§>i'iuarii Dittly (Satrutay
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 184.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
MONDAY, AUGUST 8,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ARGENTINE HITE
IS WINNER OF CLASSIC
20 HE ■STOCK
LOS ANGELES, Calif.. Aug., 8, —
The United States added the 400
meter race (a total of 1600 meters)
relay championship to its list of
Olympic achievements.
Billy Carr, Pennsylvania flash,
running at anchor, finished ten
paces in front of Godfrey Lionel j
Rampling, final runner for the
British team.
Juan Carlos Zabala, of Argentine,
the favorite, led the field of 28
starters as the classic marathon,
final event of the Olympic track
and field games, was begun. Za
bala led from the start until two
laps inside the stadium had been
run.
Then M. Fenelli held the lead for
200 meters but Zabala regained it
and was in first place as they left
the stadium on their long grind of
26 miles.
Not much of the 26 mile mara
thon was run on the track of the
Olympic stadium but was mostly
run on the boulevards of Los An
geles city. However, the finish of
this event was so close that four
of the runners came upon the track
for the final two lap sprint to the
tape- This, in itself, was unusual.
Zabala won with Ferries, of Great
Britain, second; Terwonen of Fin
land, third; Wright of Great Brit
ain, fourth; Tsuda, of Japan, 6th;
Michelson, of the United States,
seventh. The winning time was
two hours, 31 minutes and six sec
onds. a new Olympic record.
An American team won the 400
meter relay finals by running the
race in 40 seconds flat and clip
ping six-tenths of a second off the
former Olympic mark.
All told American men and wo
men have set up 24 new Olympic
marks which included 13 new world
records. The United States ended
the men’s events with 218 points,
far ahead of Finland's 72 and Brit
ain's 55. Other leaders in compe
tition were Germany, with 36, Jap
an 35, Canada 34, Ireland and It
aly with 23 each, and Sweden with
17.
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SEATTLE, Aug., 8. </P)—A total
of 73 mascengers sailed for Alaska
Saturday on the SS Aleutian, of the
Alaska Steamship Company. Of
these. 26 are for Seward, as follows:
J. P. McNavist, Dr. H. S. Ham
mell. P. G. Klauh, J. W- White, Dr.
H. W. Smiley, Mrs. Smiley. Mrs. T.
H. Carter, Child Smith, Mrs. C. R.
Smith.
Alphonse Sander, Mrs. Bessie
Hall. Miss Mary Phillips, Mrs. M.
Light, Wallace Anderson. Dr. Frank
Sulzman, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Rey
burn, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reyburn,
Mrs. A. C. Wanamaker, O. R- Moen,
Mrs. Moen. Thomas Droad, Miss A.
M. Moh, Marie Jacobsen, Mrs. Al
ma Adams.
PEIPING, China, Aug.. 8, —At
least 30 Chinese iregulars were kill
ed and a force of 2400 Chinese were
defeated by Manchukuo troops, led
by General Wang Tien Chung, aid
ed by Japanese.
Japanese sources charged Mar
shall Chang Huseuh Liang, ousted
ruler of Manchuria, was responsi
ble for the attacks and is believed
to be leading the campaign.
Japanese have concentrated hea
vy forces in the Yingkow region,
from which they might strike quick
ly at Jehol and elsewhere. Fore
es include warships- and planes.
terrific storm
KANSAS CITY, Aug., 8, —A ter
rific storm which swept this dis
trict took one life and injured sev
eral as well as causing great loss
to property.
LATE BULLETIN
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Aug
8. (AP)—Libby Holman Rey- j
nolds, “torch” singing widow of
the late Smith Reynolds, sur
rendered to North Carolina po
lice authorities at 2:50 this af
ternoon. Dressed in black and
heavily veiled Libby stepped
from a large limousine and sur
rendered to Sheriff Sheffield.
PRESIDENT OF BINE
IS BRUTALLY BEATEN
IND LEFT FOB DFID
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug., 8, —
John Colegrove, 68, president of a
defunct Taylorsville bank, who was
thought to have been kidnaped and
then murdered, by irate depositors,
was found Sunday morning lying
on the lawn of his home suffering
from injuries as a result of having
been badly beaten by his abductors.
Colegrove was taken to a hospital
but he was not able to give many
details of his abduction aside that
he had been brutally beaten and
that after his abductors had left
he had finally freed himself from
his bonds and managed to get back
to the city.
A later report said that Mr. Cole
grove, when he was first found,
was near death from loss of blood
and exposure. Tis body was badly
bruised and lacerated and this at
tests to the vehement attack upon
him by his kidnapers.
As Colegrove lay in the hospital,
he told how he had been attacked
at his home, bound, gagged and
then carted for miles in an auto
He was then tossed into a weed
patch where he was left to die. He
remained in this patch from late
Friday to Sunday when he manag
ed to loosen his bonds and make
his way to Springfield.
Police are holding two men who
are thought to have some connect
ion with the plot and beating.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug., 8, —The
Pennsylvania American Legion
marched into town several thous
and strong with bands playing and
colors flying as the ragged rem
nants of the Bonus Army received
orders to “be out of Ideal Park by
night”. And as the city’s guest
crowd grew, due to the influx of
several Hundred legionaires, who
are planning to celebrate Legion
Day, the troubles of the bedraggled
Bonus Army increased
The Bonus Army still lacked gas
oline, trucks and trains and the
3.000 still here had no breakfast.
WASHINGTON, Aug., 8, —The
| accuracy of Secretary of War Hur
| ley’s formal charge that the Bonus
Army evicted by Federal troops,
consisted largely of civilian com
l nrunists rather than vets, and
! that the evacuation was conducted
with unparalleled humanity and
kindliness, was challenged by oth
er officials and eye witnesses.
Testimony of residents of dis
tricts occupied by the bonusers was
cited to disprove the Cabinet mem
ber’s assertion that the veterans
had levied tribute and inspired en
mity of the people of the District
J of Columbia.
> Hurley’s charge that the bonus
marchers were mostly radicals was
made just as a Federal Grand Jury
| resumed the investigation ordered
by President Hoover.
ENTIRE FAMILY WILL HOP
NEW YORK, Aug., 8, —Colonel
George Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchin
son and their two children, a son
and daughter, are planning a
trans-Atlantic flight from Wash
inton to Scotland, in the near fu
ture. i
A vacation trip replete with trav
el by water, rail and plane leaves
Mrs. Chas. A. Sears of Keokuk, la.,
still not a “sourdough,” although
she traveled through Yukon terri
tory and Alaska to Nenana, flew
to Nome and Teller, McGrath, An
chorage and Fairbanks, returned
to Anchorage by rail, reaching Sew
ard a few days ago in an Alaskan
Airways plane, piloted by Matt Nie
minen.
Mrs. Sears stated emphatically
that she has not visited Alaska
merely for a thrill but purely thru
her love for the country. This sum
mer’s trip was her second, the first,
having been made last year on the
Dorothy Alexander from Seattle to
Skagway, round-trip. The Dorothy
Alexander also brought the kindly
little lady from Seattle to Skagway
when this season’s trip began, af
ter which boat and train took her
to Atlin, B. C. From Atlin to White
horse, another pleasurable trip was
experienced and then the river
steamer Yukon numbered her
among it’s passengers to Nenana.
From Nenana perhaps the most
wonderful part of her summer’s
tour was experienced when Mrs.
Sear’s was unexpectedly enabled
to fly to Nome in an Alaskan Air
ways plane, piloted by Jerry Jones,
with an additional flight to Teller
where natives from King Island
were visiting at the time. An op
portunity was thus afforded to ac
quire several excellent pieces of
ivory while at Teller, from which
place Pilot Jones flew his charming
passenger to Anchorage, via Mc
Grath. Here another Alaskan Air
ways flyer, “Ace” Ed Young, the
veteran of them all in the North,
took Mrs. Sears back to Fairbanks,
where she stayed for several days
before returning by train to An
chorage."Here, the much-traveled
lady was fortunate to be just in
time to board Pilot Nieminen’s
plane for Seward.
Mrs. Sear’s will depart on the SS
Admiral Evans, of the P. S. S. Co.,
for the round-trip to historic Ko
diak Island—incidentlv. the home
of the giant brown bear—and on
the return voyage stop at Juneau,
to again board the RS Dorothy
Alexander for Seattle where she ex
expects to arrive August 25.
Mrs. Sears has come to love Alas
ka so sincerely that she plans to
return next year and stay a full
year, probably at Fairbanks. It is
her intent during that time to make
an airplane flight to far beyond
the Arctic Circle—to Point Barrow.
Mrs. Sears, while awaiting her
steamer, is a guest at the Hotel Van
Gilder.
ARMISTICE DECLARED
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug., 8, —Bolivia
has agreed to immediate cessation
of hostilities with Paraguay in the
Gran Chaco, on condition that an
armisticd is declared on the basis
of present positions in the diplo
matic positions in the disrupted
territories instead of on the basis
of June 1st.
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COMMANDER INSTALLED
TOKIO, Aug., 8, —General No
biyoshi will be installed today as
commander of the Kwantung army,
the Japanese troops in Manchuria,
| replacing General Shigeru Honjo.
LANCASTER INFIIRIHTED
BECAUSE HE LOST GIRL
MIAMI, Fla., Aug., 8, —Infuriated
when informed Haden Clarke had
stolen “Chubbies” affections, Cap
tain W. N. Lancaster exclaimed:
“I’ll get rid of him,” according to
J. F. Russell, one of Lancaster’s
associates on his flight to Texas
and Pacific Coast.
Russell was called bv the State
in the trial of the British flyer on
a charge he murdered Clarke, 26
year-old writer. He was brought
here from the jail at Key West
where he is serving a six-months’
sentence for conspiracy to smug
;le aliens from Cuba.
BEAUTIFUL FUNERAL
SERVICES HELD SUNDAY
FOR ARLGW RA6EN
Impressive, beautiful and well
attended funeral services were con
ducted Sunday in the Seward Com
munity church for Arlow Hagen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hagen,
who came to such an untimely end
a few days ago.
George James, vocalist, accom
panied by Mrs. F. L. Groth, on the
piano, sang an appropriate num
ber, “The City Four-Square,” in
opening the service. This rendition
was followed by an eulogy, deliver
ed by the Rev. E. E. Reisner. In one
of his finest eulogies the pastor
assisted greatly in alleviating the
heartfelt suffering of the parents,
sister, and the many friends of the
departed. Following the eulogy
and prayer, Mr. James and Mrs.
Groth sang a second beautiful se
lection.
Symbolic of the affection which
Seward had for the lad were many
beautiful floral offerings which re
quired the services of an extra car
to convey to the cemetery. The
natural flowers and wreaths pre
sented a magnificent bower over
the splendid casket.
When the services in the church
were concluded the funeral cor
tege, one of the largest ever seen
in the city, proceeded to the Sew
ard Cemetery where committal ser
vices were held. The body was laid
to final rest in the Masonic plot.
As the services in the church so
many persons were present that
mourners were compelled to stand
in the aisleways and hall, and ex
tending through the doors to the
street.
Pall bearers were Herman Leirer,
Bjarne Tollbom, Russel Johnstone,
Allen Guest, Burdette Blue and
Clarence Larson.
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CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hagen and
daughter wish to express their
grateful appreciation to all those
friends whose countless acts of
loving kindness have strengthened
and comforted them since the loss
of their beloved son, Arlow.
PARIS, Aug., 8, —Europe will soon
start shipping gold in considerable
quantity to the United States, re
versing the stream of yellow metal
which has been flowing toward
France, banking circles report, af
ter the rush to buy dollars which
was attributed to the strength of
the dollar on the foreign exchange.
The dollar now is 20 centimes
above the gold export point and
several centimes above gold parity.
DEFENDED TITLE
CHICAGO, Aug., 8, —Kid Choco
late, Havana negro, successfully
defended his junior lightweight
championship by winning an easy
10-round decision from Eddie Shea,
Chicago Italian, before a crowd of
about 5,000.
HEARS OWN RADIO STATION
SAN JOSE, Calif., Ang., 8, (A5)—
Much of the news concerning the
work of Fr. Bernard Hubbard of
Santa Clara university in Alaska is
received by Jack Anderson here.
He operates a shortwave amateur
station, W6ACV, and the messages
he receives come from the radio
station he established at Ugashik
in the Far North a year ago.
UHL SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 11-8, St. Louis 5-4.
Chicago 3-0, Phillies 1-1.
Cleveland 7-6, Washington 4-2.
Detroit 3, Boston 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 8-1, New York 2-8.
Boston 2-7, Pittsburgh 1-6.
Brooklyn 6-5, Cincinnati 1-9.
PACIFIC COAST
Portland 12-1, Los Angeles 1-9.
Sacramento 8, Hollywood 3.
San Francisco 1, Oakland 0.
RAGGED, DISAPPOINTED
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug., 8, (/P)—
Ragged, tired and disappointed,
75 members of the bonus army
passed thru here Sunday enroute
to their homes in the Pacific
Northwest. The group included J.
L. Steele who left Hyder, Alaska,
last April to join the bonus army.
APPOINTMENTS HOME
LOAN BANKING BOARD
MADE PUBLIC HOOVER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 8, (JP)
—President Hoover appointed F.
Fort, of Newark, New Jersey, chair
man of the Home loan bank board.
Fort is a Republican; other mem
bers of the board are Nathan
Adams, Democrat from Dallas; Wm.
Best, Republican of Pittsburgh;
Morton Bodfish, Democrat from
Chicago, and Dr. John Fries, Re
publican from Rosewood, Ohio.
The board will supervise a sys
tem for eight to a dozen home
loan discount banks to take home
mortgages and loans from building
and loan associations, insurance
companies and others dealing in
real estate pper, to relieve the pres
sure and relax demands upon home
owners.
The system was created at the
last Congress and was one of the
President’s last major relief re
commendations.
It is expected that the new cap
ital will become available through
the Reconstruction Finance Corp
oration. New banks will be located
in various parts of the country and
divided into districts, the same as
the Federal reserve banks
Site and selection will be deter
mined by the board which will hold
its first meeting next week.
CORNER FOB BETTER
CHICAGO, Aug., 8, —Arthur W.
: Cutten said that he believed that
' business had turned the corner for
j the better, as rumors of a $30,000,
I 000 grain pool were prevalent.
Cutten denied he was in any pool.
“I am against pools,” he said. “I am
not in any pool and I don't intend
to be as long as this government
| sits in the game.”
j “Recent improvements are appar
j ent and I think the turn for the
I better has come, but I don’t like to
see things go up too fast- I would
like to see Europe come into the
market with cash.”
KELOWA, B. C., Aug., 8, —The
Ogopogo came out of retirement in
the depths of Okanagan lake after
j a year’s absence and disported him
I self in the view of startled tennis
I players at Lakeside Park.
The legendary marine monster,
despribed to be a 30 foot serpent
like fish, has been interwoven in
Indian and pioneer mythology of
the mountain lake country for gen
erations.
The Ogopogo timed its second
appearence with diabolic clever
ness. Tennis players swore they
saw the gigantic lake devil appear
on the surface 200 yards off-shore,
submerge and reappear again sev
eral times, then sink into the
depths.
Adventurous whites who did not
fear the Ogopogo, unwisely, the In
dians say, patrolled the chill lake
in boats and watched from the
shore for a reappearance of the
monster.
KANSAS CITY, Aug., ,8 (^—Mil
dred Kauffman, 25 year-old avia
trix, died from injuries when her
monoplane locked wings with
another at low altitude. Miss
Kauffman set a world’s record for
looping the loop 46 times in 1930.
Three others escaped with minor
injuries.
UNITED STATES WOMEN
HE GREAT REGORD
OLYMPIC TRAGI EVERTS
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 3, —T h e
women’s track and field section of
the 1932 Olympic Games closed
with the United States in posses
sion of five out of a possible six
championships, and with the new
world and Olympic records set in
every event.
The one title not taken by a U. S.
athlete went to Stanislaw Walasie
wicz, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio,
but who competed under Poland’s
colors.
The parade of United States vic
tories was led by Mildred “Babe”
Didrikson, slim Texas girl, who won
the javelin throw, the 80 meter
hurdles and took second in the
high jump.
Her record in all three events
were better than the previous
world and Olympic marks. How
ever, first place in tthe high jump
went to Jean Shiley, of the United
States, when she cleared the bar
j at five feet, five and one-quarter
j inches. Miss Didrikson also went
| across at that height, but judges
i held that she dived head first to
I make it; they awarded her second
place at five feet, five inches. The
! previous world mark was five feet,
i three and one-eight inches, and
j the previous Olympic mark was five
, feet, and one-quarter Inches,
j Miss Eva Dawes, of Canada, fin
i ished third in the high jump. The
only other event for women on the
program was the four, by 100 me
ter relay. In it the United States
team of Mary Carew, Evelyn Fur
tisch, Anette Rogers and Wilhel
mina von Bremen, running in that
order, finished in 46 and nine
tenths. The officials were scoring
in fifth seconds instead of tenths
so the time was set at 47.
This broke the old world and
I Olympic records of 48.4 set by the
Canadian team in 1928. The Cana
dian group finished second and
Great Britain, third.
In addition to the championships
won by the relay team, by Miss
Didrikson and Miss Shiley. the U. S.
was first in the discus. Miss Lil
lian Copeland, of Pasadena. Calif.,
won the latter event with a toss of
133 feet and two inches.
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WINSTON-SALEM. N. C., Aug., 8,
—Alfred Holman, lawyer father of
Libby Holman, widow of the slain
heir to the Reynold's millions, has
been successful in having his
daughter's first degree murder
charge reduced to second degree.
The charge of A. B. Walker, chum
of the slain youth, was likewise re
duced. Under North Carolina law a
second degree murder charge per
mits freedom on bail. Walker is free
under $20,000 bail.
Holman said his daughter would
I leave Cincinnati for Winston-Sa
; lem at once- It is not known what
! the bail bonds of Libby will be but
j it is thought they will be consider
i ably higher than that of Walkers.
ENVISAGED H PHI
LONDON, Aug., 8, —The “co-op
erative agreement” on war debts,
satisfactory both to the United
States and Europe, is envisaged by
Premier Ramsay MacDonald, the
United States was informed.
The Prime Minister’s ideas were
outlined as follows—as far as Brit
ain is concerned, nothing will be
done in the nature of an ultimatum
to the United States or a united
front against the United States.
Whatever is done should be a solu
tion satisfactory and equitable to
the United States and to the Lau
sanne negotiations. The solution
should be in the nature of a “co-op
erative agreement” satisfactory
to the United States and Europe