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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 169.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 21,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NUMBED OF POLICE
OFFICIILS IDE OiED
DIREST YOUTH'S SEDTH
MINEOLA, L. I., July 21, —Assist
ant District Attorney Martin Little
ton has impounded all police re
cords concerning the arrest and
alleged third degree of Hyman
Stark, youth who died Friday after
being “questioned” by detectives.
Stark was under arrest as a sus
pect in the robbing and beating of
Mrs. Valeria Hizenski, when the
death occured. Detective Joseph
Hizenski, son of the victim of the
beating, questioned Stark. Stark
died of a fractured larynx, accord
ing to Dr. Otto Shultze.
Thirteen Long Island policemen
were ordered stripped of their
badges and arrested, after the wo
man’s son had been named as the
man who struck Stark. Four po
licemen are being charged with
second degree murder and seven,
others are being charged with sec- j
ond degree assault.
MONTANA PRIMARY RETURNS
HELENA, Mont., July 21, (JP)—
John P. Monaghan, a new figure
among Montana Democrats, today
held an apparently unbeatable lead
over the veteran Congressman
John Evans, as a result of Tues
day’s primary. Monaghan is a
young Butte attorney. Governor
Erickscn held a three to one major
ity over his opponents. Frank
Hazedbaker, Lieutenant Governor,
was nominated by the Republicans.
REPARATIONS TROUBLE
SNARL FOR EUROPEANS
WASHINGTON, July 21. — More
than one European government
may fall as a result of the snarl
over the Lausanne reparations and
war debits settlement and the new
Anglo-French entente.
The position of the government
at Paris has been undermined by
London’s denial of Premier Her
riot’s interpretations of what the
understandings mean, and if he
fails to cling to his own particular
version he will more than likely
be overthrown.
HONE CflE SYNDICATE
BE GIVEN DEATH BLOW!
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CHICAGO, July 21. —The United
States government is ready to deal
the death blow to the A1 Capone
crime syndicate.
A two-year investigation by the
aces of the prohibition department
and other agencies culuminated in
a 50-page report to the United
States Attorney General which has
just been made public- The report
reveals Capone’s amazing hold on
the nation’s liquor traffic thru a
syndicate which operated virtual
ly unhampered until the govern
ment ran the gang to cover through
its pocketbook by the conviction of
gangster for evasion of income tax |
laws.
Approximately 200 person are ac
cused and will be indicted in the
last drive to stamp out the Capone
gang forever.
CONFIRM OPTIMISTIC NOTE
WASHINGTON, July 21, —Confir
mation of the report of New York
observers that business in the
United States is “looking up” was
made by government experts Wed
nesday. The government officials
made almost identical observations
in that commodity prices are show- j
ing an upward movement. Men
have gone back to work and a gen
eral betterment of conditions is
evident thruout the nation. The
government also noted that a num
ber of textile mills would resume
operations during the week and
that this would be responsible for
thousands of men going back to
work.
TWO-MONTH DUCK SEASON
WASHINGTON, July 21, (/P)—The
duck season will be returned from
one month to two months’ open
season this coming fall by Presi
dent Hoover on the recommenda
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde. The Agriculture Department
reported that the situation follow
ing the drought in the duck breed
ing grounds of 1931 had improved
to such an extent that the two
months’ season can be permitted.
The Alaska open season will be
from September 1 to October 31.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
IS BE* RECOMMENDED
PARADISE VALLEY, Rainier
Park, July 21, (/P)—A number of
outstanding jurists of this State
stood committed to a drastic criti
cism of the nation’s system of
criminal justice. The jurists have
recommended that the whip and
lash be again used as a means of
punishment and they have also re
commended the taking from the
hands of judges the power; to de
termine the length of terms meted
out as punishment.
The jurists, who are holding their
44th annual convention here, urged
that corporal punishment be adopt
ed by Washington State as this
punishment has proved to be the
“greatest deterrent to certain kinds
of crime’’.
BERLIN, July 21, (JP)—Prussia’s
new dictatorship, under the leader
ship of Chancellor Franz von Pap
pen. moved smoothly into action
but under the surface calm there is
considerable resentment- at the im
position of martial law thruout the
city and the Province of Branden
burg.
Two men were killed and a num
ber injured in political riots Wed
nesday night despite the martial
law declaration.
The entire Prussian Cabinet is
to be asked to resign and the gov
ernment will appoint other men to
take their places.
SORE AT DRY AGENTS
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y. July
21. —Resentment against dry ag
ents’ asserted brutal tactics smold
ered here following a n outburst
from an outraged citizenry with
possible bloodshed within 48 hours.
The situation, described as acute
by the Chamber of Commerce, was
the aftermath of dry raids during a
convention o f Spanish-American
War veterans.
RESIGNS CANADIAN JOB
OTTAWA, July 21, —Sir Henry
Thornton, American born, head of
the Canadian National Rairways,
resigned his position Wednesday
and it is understood that he has
been named to be the head of a
Western Railway in the United
States
AUTHOR MARRIES
LONDON, July 21, —Gilbert W.
Frankau, author, was married at
Bloombury registry office to Miss
Susan Harris. It was the writer’s
third marriage.
SENTENCED TO DEATH
BERGAMO, Italy, July 21. —Piet
ro Gaitazeni was sentenced to
death by a firing squad for robbing
and murdering Pietro Maggoleni,
the latter’s brother Paolo and sis
ter Giovanna, in the village of Al
menno. Three other persons were
sentenced *to 1 i f e terms for the
same crime.
BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 6; Pittsburgh 2.
New York 9; Cincinnati 1.
St. Louis 16; Boston 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 8; Boston 1.
Washington 4; Detroit 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 3; Missions 2.
Oakland 5; San Francisco 3.
JUNEAU July 21, (IF)—In a brief
and almost informal ceremony the
Board of Road Commissioners of
Alaska today turned over its duties
and powers in the Territory to the
Interior Department and then ceas
ed to exist after 28 years of busy
existence in the construction of Al
aska roads and trails
The formal transfer was made by
Major Malcolm Elliott, former head
of the Alaska Road Commission,
and Governor George A. Parks, who
will have supervision of the com
mission from now on.
At the conclusion of the trans
fer, Major Elliott shook hands all
around and then wished each good
luck. The officers of the commis
sion were to be guests of the Jun
eau Chamber of Commerce today. ’
The officers will soon leave for
their new assignments in the
States.
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST AT THE
KATEONS CAPITAL
| On July 1, in discussing the House
I bill to create Federal home-loan
j banks, the Senate adopted one
1 amendment as follows: “As soon
' as practicable the board shall di
: vide the continental United States.
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and
the Territories of Alaska and Ha
waii into not less than eight or
more than 12 districts ”
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For several years past there has
been a special select committee to
| investigate the Alaska Railroad,
| composed of Senator Robert B.
! Howell, of Nebraska; Senator John
B. Kendrick, of Wyoming; and Sen
; ator John Thomas, of Idaho. On
| June 3Cth, Senator Kendrick of
; fered a resolution, which was un- :
| animously agreed to. as follows: !
j “Resolved, That Senate Resolution
298, authorizing a special commit
tee to investigate the operations, j
economic situation, and prospects j
of the Alaska Railroad, hereby is j
continued in full force and effect ;
until December 3. 1933.”
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Two of delegate Wickersham’s
private bills passed the Senate on
June 30 and have been signed by
the President. One directs the Sec
retary of the Interior to pay Ned!
Bishop, of Anchorage, out of the |
funds of the Alaska Railroad, the |
sum of $1,009.10 ,in refund of a Li
berty bond. This bond was unnec
essarily forfeited in a railroad tie
contract in the year 1922. The
other bill directs the Secretary of
the Treasury to repay Clyde Shel
don, of Wrangell, the sum of $250
as the remission of a fine paid for
fishing in a closed area, when it
was later discovered that there
was no fish stream in that area.
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Under the present law the travel- j
ing expenses of the United States j
Attorney and assistants, of Alas- j
ka and elsewhere, are paid when I
approved by the district j udges. On |
June 24th the Senate passed a bill j
to authorize the U. S. Marshals to
pay these accounts when verified
under oath by the U. S. Attorneys
themselves, on the assumption the
judges are not familiar with the
amounts paid out by the attorneys.
The Secretary of Commerce has
Issued some additional fishery re
gulations as affecting the Bristol
Bay area, Nushagak district, also
north Prince of Wales Island dis
trict.
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Having previously passed the
Senate, the bill that transfers
authority over the Alaska Road
Commission from the War Depart
ment to the Interior Department
was on June 27, substituted for!
the House bill, and after announce- j
ment was made in the House that !
the procedure had the approval of J
President Hoover and the bill was
quickly passed without any appar-1
DRCTIC HflVENIURER W1S
FORCED IBMDII TRIP
SEATTLE, July 21, TP)—Amateur
radio operators here received a
message addressed to the Associat
ed Press from another amateur at
Ugashik, Alaska, saying that Frank
North, writer and explorer, had put
in to Ugashik with a badly damag
ed vessel.
North had left Ikatan on Unimak
Island in the Aleutians, on June
10, and had intended to enter the
Arctic ice-pack but he was forced
to return because of a heavy storm.
A preliminary survey of the damag
ed vessel indicated it was so badly
damaged that it could not be re
paired in time to reach the Arctic
this season.
The regulations for the protec
tion of the fisheries of Alaska pub
lished in Department of Commerce
circular No. 251, 18th edition, issued
under date of December 17, 1931,
together with subsequent regula
tions, are hereby amended by the
following regulations:
’ Bristol Bay Area
Salmon fishery—In addition to
existing prohibitions, commercial
fishing for salmon in the Nushagak
district, which embraces the waters
of Nushagak Bay within a line from
Point Protection to Etolin Point, is
prohibited from 6 o’clock anteme
ridian Thursday to 7 o’clock ante
meridian Thursday of each week,
in the period prior to 6 o’clock an
temeridian August 3.
Southeastern Alaska Area
North Prince of Wales Island
District
Salmon fishery—No trap shall be
permitted to operate in the season
of 1932 as follows: Prince of Wales
Island: East coast from the outer j
point of land on the north side of!
Kendrick Bay at approximately 131 |
degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west j
longitude northward to 54 degrees:
54 minutes 45 seconds north lati- !
tude. This amends Regulation No.
15 ccc
ent objection.
Almost any day now the Depart
ment of the Interior will take over
its new duties, even though it be
without any available funds. The
Army bill as passed bv the House
made an appropriation of $354,310
for the Alaska Road Commission.;
In the Senate the amount was in
creased $140,000 to $494,310.
Since that time the bill had been
tied up in conference, the dead
lock being over the House provi
sion requiring the retirement of 2,
000 officers- As both branches ad- I
juorned on July 1 over the Fourth
it will be a few days before the bill
is agreed on and it is known just
what sum the Alaska Road Com
mission is to receive for the fur
rent fiscal year. In any event it
will be much less than the $800,
000 appropriation of last year.
As at present constituted, three
army officers are at the head of
the Commission. But as operated
under the Interior Department
these men will be superceded by
civilians. The Governor of Alaska
will have supervision over the Com
mission, while present official Ike
Taylor, will be named as Acting
Chief Engineer. He will have the
active direction of the work and
will have his assistants in the pre
sent civil personnel, so far as the
the appropriations will permit.
The purchasing agent will be the
present Interior qfficial at Seattle,
while the Disbursing Agent for the
Commission will be Charles E. Nag
hel, at present financial clerk for
the Public Survey Office, at Jun
eau. Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur anticipates that the work
of the Commission will continue
smoothly and satisfactorily, inso
far as the decreased appropriation
will permit, and which would not
be entirely satisfactory under any
administration^ The amount avail- 1
able will not be sufficiently large
to permit much new work.
HOOVER SIGNS BILL
WASHINGTON July 21, (&)—
President Herbert Hoover today
signed the $2,122,000,000 unemploy
relief bill.
NEW DRIVE SALES TAX
WASHINGTON, July 21, —A new
drive for the enactment of a sales
tax at the next session of Congress
was announced here Wednesday
by Representative Henry T. Rainey,
of Illinois, and Senator Reed, of
Pennsylvania. A sales tax plan was
defeated at the last session of Con
gress.
SWELTERING HUT OF
NORTHWEST SUBSIHES
UNDATED, July 21, (/P)—The
torch-like temperatures which have
prevailed thruout the nation dur
ing the last several days, subsided
somewhat today thruout the upper
Mississippi Basin as the nation
credited 38 more deaths to extreme
summer heat.
Cool showers of rain swept mer
cifully across the northern brow
the United States from the Rocky
Mountains to the Great Lakes.
However, the Southern areas are
still gasping for the relief from the
heat which is promised them by to
morrow.
FOOBIEEN-YEMB
BOY MEMBER OF TERM
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CINCINNATI, July 21, —Ralph
Flanagan, 14-year old star from
Miami Beach, Florida, churned
through the waters of Coney Island
pool here to become the youngest
male swimmer ever to qualify for!
an American Olympic swimming
team.
Young Flanagan placed second in |
the final race of the 1500 meter
free style swim, thereby automat
ically becoming a member of the
team.
Clarence Buster Grabbe, of Losj
Angeles, finished first in the 1500;
meters, followed by Flanagan. J. C.
Christy, University of Michigan,!
third.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE. July 21, —Tempera
ture extremes recorded for Wednes
day were: Seattle, 71-56; Chicago,
96-76; Denver, 92-64; Los Angeles,
76-52; New Orleans, 90-76: New j
York, 88-72; Portland, 80-56; San
Francisco, 68-56; Spokane 84-58;
Ketchikan. 60-50; Juneau. 60-50.
BLAMES HOOVER
PARIS, July 21. —Camille Ay ward,
publisher of La Liberte, a conser
vative newspaper and voice of the
campaign against further payment
of war debts to America and Great
Britain, blamed President Hoover i
for the European united f r o n t i
against the United States on war1
debts.
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TRANS-ATLANTIC MAIL SERVICE
WASHINGTON, July 21, —Regu-;
lar airmail transportation between :
the United States and Europe was
forecast here Wednesday as the
Sikorsky airplane manufacturing i
company announced plans for the
construction of a 30-passenger
eight-motored plane to be used
on trans-Atlantic flights. The post
office department is encouraging
the building of these planes.
PUBLIC CONTROL URGED
WASHINGTON, July 21. — Full
public control of holding companies
operating in the power utility field
was advocated by the power com
mission as “absolutely essential to
the public interest/’
TO ATTEND FASCIST MEETING
VIENNA, Austria, July 20. —
Adolph Hitler, German fascist
leader will attend the fascist meet
ing here in September, the Press
learned. Austrian Fascists were re
ported preparing for his visit on a
arge scale.
Marking the second divident pay
nent this summer, directors of the
Jleary Hills Alaska Mines Co., have
ieclared a five per cent dividend,
payable on August 1.
HOOVER ATTACHES NAME
WASHINGTON, July 21, —Presi
dent Hoover Wednesday signed the
bill which is designed to encourage
the mining of coal adjacent to the
Alaska Railroad by eliminating the
competitive bid provision and em
powering the management of the
Railroad to purchase coal from two
or more operating companies.
The bill states “That in order to
prevent a monoply and to insure
the continuance of two or more
operating coal mines in the Terri
tory of Alaska, adjacent to the Al
aska Railroad, the general mana
ger of the Alaska Railroad, with
the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior, is hereby authorized
to purchase coal annually for the
railroad from two or more operat
ing companies in that area at such
reasonable price or prices as may
be fixed and determined by said
Secretary.”
The amendment made to the
above measure, “Provides that the *
prices to be paid for bituminous
coal per ton shall not exceed $3.15
for the (b) grade, and $3.00 for the
(c) grade, and $2.90 for the (f)
grade, as defined in the specifica
tion under which coal is now pur
chased by the Alaska Railroad”,
was included in the bill just sign
ed.
BONDS IBM) MEMBERS
MB FOB C9NBDCT
WASHINGTON, July 21. (/Pi
Three members of the Bonus Army
were arrested as the aftermath of
a wrild scuffle betwreen the veter
ans and Capitol City police. A
large group of veterans Wednesday
marched upon the White House
and police interference resulted in
the scuffle.
The three members arrested were
charged with parading without a
permit and for disorderly conduct.
Bend wras placed at S125 each.
FINLAND BIT COMPETE
UNLESS ill ELIGIBLE
LOS ANGELES. July 21. —Finland
will probably quit the Olympic
games if Paavo Nurmi, the flying
Finn, is not permitted to compete,
according to Kekkonen. president
of the Finland Amateur Athletic
Union who has just arrived here
with the second delegation of Fin
nish athletes.
President Kekkonen said that if
it should turn out that Nurmi is
not made eligible to run in the
games, it is likely that the Finnish
team will return to Finland without
competing.
TO PROTECT MINERS
DUGGER, Ind., July 21, (/Pi
Three companies of the Indiana
National Guardsmen were ordered
to go to the Hoosier Coal Mine dis
trict to protect a group of non
union men who are literally boxed
up in a mine there. The non
union men, said to number 20, re
fused to leave the mine until they
are assured protection as more than
1,000 union sympathizers are main
taining a picket around the shaft
and the non-union miners feel that
certain harm is in store for them
should they proceed out past the
mine portals.
PUT THRU TRIAL RUN
DETROIT, July 21. — Powered by
four great motors, the greatest
power plant ever installed in such
a boat, Gar Wood’s newest speed
creation, Miss America X, will be
christened and put through trial
runs. With superchargers on each
motor the engine will give Wood a
maximum of 6,400 horse-power.
ENGLISH ACTOR DIES
BULAWAYO, Africa, July 21. —
Dennis Nelson-Terry, eminent Eng
lish actor, died of double pneu
monia here the press was inform
ed.