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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 140.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
OFFICIAL CIRCLES
FEAR RESERVATIONS
DELAY PROPOSALS
HOOVER’S AVOWED INTENTION
IS TO STIMULATE WORLD
BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24, j
<JP)—Indications were substantial- ]
3y bright that an unconditional i
agreement might b e expected J
from Germany and Britain to
President Hoover’s moratorium
proposal.
Washington heard discussions
intimating possible reserva
tions by France, Italy and Bel
gium.
In official circles here, fear per
sisted that any reservations may
delay completion necessary to
the preliminaries and prevent a
speedy consumation.
Hoover's avowed intentions are
to stimulate world business by
suspending war debt reparations
payments for one year.
LOTS OF NEW THINGS
UNDER TIE Si IS
PASADENA. Calif., June 24. (/Pi
-The man who thinks there is
nothing new under the Sun will
be flabergasted if he comes to'
Pasadena. Not only under the;
Sun figuratively but literally be
neath the Sun, within the Sun
and beyond the Sun.
New astounding things, a mass
of them, will be disclosed in the
gathering cf more than 1,000
leaders in the summer session of
the American Association for Ad
vancement of Science.
The mad dance of the electrons, i
the million mile fire tongues of
the Sun, the millions of universes
careening away at speeds up to
12.000 miles a second, what causes
earthquakes, the antiquity of man
and some 500 other fascinating
objects embracing virtually all
ields of science, will be found in
the program.
LOW PRICE SILVER
CHIEF FACTOR LICK WORK!
SHANGHAI, China, June 23. </P> — |
Senator Tasker L. Oddie, of Nevada, j
said here that the present “abnor- j
mally low” price of silver was one
of the chief factors in the unem- |
ployment situation throughout the!
world.
Commenting on British policy
on silver, he said “Great Britain■
would relieve her taxpayers of a,
big portion of her burdens of the j
dole if she abandoned her silver |
selling policy.
DEAD OR ALIVE?
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 24. </P>j
—Physicians at a hospital here!
were unable to agree whether Mrs. I
T. E. Marshall has been dead or
in a state of coma for the past,
three days. She was brought to
a hospital after collapsing in a
doctor’s office.
HOPPING THE ATLANTIC
HARBOR GRACE, June 24. (/P)
—Post and Gatty hopped off for
Berlin at 4:57 p. m. from New
foundland. They took but a few
hours after their arrival from
New York. The takeoff was with
out event and they refused to even
take time to be photographed.
DEFINITE MOVE FOR
IO-TEM PUN IN
mm INDUSTRY
NEW YORK, June 24. (£>)—'The
first definite move for the setting
up of a 10-year plan for Amer
ican industry with the object of
systematizing production, elim
inating unemployment and integ
rating the economic industrial
structure of the nation was taken
by a nationwide civic federation in
letters to leaders of American in
dustry and organized labor, urging
the calling of a National Congress
to discuss and formulate a pro
gra mof industrial readjustment
and create permanent machinery
for this purpose.
The letter which was sent out
over the signature of James W.
Gerard, former ambassador and
chairman of the Federation’s Com
mission on industrial inquiry, said
the proposal of Matthew Woll,
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, for a great Congress
of industry had received tfae-ett
dorsement of civic federations and
expressed readiness of the federa
tion to summon such a congress
to put the movement afoot.
One suggestion of program is the
establishment of the six-hour day
and five-day week.
EXPECTED AN ATTACK
HONGKONG, June 24. </P'>—'The 1
insurgent government of Canton
mustered its troops at Awanting
and Kwangsi provinces to repel
the expected attack by 200.009 na
tionalist government trooos and i
the swarm of reds which President j
Chison Kai Shek, announced that1
he would drive from devastated j
Kiangsi and Hunan provinces.
FOUR PER GENT BEER
MED, BINGHAM
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.
(/P)—Added momentum was given
to the campaign for modification
of prohibition when Senator Bing
ham, Republican of Connecticut,
announced he will ask tlie Senate
to vote upon the four, per cent
beer question.
At the same time, Representative
Schafer, Republican of Wisconsin,
made public official police records
in 11 large cities, showing a tre
mendous increase in iiquor ar
rests.
MAY HAVE CHANCE AT TITLE
NEW YORK, June 24. (/P)_ A
ripple of excitement stirred the
placid waters of cauliflower ears
as a result of the threat of Wil
liam F. Carey, president of Mad
ison Square Garden, to substitute
Tommy Loughran for Primo Car-1
nera this fall against the winner |
of the Schmeling-Stribling fight
if Camera fails to make an im
pressive showing against Pat Red
mond in Brooklyn.
TEXT OF EDM'S
REPLY MORITODIUM
if BE KMH TOOIT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 24,
(vP)—President Hoovef s suggestion
of a one year moratorium of war
debts brought action by two gov
ernments and the French cabi
net has completed the text for its
reply.
Laval said he would present it
today to Ambassador Edge. He re
fused to discuss the contents.
Italy has accepted proposal,
j Mussolini reserving the liberty of
making “observations” as to its
application later.
DINE mill* TIKE
OFF FOR HOP ACROSS
THE MIGHTY ATLANTIC
HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland,
June 24, (/P)—Hillig and Hoiriis
took off from here at 3:24 this
morning, Eastern Standard time,
sweeping gracefully into the air
in a brisk west wind and headed
across the Atlantic Ocean.
“Don’t let the wind die down,” j
they said as they stepjped into the ,
i plane. Hoiriis was at the controls,
j They are headed for Copenha- |
I gen which they expected to make j
j in 28 hours. The weather was
auspicious wdth clear skies on both j
sides of the Atlantic.
BECAUSE IJNSETTLEMNT
NEW YORK, June 24. (/Pi—Dun-s
| week-end trade review stated that j
continued unsettlement of com
modity prices tends to restrict
business in some departments of
the trade. Production in many
lines, however, has not been af
fected and in some of them, out- ;
put continues to be quite heavy.
Bradstreet says that the retail
trade throughout the country ap- ;
pears to have halted, at least |
temporarily, from its downward
trend towards mid-summer slack
ness.
UNEXPECTED BOLT OF
LIGHTNING KILLS TWO
KANSAS CITY, June 24. (/P)—A*
lightning flash with no rain fall
ing, killed two men and seriously
burned a third, as they sat at a
parasol covered refreshment table
at the municipal airport.
The dead men were identified
by articles on their persons as R.
P. McGaard, from Minneapolis,
Minn., and Anthony Venoginano of
Chicago.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, June 24, (A*)—Hali- !
but from five vessels, totalling
88,000 pounds, sold for 5c and 10c. j
At Prince Rupert 150,000 pounds
of American brot 3c to 11c and
Canadian 4c to 9c.
PRELIMINARY REPORT
PARIS, France, June 24, (/P)—
The United States government
has informed France as to the
conditions which she will proba
bly attach to her acceptance of
the moratorium proposal. It was
learned today that probably the
conditions will not be regarded
with favor.
CONVICTS IN FOLSOM
GIVEN THRILL WHEN
"HE-MIN" VISITED
SACRAMENTO, June 24. (JP)—
Governor Rolph gave the 2,651
prisoners of Folsom penitentiary
an unexpected thrill Saturday
when he visited the prison, broke
up the ball game, walked among
| them, shook hands with them
jand told them he was for their
interests, heart and soul.
This is believed to be the first
time in the history of California
prisons that a gorvernor has en
tered the innermost confines of
the walls and talked to the in
mates on their own ground.
Governor Rolph was enroute to
Placerville to participate in the
Hangtown celebration. As his car j
approached the road leading into j
Folsom prison, he decided to ex-1
change a few words with Warden ;
Counrt Smith and some of the
guards.
$29,151,830,644 IN REAL ESTATE
NEW YORK, June 24. (JP)—Val-1
uation of real estate in the State'
of New York totals $29,151,830,644 j
of which two-thirds is in the city
of New York, figures of equaliza
tion tables show.
PUBLISHER GAVE MILLION
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. June 24, j
(/P)—In delivering the commence
ment address here closing the 1S31 '
term, President Thomas S. Gates
of the University of Pennsylvania,!
announced that Cyril H. K. Cur
tis, Philadelphia publisher, had
man unrestricted gift of more
than $1,000,000 to the university.
'GEORGIA PEACH' IS
REDDY FOR THE GONG
GEAGA LAKE, Ohio, June 22.
| (JP)—The title shot is still almost
* two weeks away but Young Strib
ling is ready now for his 15-round
duel with Schmeling in Cleveland
July 3.
Restlessness and a touch of ir
ritability are always the first signs
in the approaching edge of physi
j cal perfection in an athlete and
the rugged heavyweight challenger
from Macon paced his training
camp looking for something to do.
His workouts are held at night.
THREE FLAG FLIGHT
AGUA CALIENTE, Mex., June
| 24. (/P)—James Goodwin Hall, New
! York aviator, set his monoplane
| down here at 4:13 p. m., complet
i ing a nonstop three flag flight
I from Vancouver, B. C., in seven
; hours, 48 minutes and 31 seconds.
Stakes on the Livengood road
survey are now out to 22 miles
past Olnes, says the News Miner.
POST INO GATTY
FLY THE ATLANTIC
SEVENTEEN HOURS
i
X
[TWO YOUNG MEN IN A HURRY
STOP FOR BIT TO EAT IN
DEAR OLD ENGLAND
CHESTER, England, June 24, (/P)
—Post and Gatty, “two young men
In a hurry,” on their flight around
the world landed near here from a
flight across the Atlantic Ocean,
snatched a bit to eat and hopped
off 20 minutes later for Moscow
via Berlin.
There is a possibility they may
not even stop at Berlin.
The aviators landed at 7:45,
Eastern Standard Time, making
the 2,000 mile flight in 17 hours
and 17 minutes averaging 117
miles an hour for the crossing.
They expected to make Mos
cow tomorrow.
UK IN PRICE
OF GASOLINE LOOMS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. (/P)—
An early advance in the retail
price of gasoline appeared immi
nent. More than 100 members of
the Service Station Owners Asso
ciation representing approximately
one-third of the stations in the
city have signed an agreement to
elevate prices acording to Charles
W. Jacobs, executive secretary.
When the proposed increase be
comes effective will depend upon
the speed with which the other
dealers join in the agreement,
said Jacobs.
Prices were stationary, ranging
from eight to 10 cents a gallon.
Major oil companies made no sign
to indicate changes in the whole
sale prices to dealers was con
templated.
INFORMER SHOT TO
DEATH IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, June 23. (^)-^Jacob
Kaufman, said by officials to have
aided them in a grand jury in
vestigation underway here into al
leged racketeering among motion
picture operators, was shot to
death.
Assistant State’s Attorney Chas.
Bellows, immediately ordered the
arrest of Thomas Maloy, head of
the Motion Picture Operators’
Union, and five other men.
FOOTBALL STAR WRESTLING
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, June
24. (JP)—Joe Savoldi, former Notre
Dame football star, made his wrest
ling debut in his native south
western Michigan home by de
feating George Mack of Chicago
in straight falls.
Captain Heinie Berger of the
MS Discoverer departed yesterday
for Cook Inlet.