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•VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 279.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VENDS VINOUS VIANDS VIA
VALIANT VOTARY VOLSTEAD
VINDICTIVENESS
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. —The
bootlegging profession gave
unmistakable a n cl ineontro
vertable evidence of having
gone suddenly conmpletely
and amazingly “bughouse."
One of its practitioners had the
temerity to fend a price list of li
quors to the office of an assistant
Federal district attorney. This
distribution of liquor price lists is
considerable of a racket in New
York. The brazen peddlers stick
the lists in mail boxes and under
apartment doors. The lists de
scribe ali the mainstays of the li
quor cupboard from plain alcohol
'(by the gallon) to champagne «by
the pint). Printed on each list is
a telephone number. A note adds
.that deliveries will be made any
where. any time.
It was such a card that came to
Fred Pepper, assistant district at
torney at the Federal building. He
called the number and asked if
‘‘three pints” could be delivered
right away. He was assured they
could. He gave his address, the
office of the United States district
attorney.
Pretty soon in walked Leo Brun
ner, with three pints. Pepper told
him he was under arrest. Then
^Pepper called the number again
and ordered three more pints.
This time he identified himself as
an assistant Federal attorney.
"Yes.” came the voice,” we know
that, goodbye, please.”
“Wait a minute,” said Pepper
“you’ve already sent me three
pints. It’s such good stuff I want
three more.”
"We know we sent you three
pints,” said the voice. “And is
our face red? We sent it by Leo
and Leo ain’t back yet. We have
a feeling Leo ain't coming back.’
Pepper tried to mollify him, and
finally arranged to meet the man
on the street and “talk it over.”
When the man came, he gave his
name as Nathan Rock. He joined
I L!GHT
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Ten thou
sand times faster than a photo
grapher’s flash lamp and as bright
as 3,000 incandescent lamps intc
one is a new photographic lamp
described in a publication of the
American Institute of Physics.
The flash has taken 4.200 dis
tinct pictures in one second. It is
a small light operating on the neor
lamp principle. Instead of neor
gas, this tube contains mercury va
por. The light was developed a'
the Massachusetts Institute o
Technology by Harold E. Edgerton
ACTRESS SINKING
HOLLYWOOD, Oct., 25, — B e 11 <
Bennett, movie actress who ha.'
been ill for three weeks, is sinking
and physicians hold little hope fo]
her recovery. Miss Bennett is 41
years of age, and usually appears
in mother roles.
INSULL SLEEPING WELL
ATHENS, Greece, Oct., 25,—Ef
fects to extradite Samuel Insull
wanted for embezzlement at Chi
cago, seem to be at a standstil
since the first conversations of £
few days ago. Fresh funds for th(
former “financial giant” of Ameri
ca, in the amount of $4,000, arrivec
at Paris. It is reported the agec
money juggler is sleeping better.
MAN BIT COP
HIGGINSVILLE, Calif., Oct 25 —
This little hamlet lays claim to
manufacturing the most potent liq
uor in the United States. So pow
erful is it that when young Harry
Bottomley took three “shots” he
went on a rampage and when Of
ficer McMullen tried to arrest him,
Bottomley took a bite at him.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25, —
The State Department is prepar
ing to accept the disarmament
conference proposal to extend the
naval holiday until next March.
America will send a note to Ge
neva signifying its acceptance be
fore October 31. the date when all
replies must be on hand.
Extension of the holiday, which
expires November 1, is not expect
ed to curtail the navy’s destroyer
building program. It will, however,
prevent laying the keel of a 10.000
ton cruiser authorized by Congress
until after March 1.
Twenty other powers have ac
cepted the proposal. They include
Great Britain and France. Officials
here do not know whether Japan
will accept the proposal.
OF SCHOOL FUNDS
REDONDO BEACH. Calif., Oct.
25,—The law laid a heavy hand or
i E. B. Tnomas, eloping school super
intendent and yesterday the young
man was placed under arrest on c
charge of embezzlement.
Thomas is alleged to have con
fessed embezzling $8,000 of th<
school funds since 1930 by forging
pay warrants. He said he wanh
to make restitution and turnec
over to authorities $2,600. An of
i ficer has been sent north to bring
back a new automobile which i;
said to be in storage.
The young superintendent is saic
to have had two autos and for th<
1 last two years lived far beyond hi:
means.
Last week he mysteriously disap
peared during a meeting of th<
school board. An investigatior
disclosed his office was wreckec
and the evidence seemed to bea:
out the theory he had entered th<
office and surprised burglars a
work on the safe and that he hac
been kiiled by them or kidnappec
in the ensuing struggle.
Police located him in Washing
: ton where he had taken out a mar
riage license to wed a Seattle gir
I with whom he was infatuated, ever
j though already married.
Mrs. Thomas said yesterday sh<
| will stand by her husband.
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' i PASADENA, Oct. 24, —Experi
. | ments to develop a new type of en
I gine that would propel airplane:
,1 through the stratosphere at mor<
than 1.000 miles an hour or 25(
miles faster than sound travels, wil
be undertaken shortly by scientist,
at the California Institute of Tech
nclogy, it has been learned.
Dr. A. K. Klein, professor of aer
i onautics, described the engine a
1 an “automatic gasoiine burnini
rocket’ which could be operativi
[ only after the plane had attaine<
[ | speeds far greater than those no\
: possible.
HOLLYWOOD. Oct- 25, —Nels Ol
sen. lfi, thanked Clara Bow for
keeping him out of jail. He was
caught by police in the garden of
the actress’s home. He said he was
only going to ask for something to
eat.
Touched by the boy’s story, Miss
Bow asked officers to release him
and let him come in. But instead,
they took him to the station and
gave him a place to sleep.
Today they released him so he
could go back to his home in the
Middle West.
fissi mm bins
COBOURG. Germany, Oct. 24.—
The first real royal wedding in
post-revolutionary Germany daz
zled this little town when Prince
Gustav Adolph of Sweden was mar
ried to Sybillie Calma, daughter
of hte former King of Sax Cobourg
Gotha.
Prince Gustav Adolph is the eld
est son of the crown prince of
Sweden and the couple may some
day occupy the Swedish throne.
The civil marriage ceremony was
performed at the castle by the
burgomaster.
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WHY WAIT?
ATLANTA, Ga., Out., 25.—Gov.
i Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a
large audience here yesterday. His
speech was similar to that of oth
ers of the last few weeks, mainly,
the need for more leadership and
. less bureaus; cutting of expendi
tures rather than increase of taxa
tion and that it was not necessary
j to wait until after the election to
balance the budget.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25,—Anoth
' er invasion of the Capitol may take
place in the next few weeks, it was
5 made known yesterday. But it will
not be the veterans but from, un
employed seamen.
“ George Mink, representing the
1 Marine Workers of the Industrial
1 Union, called upon President Hoo
• ver Monday and informed him
- there were between 70,000 and 80,
• COO unemployed seamen in the
1 United States who were in dire
l need of relief and that if no help
was forthcoming from the govern
. ment they would march upon
. Washington.
[ What Hoover replied was not
L made public.
- THREE QUAKES
SALINAS. Calif., Oct., 25,—Three
earthquakes were registered here
Monday, the longest shock lasting
two minutes. San Francisco alsc
j felt the quake but no damage was
reported.
HOME-MADE BOMB
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 25,—Harvej
Hall, 70, believed to be insane, was
1 arrested here yesterday charged
' with making and hurling a home
) j made bomb into a stock broker’;
office. No one was injured but the
1 office was demolished.
TWO DEAD IN STORM
DENVER, Oct., 25,—Two dead re
. suited from two separate snov
, storms in the Rocky Mountain;
r which raged four days. The deac
’ are Fred Dem and Wm. McKin
3 non. The storm trapped 300 hunt
1 ers in the mountains but all made
/ their way to safety with the excep
tion of the above two.
TRIED TO BEAT “RAP”
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, —
When charged with being a habit
ual criminal and sentenced to life
imprisonment, Dominic Stannvag
made an unsuccessful attempt to
commit suicide in the court room.
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FORESTER GETS “CANNED”
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, —
Governor James Rolph Jr. is ask
ing for the resignation of M. P.
Fratt, State forester, whom he
charges with being too active po
litically.
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DIED FROM PIN PRICK
EVANSVILLE, 111., Oct. 24, —
| Mrs. T. Fuller who last week prick
j ed her finger with a pin and
' from which infection set in, died.
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MRS. ZIEGFIELD PASSES
CHICAGO. Oct. 24, —Mrs. F.
Zigfieic), mother of the late thea
trical man, died here at the age of
84 after many months illness. The
death of her son was not made
! known to her because of her health
j and she passed away without the
i knowledge her son had preceded
her.
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ANOTHER MARK FALLS
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24, —Pilot
James Woodell flew from Ottowa
to this city in 11 hours and three
minutes thereby shattering Jimmy
Doolittle’s time and establishing a
new record for the distance.
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WILL GET EVEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24, —
Literally “foaming” at the mouth
in rage at the action of former
stalwarts of the dry cause, dry
leaders promise to get even at the
1934 polls with those salons who
left their ranks to join the wets.
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SOLDIER COLONIES
RIO de JANEIRO, Oct. 24, — A
project to donate farming lands
between Rio de Janeiro and Pet
ropolis, the summer capital, for es
I tablishment of colonies of former
! federal soldiers and unemployed,
I was sent to the finance ministry
! by the Minister of Labor for con
■ sideration.
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FRUIT CROPS DAMAGED
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Oct. 24, —
Banana and other fruit crops were
seriously damaged in the states oi
Vera Cruz and Chispas during un
ususually heavy rain falls of the
past week.
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MADE DEFENDANTS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24, —Elean
or Holm, champion Olympic swim
mer, and Antonio Moreno, veterar
screen actor, were made defen
dants in two suits for $15,000 dam
??r", filed in the Superior courl
: as a result of a traffic accident.
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GORGEOUS GEORGES
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, —George
Carpentier, former French heavy
weight boxer, has been cast foi
the “Lion man” in a new picture
Paramount will produce. Carpen
tier was chosen from entrants whe
responded to the studio’s invitation
for applications from athletes.
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OBTAINED BIG POLICY
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 24, -
In violation of a law passed eighl
years ago prohibiting insurance or
State buildings and institutions, re
latives of Gov. James Rolph Jr.
have obtained a $400,000 policy or
; the State printing plant here, i
i was revealed.
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PRICES CONTINUE DROP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24, -
■ Wholesale prices are continuing t<
r downward course visible since Oct
; ober 1, the United States Bureau o
[ "Labor statistical department re
• ports. For the week ending Octobei
■ 15 the index number of wholesali
! prices in this country was 64.4 a
■ compared with 64.9 the week pre
vious.
200 CASUALTIES
TSITSIHAR, Manchuria, Oct. 24,
—Japanese troops reported they
had inflicted 200 casualties in re
pulsing mutinying Manchukuo sol
diers under Gen. Tu Ping Shans
who had attacked Kushon station
on the Tsitsihar Railway.
STATE TREASURY
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 25, -^The
1 State of California is faced with a
deficit of between $40,000,000 and
$50,000,000.
On Gov. James Rolph’s orders
j desperate attempts are being made
i to prune all departmental expen
ditures down to a minimum in or
der to balance the budget.
There will undoubtedly be many
obstacles and tremendous opposi
tion to such a program of reduc
tion. Such was the picture of State
finance presented to the State
Chamber of Commerce by Roland
A. Vandergrift, director of finance
for the State.
! REVOLUTION TALK
LONDON, Oct. 25—Between 3,00(
and 5,000 hunger marchers are nov
.converging upon London and ex
: pect to be in the city Wednesday
Authorities have been preparing
for their reception for the last twc
weeks, when it was first learnec
thousands of restless unemploye<
intended to march into the cit:
and remain there while Parliamen
was in session.
Yesterday’s report said othe
thousands intend to remain ii
London until relief is extended t<
the destitute in the British Isles
The marchers are averaging abou
20 miles a day.
Unemployment riots began abou
a year ago when thousands charg
! ed police and looted shops in vari
ous parts of England. Since th<
first of the year 37 riots have oc
curred and the situation is rapidk
becoming menacing for rumors o
revolution are now frequentl;
heard.
FOREIGN POWERS SPYING
ON NIL MANEUVER!
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Oct. 24, -
Ships have been trailing the Unit
5 ed States battle fleet to sea durini
] the past few months, possibly witl
j the intention of spying upon man
; euvers, it was learned yesterday.
Naval officers who refused to bi
quoted have been frankly angere<
by the persistence of a number o
oil tankers flying a foreign flaj
which have “blundered” upon th«
scene of naval maneuvers.
YOUTH FOLLOWED GIRL
HOHL DID KILLED Hll
i
11 PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 25. —j
'; youth, identified by papers in hi
pockets as Elbert Guy Harringtor
19, of Mountainview, Calif., wa
shot and killed by the father of
, girl he followed home.
Helen Soth, 21, told her fathei
- Murray Soth, that the youth ha
followed her home from the bu
line and whsitled at her. When sh
, j went in the house she said he stoo
- j outside and played a flashlight o;
I her window.
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION SET
COUNTRY BACK 40 YEARS
SAYS AL SMITH
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 25, —
Alfred E. Smith, former gov
ernor of New York State and
in 1028 the Democratic nom
inee for the presidency, made
a strong bid here last night be
fore 35,000 people for united
! support November 8 in send
ing Democratic Congressmen
to Washington; and, if they
desire prosperity to return im
mediately, to vote for Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and John N.
Garner two weeks hence.
He urged his listeners, both in
the hall and to the millions listen
ing in on the nation-wide broad
cast, to ask themselves this one
.question: “What major problem
• of any kind has the present Repub
: lican administration solved or brot
; to fruition?”
He said that when the present
administration took office four
; years ago they promised continued
i prosperity but instead of this “We
i have gone back 40 years!’.
11 Repeal of the 18th amendment
11 cannot possibly come for at least a
i couple of years, he pointed out, but
! the next session of Congress, pro
viding the Democrats are in pow
er, can and will amend the Vol
'; stead Act so “that we can have
■ light wines and beer at once”.
The Treasury deficit today is
1 $500,009,000, he said. If prohibition
continues the deficit will soon be a
^ billion dollars. “Why not eliminate
r the 18th amendment and the Vol
' j stead Act and tax liquor as before:
add millions to the Treasury in
stead of the government having to
1 resort to added taxing of incomes
’ when there are no incomes. Naught
• plus naught is exactly nothing!
- Why continue to scrape the cup
boards of homes bare for extra
', taxes for the Federal Treasury?
■ j Why continue to tax the business
• | man, large and small, in frantic
-1 endeavors to make up this mount
■ j ing deficit when it is available by
'amending our dry laws sponsored
f j by the Women’s Home Christian
7 Temperance Union, the Klu Klux
I Klan and similar organizations.”
A tremendous ovation greeted
Mr. Smith’s appearance on the
platform and thruout his hour ad
, dress the audience applauded his
I j remarks, humorous and serious
j alike, with deafening roars of ap
I proval.
1
l RIO de JANEIRO, Oct. 24, —Or
f ton W. Hoover, Indiana aviator,
was brought here from Sao Paulo
’ and put into jail on charges of aid
5 ing the recent rebellion in the
. south.
The United States embassy pre
pared to act in his behalf. Hoover,
who was an aviator in the World
• War, was imprisoned in the pre
I vious revolts of 1924 and 1930.
ROUND THE WORLD
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 25,—Ar
s ' thur Lowe, movie director on a tour
l> of the world, left Shanghai yester
s i day for Japan. From the Orient
1 he goes to Europe.
LEAGUE IS NECESSARY
■j ROME, Oct. 24, —Premier Mus
solini declared before a crowd of
150,000 of his subjects that Italy
e intends to continue its support to
3 the League of Nations. “It is too
i universal in character to be aban
doned,” El Duce roared.
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