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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1933.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Seward 42 above, Tunnel 36
above; Anchorage 30 above; Cur
ry 40 above; Broad Pass 30 above,
light snow; Healy 25 above; Ne
nana 20 above; Fairbanks 20.
PRICE TEN CENTS
%
VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 23(i-237.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
9
SPINDLE, LOOM
HEAD INDUSTRIES
i TO RECOVERY
NEW YORK, Oct, 9, —Spindle
and loom continued to lead the
march towards recovery despite
head shakings and cluck clucking,
when spinning and weaving of
fabrics industries broke all records
during the summer, while produc
tion. during that time, ran far in
excess of consumption.
r This went largely toward build
ing up stocks in advance of the
higher costs. Under code opera
tion there has been a revival in de
mand for textile goods.
In recent weeks trade analysis
experts say active production will
continue for at least the remainder
of the year. Assured that the long
depressed textile industry is now
setting the par,e. it is pointed out
that the phenomena of the recov
^ ery of cotton is the first major in
dustry to attain the expected status
under the NRA code despite skep
ticism manifest at 'the start.
Many authorities now agree that
eode operation is making a big bid
to cure the ills from which this in
dustry has long suffered.
Manufacturers report favorable
aggregate results and in many in
stances the profits are more satis
factory than in any period since
1924.
Prison Doors Clang
’ Behind Kidnappers
LEAVENWORTH. Oct. 9. —Feder
al prison doors clanged Sunday
oenind Harvey Bailey and Albert
Bates, sentenced to life for the
5200.0C0 kidnapping of Charles F.
Urschel. Oklahoma oil millionaire.
The desperadoes were flown here
from Oklahoma City under a heavy
p guard; the prisoners were lodged
• ' in the annex prison for three days
before being assigned to work.
Bailey led the Memorial Day jail
break from the Kansas State oris
on; Bates is an escaped Michigan
convict.
ON HIS WAY
ALOR STAR. Malay States., Oct.
^10. —Wing Commander Sir Chas.
Kingsford Smith arrived here on
his flight from England to Aus
tralia. He took off from Akyab.
Burma. He hoped to leave today
on the next leg of the flight.
Affluent Gangster
Died Lead Poisoning
CHICAGO. Oct. 10. —Gus Wink
ler, affluent and sinister power in
the world of gangsters, was assas
sinated as his hand turned the
doorknob of a beer distributing
depot.
Three killers motored down the
north side of the street in an old
green truck as Winkler strolled
up to the door. The truck slowed
* down. Guns were poked out and
a blast of buckshot poured into
Winkler’s back.
J. B. Quigley, well known Kan
tishna mining man whose prop
erty was recently taken over by
Canadian interests, is a visitor in
the city enroute to the States.
Mr. Quigley is registered at the
Van Gilder hotel.
Chas. Ebing, member of the B.
P. R. crew at Moose Pass, has been
transferred temporarily to the local
project and. with Mrs. Ebing who
^rdso arrived on the last train, will
call Seward home for some weeks.
REBEKAH CARD PARTY
Announcement is made of a
public card party Friday. October
27, in Odd Fellows Hall. Contract
and auction bridge and whist will
be played and, as usual, a neat ar
j ray of refreshments will be served
MEMBER REMOVED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10,—
The Federal trade commission
recognized President Roosevelt’s
order removing William E. Hum
phrey as a member. After meeting
an hour and a half the member
ship resolved to “recognize the
validity of the executive order
removing Mr. Humphrey as a
member of the commission.’’
Strike Conditions
Central California
Growing Tense
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. —
Strike conditions became tense
throughout Central California
with a new strike of 1,000 lettuce
pickers at Salinas and 7,000 cot
ton pickers on strike in the sou
: them San Joaquin valley.
Charges that the cotton grow
ers were planning to “starve out”
women and children by boycot
ting merchants who sell food
stuffs to strikers’ families, were
hurled into the seething contro
versy by Frank C. MacDonald,
state labor commissioner.
Cotton growers refused the of
fer of state mediation declaring
they preferred to handle the sit
uation in their own way. Ranch
ers in the Corcordan district
were armed with shotguns and
. revolvers and growers elsewhere
were prepared to meet any show
of violence on the part of the
strikers.
NEW AIR SPEED RECORD
ANCONA, Italy. Oct. 9, —Lieut.
Colonel Cassinelli, on Sunday, was
i credited with a new world air
• speed record of 393.8 miles per hour
’ over a 100 kilometer course.
WHITE SOX CHAMPS
CHICAGO, Oct. 9. —The White
Sox defeated the Cubs 5-1 before
30.000 fans Sunday for the fourth
: consecutive time thereby retaining
the municipal baseball title.
REMEMBERS FRIENDS
Lieut. Commdr. Earl H. Quin
lan. who a few years ago com
manded the USS Perry upon the
visitation of both the Perry and
Wasmuth of Alaskan waters, and
who will be remembered by Sew
ardites. writes that he would
have very much enjoyed the op
portunity to renew acquaintances
during the recent visit of five
ships of the Navy’s fleet. He is
now at Annapolis, Maryland.
In his letter Commander Quinlan
proudly refrrr:1. to the Alaska
flag presented ta him locally.
P. J. Jensen, dldtimer from the
Iditarod. is a guest at the Seward
Hotel.
Mrs. E. F. Jessen left on Sun
day’s train for Moose Pa^s.
Mary Stafford of Moose Pass was
ft weekend visitor of Miss Wilma
Shellhorn; Miss Stafford‘returned
home Sunday.
Assistant U. S. Attorney J. L.
Reed left his local offices Sunday
for Anchorage.
Attorney Clyde Ellis of Cordova,
formerly a resident of this city, is
a business visitor here while wait
! ing fcr the SS Northwestern.
CHOIR MEETING
The Community church choir
will meet at the parsonage next
| Wednesday at 7:30 p .m. Mrs
1 Letter Busey has charge of the
music and all who can sing are
; invited to these rehearsals. Mrs
Busey formerly was a directoi
i of a choir in one of the churches
J in Seattle. She is a graduate ol
Conservatory of Music. The towr
j of Seward is fortunate in having
; so talented a director and the
privilege should be grasped tc
l sing under her direction.
Road ToKenai'
Expected To: Get
Underway,,Spring
Among the recent visitors to
I Cooper’s Landing was F. Heint
! zelman, of the Forestry Bureau,
| and P. C. McMullen, S€ward busi
ness man and member of the Ter
: ritorial Board of Education. Mr.
Heinzelman was on a tour of in
| spection of the lower Kfenai forest
! reserve roadway and to consider
| the matter of extending the Ke
' nai Lake-Kenai Road, tp Cook In
: let.
! The road is now Ip splendid
! shape from the terminus; at Coop
er’s Landing to a poipt approxi
mately seven miles dowp the river.
During the summer Charlie Lien
graveled and dragged ap addition
al mile below Schooner Bend
and automobiles may travel all the
way to a point opposite Russian
river.
A petition, signed by every resi
dent of Cooper’s Landing', has been
given to Mr. Heintzelman. and it
is the belief that this much need
ed improvement will be on next
summer’s agenda.
Mr. McMullen’s visit was in con
nection with a proposed new
school house at Cooper’s Landing.
At present a small building is rent
ed to accomodate the nine chil
dren enrolled.
! ‘Short Toms’ busy
On Kenai River
As Season Ends
_
As the placer season draws near
to the close all those who have
i been sniping pay on the Kenai riv
j er bars, near Cooper’s Landing,
are making the gravel fly into the
I “short toms” and watching the
i pokes grow with each cleanup.
Nearly everyone will take out a
i winter’s grubstake and some will
emerge with a surplus, owing to
; the increased price of gold dust,
i Mike Glynn, who has a group of
i claims just below Schooner Bend,
has been dividing his time between
working a bar and growing a gar
den. Assisting Mike is Mrs. Glynn,
who pours the water while Mike
i shovels in the gravel. On one day
they cleaned up eight pennyweights
i from a small spot.
When not helping Mike, Mrs.
Glynn is busy canning moose and
mountain sheep meat and preserv
ing fruit, berries and vegetables.
NEWS FLASHES
Bellingham, Wash., Oct. 10, —
Monsignor M. W. McKinnon of
Vancouver, B. C., was critically
injured and three others seriously
hurt > in an automobile collision
a few miles south of Bellingham.
* * * *
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 10, —
i Dr. James Bryant Conant, inter
I nationally known chemist, was
inaugurated as the 23rd presi
dent, succeeding Dr. A. Lawrence
Lowell, retired.
* * * *
New York, Oct. 10, —Donald
Dinnie McCorkindale, big game
fellow from South Africa, opened
his American fighting campaign
in auspicious fashion winning a
neat 10-round decision over Pat
sv Perroni. McCorkindale weighed
191 1-2 pounds.
* * # *
Warren, O., Oct. 10,* —While
pedestrians watched, two men
snatched a money bag contain
ing $68,000 from National Banl
messengers and made a safe get
away.
» * * *
; i Paris, Oct. 10, —The French
government’s budget, in dollars
l for 1934, amounts to $3,000,000,000
: a reduction of $2,600,000. The
Navy was allowed $165,000,000;
War denartment $358,000,000;
Air. $120,000,000.
REGULATE WAGES
WASHINGTON D. C., Oct. 10,— ,
The possibility of the NRA regu- j
lating all wages instead of only j
setting minimum scales, was ad- j
vanced by Senator Wagner of New
York. Meanwhile, Hugh S. John
son, the administrator, will con
centrate upon settlement of the
1 Pennsylvania coal strike.
Stolen Securities
Clearing House
Uncovered, Chi. j
i . !
; CHICAGO, Oct. 9, —Evidence in- j
j dicating a huge clearing house j
I for stolen securities and its oper- \
I ating headquarters in Chicago, has
; been uncovered by Federal agents ;
j investigating the $250,000 Chicago
mail robbery of last December,
j a postal inspector made the dis
; closure after the suicide of Edw.
B. Lebensberger. night club owner.
' and one of those indicted.
Officials said the syndicate dealt
; solely with the disposal of stolen
; securities operating through a
; gambling house and the night club,
i From evidence the activities of the
clearing house extended to at least
seven states.
BETTER LABOR DEAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9. —
A better deal for labor in the Re
i covery program headed issues up
; for action before the American
Federation of Labor began its bus
iness this week. Organized workers
: are expected to reaffirm decision
i upon 30 hours, five days a week
with higher minimum wages than
| has be^.n written in most NRA
j chapters.
W. Richelsen, exploration engin
eer, Kennecott Copper Corpora
tion, who last week returned from
examining a quartz property to
the Far Westward left Sunday for
the Moose Pass-Hope districts. Mr.
I Richelsen expected to return to
day enroute to Cordova.
TAKES OVER DIOCESE
SEATTLE, Oct. 9. —The Most
Reverend Gerald H. Shaughnessy,
new Bishop of the Seattle diocese,
arrived here Sunday from the East.
Following a brief ceremony at the
I residence he took over the duties
of office. Formal installation will
be held Tuesday in St. James Cath
edral. About 100,000 Catholics are
' in the diocese.
OFFER BIG REWARD
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. —The Brew
i ers Board of Trade which recently
invited the public to cooperate in
quelling beer racketeering, offered
$5,000 reward for the first convic
tion. A newspaper advertisement
| carried the notice. Witnesses have
thus far failed to identify persons
! arrested.
TURNS PROFESSIONAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, —The long
anticipated announcement that H.
Ellsworth Vines, Jr., has turned
professional came from the man
! he will join for a series of match
es this winter, William T. Tilden,
1 II. Vines will make his profess
j ional debut in a match with Til
j den at Madison Square Garden
j January 10.
j The SS Yukon, northbound, left
! Ketchikan at 4 p. m. Monday for
Juneau and Seward.
Frances Longacre of Anchorage
j was a weekend visitor in the city.
KEHOES REMAINING
i United States District Attorney
J. W. Kehoe, of the Third Division,
and Mrs. Kehoe, arrived in Seward
on the last steamer from the south
to make their permanent home in
Seward. They have taken an apart
ment in the Arcade Building. Attor
ney Kehoe continued on to An
chorage cn a brief official visit and
I will probably return today.
BRITAIN DECIDES
OPPOSE GERMAN
DEMAND, ARMS
LONDON, Eng., Oct. 10, —The
British cabinet, focus of world
attention in the most critical
period in Europe since the sign
ing of the Versaillies treaty, de
cided to oppose any German de
mand for German rearmament.
Britain’s government, it was
learned definitely, is in solid
agreement with France and It
aly on this stand and Foreign
Secretary Sir John Simon is go
ing to Geneva with instructions
to inform the Disarmament con
ference of the result of negotia
tions to date in London, P&ris
and Geneva. The Foreign Secre
tary flies to Geneva today.
PAID HOMAGE
HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 10, —Renee ,
Adoree. petite film star of the
“silent days’ who fought courage
ously against tuberculosis and
lest, received the homage of Hol
lywood. Mourners at the funeral
which preceded cremation in
cluded the leaders of the cinema
industry as well as John Gilbert,
tall, handsome hero, with whom
Miss Adoree achieved her great
est success in the “Big Parade.”
Six Criminal
Insane Escaped
SALEM, Oregon. Oct. 9, —Six
men. considered the most desper
ate of those imprisoned in the ward
for the criminal insane, escaped
from the Oregon State hospital by
blackjacking Charles Williams, at
tendant, after four of them sawed
their way from cells.
Those who escaped were William
Bowen, Alvin Carter, George Far
rin, Adolph Browser, Elmer Becker
and Frank Welch. Searchers are
using bloodhounds.
Salem. Ore.. Oct. 10. —Elmer
Becker, 27, one of the six men
; who escaped from the Oregon
State hospital for criminal in
sane, was captured near Gervais
' when he sought food from resi
j dents.
Heinie Berger
A Busy Skipper
i The flagship of Southwestern
Alaska, the MS Discoverer, Capt
: Heinie Berger, arrived in port
| Monday from Anchorage loaded
down with freight and passen
j gers. Captain Berger departed at
, 7 p. m. on the return voyage via
J Iliamna.
• Next Monday the Discoverer
] is scheduled to leave Anchorage
j for Kodiak and Seward. Anoth
j er trip to Anchorage will then be
j made after which Captain Berger
! will run up all sails and beat it
j for Cordova to pick up the Barge
I Lawrence which he will tow to
the Port of Seward,
i Here 550 tons of coal will be
loaded for Charlie Goodall at Cor
, dova, and 100 tons for the Cliff
gold mine near Valdez.
Captain Berger may get away
the latter part of next month for
■ Seattle.
Walter Styphroes from McGrath
I and Paul W. Obing from Flat,
j guests at the Seward Hotel, are
! enroute south.
ART DEP’T, WILL MEET
The Art Department of the
Women’s Club will meet at 2:00 p.
m. Thursday, Oct. 12 at Mrs. A. D.
Haverstock’s apartment. Arcade
building. Father Merrill Sulzman
will address the meeting, describ
ing the art galleries of rtaly. All
members of the club are invited.