clue in
their search for the slayers of the
Lindbergh baby. The police also
conducted a frantic search for the
bootlegger who described the child’s
manner of death even before the
body was found.
Because this person has so com
pletely disappeared it is feared by
police that he has been “rubbed
out” by gangsters because he knew
too much.
Dr. Condon did not take any part
in the activities but he was still be
ing followed by two detecctaives;
much to Condon’s annoyance.
The church of Rev. Dodson H.
Peacock at Norfolk was crowded to
capacity Sunday but the Reverend
avoided any reference to the case.
PETROLLECUTW ;
MTTM.il TO RIBBONS
CHICAGO, May 23, (/P;—Billy Pe- i
trolle of Duluth, Minnesota junior
welterweight, me t h o d i cally cut
Christopher (Bat) Battalino of;
Hartford, Conn., into ribbons for j
the second time in two months, on ;
Friday night, but he couldn’t make
the former featherweight take a
backward step during 10 rounds of ,
the bloodiest battle ever staged in
Chicago’s big arena.
Dave Barry and the two judges:
unanimously approved the deci- i
sion to petrolle. In the second
round Petrolle stood out under a
terrific bombardment of fists. A
crowd estimated at 11,000 paid $20,- '
000 to see the match.
GOVERNMENT MUST
CEASE COMPETITION
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, (IF)—
Business leaders of the U. S.
demanded that the government
drastically retrench its expendi
tures and cease competing with
private business- I n resolutions
adopted by the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, repeal
of the agriculture marketing act
and abolishment of the Federal
Farm Board were asked. Increas
ed credit for agriculture was de
manded. The Chamber asked an
International Conference to adjust
monetary standards and stabilize
the price of silver. A cautious
stand was taken on prohibition.
The question was referred to a com
mittee for recommendation.
GUERILLAS DISPERSED
HARBIN, Manchuria, May 23, (JP)
—Guerilla concentration and Sung
Puchen, on the Sulan and the Halan
Hailum railroad were dispersed
when numbers of Japanese planes
bombed the concentration camps.
Reports here said that communi
cation between Harbin and Sun
Anuchen were severed by the bom
bing and no word of the fighting
can be sent through yet.
Mrs. George Nelson, wife of the
Anchorage game warden, is a pas
senger on the SS Yukon due here
the latter part of the week from
Seattle.
GRAHJIM PiK IKES
1SUGCESSRIL SEARCH
FOR ARCTIC SCHOONER
NOME, May 23, —Graham and
Christofferson and Laiblin, mech
anic, returned to Point Barrow
Sunday after an unsuccessful at
tempt searching for the schooner
Baychimo.
They scouted a radius of 200 miles
from Barrow but could not find the
trading vessel which they believe
has sunk or is in the northwest
drift in the middle of the Arctic
ocean moving toward Wrangel Is
land.
They reported that the ice in
places has started pressure ridges
100 feet or more in height; other
places were found smooth where
the plane could land
Mrs. Christofferson is remaining
here until the SS Victoria arrives.
On one of their scouting flights,
they met a man returning from
the Lomen reindeer herd which is
being driven to Canada. He said
the herd is progressing nicely;
that the herd now numbers about
2,000 and it is now fawning in the
vicinity of Canning river, 40 miles
from the Arctic coast.
ATLANTIC FLIERS HOLD
■GET-TOGETHER’ HOI
ROME, May 23, —The Interna
tional Conference of trans-Atlan
tic Airmen opened here Sunday
with many of the aviators who
have succeeded in crossing that
long stretch of water present. Pre
mier Mussolini, an honorary mem
ber of the organization while it
holds its meeting in Rome, ad
dressed the gathering on the ac
complishments which resulted in
aviation through the flights which
have already been made since the
much-heralded Lindbergh flight of
five years ago.
Premier Mussolini expressed his
deep sympathy for Colonel and
Mrs. C. A. Lindbergh for the trag
ic events which have cast a shad
ow into their home. The Premier
then spcke in flowery terms of
Amelia Earhart Putnam’s flight
across the Atlantic to Londonder
ry, Ireland the other day.
NEW YORK, May 23, VP)—News
that the most powerful financial
coalition since the famous Liberty
Loan Commission of war time days
had been formed to help boost the
country out of the business depres
sion was greeted with rising prices
on the New York Stock Exchange
but the rally petered out as the ses
sion progressed. While final prices
were well off from the highs of the
day the close was no worse than
irregular, market leaders being
strongly supported throughout the
session.
GREECE CABINET RESIGNS
ATHENS, Greece, May 23. —Pre
mier Eleutherus Venizelos’ cabinet
resigned in the midst of a tense
political situation.
Pilot A1 Monson hopped off from
Anchorage Sunday with passengers
and mail for Flat and down the
Kusko country to Bethel.
Sidney Henrikson, Seward high
school graduate and student a t
the Alaska College, returned home
Saturday. Sidney will probably re
main here during vacation.
Harry Lyons, popular local resi
dent for many years and and of
the best known characters in the
country, left Saturday for Anchor
age where he will seek fame and
fortune.
Mrs. R. J. McKanna of Fairbanks,
former Seward resident, arrived
Saturday from the Interior to vis
I it her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stan
ton.