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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 63.
member associated press
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 17,1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NATION'S THIRSTY
ASSURED BEER BE
LEG! EARLY APRIL
RUIN FOR NATION IS PREDICT
ED BY HARD LOSER, SEN
ATOR SHEPPARD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 17,
—The Nation’s thirsty was assur
ed by the Senate, insofar as feder
al laws go, beer of at least 3.5 per
cent alcoholic content will be legal
sometime early in April.
The Senate adopted the House
beer bill by a vote of 43-30. The
bill now goes back to the House
for action on amendments. Indica
tions are the House may oppose
the change and send the bill into
conference.
The Senate added the amend
ment to legalize wine of the same
content, prevent sale of beverages
to persons under 16, and rejected
bills proposing advertising of
drinks be prohibited in dry States.
Thirty-one Democrats and 12
Republicans supported the bill; 13
Democrats and 17 Republicans
against.
Senator Sheppard said it would
bring untold waste and ruin to this
republic and Senator Borah warn
ed it will not prevent the return
of the saloon.
The content was reduced because
of much opposition from Democra
tic ranks.
ENTIRE PROGRAM
WILL BE CONCLUDED
PRESIDENT AND LEADERS BE
LIEVE PROGRAM FINISH
ED SIX WEEKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17,
—President Roosevelt asked Con
gress yesterday afternoon for quick
enactment of a sweeping program
on far mrelief through which he
hopes to rescue agriculture from
its two great enemies, low prices
and overproduction.
Congressional machinery imme
diately started spinning to assure
quick action.
President Rosevelt is consider
ing a drive for completion of his
“new deal-’ program by continuous
special session.
Elated by the swift progress on
his emergency measures, the Pres
ident and party leaders believe it
would be possible to conclude the
entire program within six weeks.
suit IS EXPECTED IS
HESITATE SHUIORING
CURATIVE Pill, HIM
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 17,
—President Roosevelt’s bold pre
scription for the Nation’s ills, is
encountering signs of rebellion
from Democratic Senate ranks but
there is a possibility the House
will pass the bill today.
Friends of the administration,
although confident of its ultimate
passage by the Senate, believe the
Senators are objecting to the speed
in which Congress is acting on the
program which would place in the
hands of Secretary Wallace powers
to deal with the problems of low
prices and surplus production bj
emoloying parts or all of several
plans, including the Smith-Cotton
method principles, and the domes
tic allotment bill leasing lands tc
retire them from production and
trade agreements.
URGED TO TELL TRUTH
STATE PRISON, FLORENCE
Ariz., March 17,—Winnie Rut!
Judd was urged yesterday by the
State Board of Pardons and Parol
es. which is reviewing her case, tc
tell them the real story of the kill
ing of Agnes Ann Leroi and Hedvig
Samuelson, according to her hus
band. Dr. Judd. She is under sen
tence to hang April 14, Good Fri
day. _
MAY SELL BEER ALASKA
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.
—The beer bill does not repeal the
Alaska Bone Dry law but amends
it so that beer can be sold in the
Territory.
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IMPORTATION FORBID
BRISBANE, Aus., March 17,—A
law was passed Thursday forbid
ding import of all types of fire
arms.
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SEEKS MORATORIUM
HAVANA, Cuba, March 17—Cuba
has asked the United States for a
two-year moratorium on its $200,
000.000 debt to this country.
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“fer goodness sake:”
RACINE. Wis., March 17,—The
legislature passed a bill making it
unlawful for male barbers to dress
I women’s hair.
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QUAKE CURED HER
LOS ANGELES, March 17,—It is
reliably reported that a woman
suffering from paralysis wras cured
by the recent earthquake shocks.
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LUMBER MILL OPENING
VANCOVER, B. C., March 17 —
The Sumamish Lumber Co., mills
will reopen today after being clos
ed of three years. Three hundred
men will find work.
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PAY CUT RESTORED
LONDON, March 17,—The Im
perial Chemical Industry, Ldt., has
restored all salary cuts to former
levels. Last year’s profits were
$8,000,000.
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19 SHIPS IN RACE
LONDON. March 17, —Nineteen
sailing schooners are racing to
England with cargoes of wheat
from Australia. The vessels are
now in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
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IS AIR-MINDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17,
—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has
| set an example for wives of Presi
. dents in traveling via airplane be
1 tween New York and the Capital.
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AND REPEAL SO NEAR
BOMONTE, Tex., March 17, —
Three members of the crew of the
Sea Hawk were convicted of smug
gling liquor and sentenced to 18
months each in prison.
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QUAKE SUMMARY
LONG BEACH. March 17.—The
Red Cross reported 118 lives were
: lost here in the earthquake of last
i Friday; 2.100 homes and apart
! ments destroyed and 21.000 dam
i aged.
BARS BEAR DANCE
1 BERLIN, March 17, (IP)—Danc
: ing bears may no longer be shown
| in Germany, the federal ministry
' of education having agreed that
such exhibitions constitute cruelty
1 to animals.
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FLYING TO HUNT
TUCSON, Ariz., March 17.—F. R
' Culper, English sportsman, and
Ben Tinker, big game-hunter, took
off Thursday in a monoplane tc
fly to Central America where cer
tain trophies will be hunted.
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DRIVEN BACK
i LONDON, March 17, —Meeting
! unfavorable weather conditions
: Dr. Leonida Robiano, Italian avia
{tor, returned to Lymphvn Airdrome
; at 10 a. m. yesterday, endmg his
attempt at a record England ti
1 Australia flight.
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WOMAN PARTLY SHOT
i LONDON, March 17, —Mme
Magda Lupescu, red-haired com
panion of King Carol of Rumania
was shot and slightly wounded ir
Bucharest yesterday afternoon
according to Paris dispatches re
ceived here.
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APPLICATION REJECTED
ROME, March 17, —An applica
tion by James J. “Jimmy” Walker
i former mayor of New York, for an
i nulment of his marriage to Mrs
Janet Allen Walker now seekini
a Florida divorce, has been reject
ed by the Vatican, it was reported
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GREAT EXCITEMENT
MILAN, Italy, March 17,—Ex
i citement is running high here ove
the meeting tomorrow of Premie
Mussolini with Prime Ministe
Ramsay MacDonald of England
! Chancellor Hitter of Germany, am
i possibly, P r em lor Deladier c
France.
lT. S. WILL BE IN BETTER POSI
TION DISCUSS PROBLEMS.
BY ACTION NOW
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17,
—President Roosevelt yesterday
sent to Congress a vigorous mes
sage urging the relief of agricul
ture and a means “to increase the
purchasing power of our’farmers”
President Roosevelt said that
the farm aid program, while along
"a new and untried path”, was of
“equal importance”, lo the bank
reform and economy legislation
already approved by Congress dur
ing the first days of his adminis
tration.
Pressing for haste, the President
said that his proposed legislation
“is necessary now for the simple
reason that the spring crops will
soon be planted, and if we wait
for another month or six weeks the
effect on the prices of this year's
crops will be wholly lost.
“Furthermore.” the President
said, “by action at this time the
i United States will be in a better
i position to discuss problems af
| fecting world crop sumluses at the
i proposed economic conference.”
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LIEU INSURGENT
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER SAID
TO HAVE SHOT AND KILL
ED CONSTABLE
MEDFORD, Ore., March 17.—
! A bitter political feud which had
I rocked this country for three years
j reached a dramatic climax with
; the arrest of Llewellyn A. Banks.
. charged with first degree murder
; of Constable George Prescott.
Mr. Banks, leader of an insur
j gent political group, former news
! paper publisher and orehardist
was said to have shot and killed
Mr. Prescott when the latter
sought to arrest him on a grand
jury warrant. Mrs. Banks who was
standing behind her husband when
the shots were fired, and George
Flemming, friend of Banks, whc
was in the house at the time, were
j arrested as material witnesses.
The shooting occurred wrhen Mr.
j Prescott went to Banks’ palatial
! home to arrest the eccentric pub
! lisher and fruit grower, on a grand
| jury indictment. When Mr. Pres
| cott stepped to his door, Mr. Banki
i made good his oft repeated threat
I to shoot the first officer who at
tempted to arrest him again.
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WRESTLER THROWN FOR
COUNT B! HIS WIFE
LOS ANGELES, March 17,—Thi
' second marital venture of “Jump
, ing Joe” Savoldi, professional
; wrestler and former Notre Danu
1 football star, terminated in the di
> i vorce court yesterday
Mrs. Daisy Savoldi charged tha
Savoldi remained away from home
gave his telephone number to oth
• er women, and would not save hb
■ huge earnings.
! EBflST
TURN T01NSR0 SOI
I ROME, March 17,—The hopes o
l the world for disarmament relie
j from threatening tension on thi
| frontiers of Europe and in othe
. [ countries, turned toward Rome a.
final preparations were made fo
the British-Italian conference Sat
. urday.
r Italy, which has been si’ent ;
r long while, watching France carry
r I ing on negotiations for a unite
„! front with England and the Unit
1 j ed States, proposes to keep to th
f j center of the stage for as long a
possible.
STOCK
MARKET
—
ORDERS CHOKED EXCHANGE
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, —'
: The stock market went on another
i wild rampage yesterday but quiet
ed down in the late afternoon.:
prices at the close being irregu
lar.
Some leading issues sold below
Wednesday’s close and others i
! slightly above.
It was the most active day since
September 21, 1932. Tickers were;
eight minutes late at 10:04 a- m.
| as buying orders* choked the fac
: ilities of the exchange.
PRICES BOOMING
NEW YORK, March 17, -Stock
prices still exhibited a forward
; trend. Bonds continued their
sweeping advance in relatively
heavy trading. Both wheat and
corn spurted at Chicago, the for
mer gaining 5 cents and the lat
ter three'cents a bushel.
Cotton trading resumed with
prices booming $3.50 to $5 a bale
with net gains figured at $2.25. to
33 ci b<il.G
Wool, silk, hides, coffee and rub
ber displayed further strength.
Bar silver climbed three quar
ters of a cent to 28% cents and
silver futures were firm.
Call rates sold down from five
1 to four per cent and bankers ac
i ceptances w*ere shaded one-quar
1 ter of one per cent.
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NEW CONFIDENCE
Dow Jones industrials closed,
up 0.85; rails unchanged; utilities,
up 0.07; bonds, up 1.31; May Rio
coffee was 573 and March sugar
1006.
The dollar was stronger; guil
ders closed, off one to 40.46, and
Swiss francs, off three to 19.44._
I May wheat closed at 53%
1 against 48% on March 3rd. At the
close of yesterday’s market res
! frictions on grain hoarding were
were removed
j The regular Cream of Wheat div
idend has been declared.
Montreal funds were quoted
84.4385. Canadian and English
newspaper editorials said Ameri
can people are daily acquiring new
confidence.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
Alaska Juneau 12%, Al. Chem.
86*4, Auburn 39%, Baldwin 5%.
Balt. & Ohio 11*4, Beth. Steel 15^4.
Cal. Pack. 11%. Can. Pac. 9%. Case
51*2, Chrysler 11%, Con. Gas 51%,
Duoont- 41%, Eastman 60*4, Gen.
Elec. 15*4, Gen. Foods 27%, Gen.
Mtrs. 14, Goodrich 5%, Goodyear
16*4, Krueger 18*/2, Int- Tel. 7%,
Loews 13%, Monky Ward 14%,
Dairy Prod. 15%, Pac. Gas 27,
Penn. RR. 18%, Pullman 23*/2,
Radio 5*4, Radio Keith 1%. Sim
mons 6%, So. Pac. 17*4, Std. Oil
Cal., 23%,, Un. Carbide 25%, Un.
Oil, Cal., 11, Un. Pac. 79%, Steel
32*4, Steel, pfd. 65*4, Wu. Tel. 25*4,
Westinghouse 28*4, Woolworth 3234,
Wor. Pump 14%, Kennecott ll*/8,
Premier %, Pioneer 5.70, Reno 64,
Premier 71, Caribou Quartz 2*4.
Total turnover, 3,300,000.
English sterling 336%
NICKEL SHARES SOAR
One hundred and 50 stocks
climbed on Thursday’s Montreal
j market, which experienced the
I heaviest day’s sale of the year.
The Toronto market also enjoy
ed an excellent market, especially
in nickel, 20,000 shares being sold.
Toronto gold mining stocks were
i quiet but wheat advanced two
: cents a bushel. The same held at
■ I Winnipeg.
A seat on the Toronto stock ex
; j change sold for $24,000.
Eggs on farms sold for 14c, 13c
and 12c per dozen; at wholesale
houses, 20c, 19c and 18c per dozen
THIRTEEN RESCUED
■j SEATTLE, March 17,—Thirteen
' members of the crew of the SS.
■{ Kensen Maru, Japanese freighter,
which foundered in a cyclone 400
l miles off the coast of Australia,
[ were picked up Thursday in a life
» boat. Seven vessels are searching
i the seas for other survivors.
r WANTS HIS DISCHARGE
LONDON, March 17,—Co lone
Lawrence of Arabia, that mysteri
i! ous World War personage, who ii
-1 enlisted in the Royal Air Corps un
1 der an assumed name in older U
- j escape publicity, is asking for dis
e j charge. No indication of wha
s' his future plans are have been re
vealed.
EOF
IN EUROPE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.
—All the influence cf President
Roosevelt and the United States
government was thrown into a di
rect appeal to the key nations of •
Europe to join in a definite cut of
military strength to prevent the
mad race of armament building.
The Chief Executive threw over
board the usual ways of diplomacy
and dealt directly with Ambassa
dors without recourse to the State
Department. One after another
the official envoys of Great Brit
ain, France and Germany strode
into the presence of the President
at the White House and left with
the positive assurance that Ameri
ca stands staunchly behind the
policy of less international fear
and suspicion and specific reduc
tions in military power.
SEER AND WINE BILL
WASHINGTON, March 17—The
Senate passed a 3.5 percent beer
bill late yesterday and sent it back
to the House for consideration of
Senate changes. The vote was 43
to 30.
The House already has approved
the bill but now must consider the
Senate amendments, including one
cutting the alcoholic limitation
from 3.2 percent by weight to 3.5
percent.
Another amendment adopted by
the Senate includes wine and fruit
juices of the same percentage.
A third one prohibits the sale
of beverages to persons under 13
years of age.
r
GENEVA, March 17, —Warning
solemnly against the danger of
war. Premier J. Ramsay MacDon
ald of Great Britain presented
drastic proposals for disarmaments
to the World Arms Conference.
He proposed a new conference of
all naval powers in 1935, the year
before the limitations of the Lon
don conference expires, and pre
sented a British convention look
ing to reduction of armies, navies
and weapons.
“If there is a failure, then the
stream of events will drive you
speedily to new catastrophe.” Mr.
MacDonald said, pleading for
agreement. _
TO PIKE SUFFERERS
( LONG BEACH. March 17—The
quake-stricken area was hit by a
drizzling rain which brought add
ed misery to thousands of home
, less although shelter was found in
| some form or other for all refugees
during the night. Few heated
| buildings were found as the city
is without gas supply.
| Authorities admit the possibility
j of widespread cases of pneumonia
I if the rain continues. _
YOUKS “TEDDY" 15
THROUGH. PHILIPPINES
| MANILA, P. I., March 17.—Col
and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
I sailed for America yesterday, hu
■ tenure as Governor General of th<
i Philippine Islands at an end.
Three thousand persons linec
> the dock when the Roosevelts
■ boarded the Cutter Arayat, accom
; panied by a military and nava
■ guard of honor. A 17-gun saluti
roared a farewell.
HL SEEKS
COASTWISE SHIPPING IS PRO
HIBITED UNDER THE ACT
OF 1920
JUNEAU, March 17,—Funds for
an Alaska exhibit at the Chicago
World Fair was proposed v by Sena
tor Bragaw and resulted in author
ity being given Governor Parks to
expend a sum not to exceed $3,500
for that purpose.
The Senate Judiciary committee
reported favorably on the Heilerich
Alaska Bone Dry law repealer
which is expected to pass Saturday
without an amendment.
The House passed five unimport
ant measures including four de
ficiencies appropriations aggregat
ing about $15,000.
Representative Green of Hyder
introduced a memorial urging
Congress to repeal section 27 of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1920 that
bars Canadian transportation from
ocean coastwise shipping between
British Columbia and Alaska.
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ECONOMY BILL IS
OVER ALL HURDLES
BY SIGNATURE
PERMITS PRESIDENT TO CUT
VETERANS COMPENSATIONS
PENSION, SALARIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17,
—President Roosevelt’s $500,000,000
economy bill, carrying extensive
savings in veterans expenditures
and Federal salaries, was given
final House approval yesterday
and sent to the President for his
signature.
The vote was 373-19.
The chamber accepted without
protest of the Senate amendments
cutting some $7,009,000 from the
estimate of total savings, thus
completing Congressional action
cn an unprecedented grant of
power to the Chief Executive.
It was understood the decision
not to resist alterations in the
original draft of the measure, was
taken after consultation with Mr.
Roosevelt’s advisers.
The bill, as it becomes law, al
lows the President to cut veterans
compensations, pensions, allow
ances and salaries.
More than $100,900,000 in Federal
economies is expected to be
achieved from the section author
izing pay cuts up to a maximum of
15 percgnt.
In combination with the beer
| legalization and taxing bill, which
passed the Senate, and retrench
ments possible thru governmental
reorganization, the economy bill is
expected to effect the long sought
balanced budget.^
SLLEOED GKEHT HUTHBR
I LflDEHS IT "NEK DEM."
HONOLULU. March 17, —George
Bernard Shaw, on a journey
around the world, laughed off the
I “new deal” in America saying that
i “Everybody thinks Roosevelt is
going to do some of the things he
is not going to do anythting. He
cannot do anything. Your fine
Democratic institutions prevent it.
“What did Hoover do? Nothing!
Yet he is a good man with sound
! ideas of democracy safeguards and
liberty. It is nonsense for the
i government to do away writh liberty
up to a certain point-”
, Shaw said America needs a dic
| tator.
TRAFFIC BAN LIFTED
LONG BEACH. March 17—The
j traffic ban on visitors to this
quake-stricken city was lifted
’ Thursday. Five thousand people
| are still living in tents.
OLDTIMER CALLED
i WRANGELL, March 17, —Fred
i Joseph Dean, for the past 34 years
■ employed by the Alaska Packers
l Association, died of a heart attack
; Wednesday. Burial will be made
here today.
PUBLIC DANCE SATURDAY I. O.O.F. HALL