VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 204.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AMY JOHNSON MOLUSON
APPEALS TO HUSBAND
TO ABANDON FLIGHT
LONDON, Aug., 31, —Amy John
son Mollison, wife of Capt. James
Mollison, noted British aviator who
recently completed a Westward hop
of the Atlantic Ocean to North
America and who is now preparing
for a return flight to England, sent
her husband a radiogram Tuesday
appealing to him to abandon his
plan.
Mrs. Mollison asked her husband
not to undertake the flight, upon
the advice of Dr. F. O'Neil, who
asked Mrs. Mollison to intervene
because of the dangerous condition!
of Captain Mollison’s nerves.
Dr. O'Neil asked that Mollison to
postpone his projected flight until
he is over his present nervous con- 1
dition. So far as is known Captain j
Mollison has not indicated whether
he will go through with the attempt
or not.
GOLDEN CITE BRIDGE IS
GLEHREO OF OBSTACLES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 31, —The
last obstacle blocking the construc
tion of the Golden Gate bridge was
swept away in a telegram received
by Mayor Rossi. The telegram
came from the Del Norte Company,
one of the remaining litigants, who
sought to halt the construction of
the bridge, and it announced the
waiver of the company’s rights of
appeal to the United States Su-|
preme Court in a suit against the
Golden Gate bridge and highway
district.
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MINERS OF NORTH
FI 10 FIND ROW COLD
SPOKANE, WASH., Aug., 31., (JP)
—Lured by tales of gold, 25 men in
the M. J. Brown party penetrated
to McConnel creek in the Omineca
district, a remote part of northern
British Columbia- Today they are
facing a grave shortage of food,1
says a report from Victoria, B. C.
Arrangements have been made to,
supply enough food for them to i
walk out. It will be delivered by air
plane.
Reports that coarse gold had been
obtained from the true bedrock were
fairy stories, according to Douglas
Lay, resident engineer for the gov
ernment. There is a wide distrib
ution of false bedrock.
MAY JOIN TEXTILE STRIKE
LONDON, Aug., 31, —The Lanca- I
shire weavers’ strike, calling for,
200,000 workers to quit their posts
appeared to have been only about1
50 per cent successful, but London1
was threatened with a bussmen’s
strike that might eventually dis-;
rupt its entire transport system. j
CONFER WITH MILLS
WASHINGTON. Aug., 31. —M.j
Norman, president of the Bank j
of England, will see or communi-!
cate with O. L. Mills, Secretary
of the Treasury, before his return
to England. An official admission |
of that phase of Norman’s visit to
the United States was obtained.
CONTROL SITUATION
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Aug., i
31. —Iowa farmers continue to re
tain their grasp on Council Bluffs1
and Omaha markets. Pickets seek
ing to force commodity prices to j
increase by shutting off the supply j
of agricultural products, guarded;
highways and allowed only a few;
trucks to pass. The blockade on the |
Nebraska side, discontinued last ]
Saturday, has been resumed.
New orders have been received
by Mr. Leedom, of the local Signal ,
Corps staff, transfering him to An
chorage instead of Cordova. The
family leaves shortly.
LABRADOR NEXT
PORT MENIER, Anticosti Island,
Aug., 31, —The flying family of
Hutchinsons, flying leisurely in a
big cabin plane from New York to
Europe, via Labrador, Greenland
here this week but Thursday left
Anticosti on the third leg of their
flight to Hopedale, on the Labrador
coast.
VON PAPEN MADE A
BITTER ATTACK HITLER
PRIOR TO REICHSTAG
BERLIN, Aug., 31, —Chancellor
Franz von Papen unleashed a bit
ter attack on Adolph Hitler’s Fas
cist party when he outlined in a
speech to Westphalian farmers, the
guiding principles of an economic
program under which the cabinet
hopes to retain order.
The speech was -significant in
that it was delivered just before the
Reichstag met and during the
week which will be of vital politi
cal importance in Germany.
Roars of applause greeted the
Chancellor, whose government pre
viously has been one of the most
widely criticized in the history of
the republic.
I
COURT PERMITS GOV'NOR I
ACT ON OUSTER CHARGES
ALBANY, N. Y.. Aug., 31, —Mayor
Walker lost his first effort to block
Governor Roosevelt from acting on !
outside charges against him. Su
preme Court Justice Staley ruling
that the judiciary could not inter
fere in the executive functions of
the Governor. Justice Staley de
nied the Mayor’s application for a
writ of prohibition, and dismissed
the proceedings.
STOLE BANK ROLL
MILWAUKEE, Aug., 31, —Bandits
held up a bank messenger and his
guard escort yesterday stealing
a $51,000 bank roll. They made a
successful getaway and left no
clues.
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• FREE SALMON
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug., 31, —The
needy of Oregon will have 10,000
pounds of canned salmon distrib
uted for their benefit this winter,
if the state can secure cans nec
essary to pack the fish. The fish
and labor have been donated by
Oregon fish canning companies.
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MAYOR WALKER ILL
NEW YORK, Aug., 31, —The con
dition of Mayor James Walker, who
has been stricken with a heart at
tack, is grave. The shock of his
brother’s sudden death and the
strain of the ouster trail against
him. proved too great.
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MAX GOES INTO TRAINING
NEW YORK, Aug., 31, —Max
Schmeling, heavyweight ex-cham
pion, took off in a seaplane for his
training camp to get into shape for
his bout next month with Mickey
Walker, former middleweight title!
holder
MICIIAELSON WINS MARATHONj
SALEM, N. H., Aug., 31, —Albert)
“Whitey” Michaelson, Portchester,
N. Y., bricklaying marathoner
swept aside highly touted Olympic
competition to win the internation
al 26-mile grind at Rockingham
Park. His time was two hours, 50
minutes and 19 seconds.
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NAVAL AVIATOR CRASHES
San Francisco, Aug., 31, — Trap
ped in his plane when it crashed
into an orchard near Alamo, Con
tra Costa county, and burst into
flames, Ensign Melvin E. Greaney,
whose home is Oakland, was burned
to death.
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WILL SWAP PRODUCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 31, —
rhe California department of pub
lic welfare has suggested to Idaho
that they swap produce, as a relief
measure.
GERMAN AVIATOR LEFT
DUTCH HARBOR FOR ITTU
DUTCH HARBOR, Aug., 31, —
Captain Wolfgang von Gronau,
noted German aviator who is mak
ing a leisurely flight around the
world in his big sea-plane, hopped
off from Dutch Harbor Tuesday at
12:45 p. m.. Pacific standard time,
for Attu Island, 800 miles away.
The Coast Guard Cutter Mont
gomery left several days ago carry
ing a consignment of gasoline to
be left on Attu Island for the flier.
The cutter was to furnish the Ger
man with weather reports.
From this far-flung island in the
Aleutians, Captain von Gronau will
make his next flight, for Japan, via
the Kurile Islands.
PLOT AGAINST REPUBLIC
DISCOVERED BY POLICE
MADRID, Spain, Aug., 31, — A
widespread plot against the repub
lic, attributed to Communist lead
ers, was discovered by police au
thorities investigating the activi
ties of a group of arrested exiles.
Police said the plot was designed
to take advantage of discontent
among both Communists and Roy
alists as a result of the sentencing
of General Jose San Jurjo, Mon
archist rebel leader.
NO TANGIBLE RESULTS
PRODUCED IOM STRIKE
DES MOINES, Aug., 31, —Farm,
strike picketing in Polk county
continued with renewed vigor as
local milk producers and associa
tion leaders failed for the second
time to agree on milk prices
As the strike ended its fourth i
week, it has produced no tangible!
results, but has served to dramat- j
ically call to the attention of thej
American people the farmers’ j
plight. i
OREGON GOLD DREDGE
NOW SWING METAL
The Robinson-Anderson g o 1 <1
dredge at Sumpter, Ore., has been
working a few weeks and is giving
employment to 14 men. It is work
ing the shallow gravel and higher
ground not reached by the equip
ment of the Powder River Gold
Dredging Company which originally
worked the channel and is said to
have cleaned up more than $5,000,
000 in gold.
SEATTLE’S BEER PARADE
SEATTLE, Aug., 31, —The five
mile beer parade planned for to
morrow has met opposition from
the W- C. T. U., and the Parent
Teachers’ Association, which or
ganizations are attempting to have
the parade license cancelled.
SHARKEY AS SECOND
CHICAGO, Aug., 31, —The Chica- j
go Stadium announced that Jackj
Sharkey, heavyweight champion, j
will second his protege, Ernie
Schaaf, of Boston, against Max
Baer, of California, in their ten
round bout tonight.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6, Chicago 5.
Phillies 6, Detroit 4.
Boston 6, Cleveland 2.
Washington 11, St- Louis 7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 4, New York 3.
Pittsburgh 10-3, Boston 7-2.
Brooklyn 5, St. Louis 4.
PACIFIC COAST
Portland 6, Missions 1.
Oakland 3, Hollywood 1.
Early placer miners in California |
Gulch at Leadville, Colo., carried
away $80,000 to $10,000 each as the
result of their first summer’s labor.
FIERCE BATTLE BEING
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug., 31, — A
desperate battle is being waged be
tween government soldiers and re
bel troops who are engaging in ar
tillery and rifle fire skirmishes.
The rebels have barricaded them
selves in the city and the soldiers
are pounding away at the ranks
with the hope of breaking up the
revolters. Over 100 civilians have
been killed and many more injur
ed. Many soldiers and rebels are
also reported dead.
The suffering of the civilian pop
ulation has become great and they
are not only faced with the possi
bility of death by bullets but also
by starvation, as food supplies are
cut off.
SUICIDE NOTE FAILS
GET MINISTER FREEDOM
MUSOGEE, Okla., Aug., 31, —
The Rev. S. A. Berrie is still held
in jail, his attempt to gain release
by presenting a purported suicide
note from his wife, having failed.
The minister is waiting trial on
charges of poisoning 51-year old
Mrs. Fannie Berrie so that he could
marry a 19-year old teacher in his
Sunday school.
Mrs. Berrie died last March, al
legedly from poisoning. Berrie ex
hibited the suicide note and asked
of a second habeas corpus hearing.
The note, he said, was found in the
family bible.
NEW YORK. Aug., 3-1, —Curio
sity stirred Wall Street as to the
purpose of the unheralded visit
of Montague Norman, Governor of
the Bank of England.
The New York Times said he ar
rived from Bar Harbor, Maine, for
a visit and conference at the Fed
eral Reserve Bank, presided over
by Governor George L. Harrison.
The paper said he met informally
with New York financiers.
FAVOR PAYMENT
PORTLAND, Oe-, Aug., 31, —The
National convention of the Amer
ican Legion convenes here in two
weeks an dalready 35 posts of the
organization have gone on record
favoring immediate payment of the
bonus.
TRADE EDUCATIONS
BLOOMINGTON, 111., Aug., 31, —
Illinois Wesleyan Univesity an
nounced that it will trade educa
tions this year for potatoes and
other farm produce that students
have in lieu of cash.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Aug., 31, —Sales on
the New York Stock Exchange to
taled 3,900,000 shares.
Allied Chem. 84%, Am. T. & T.
116%, Auburn Motor 67*4, C. & O.,
27, Com. Solv. 10, Cons. Oil 8%,
Gen. Elec. 21%, Loews 3%, Nat. Bis.
43, No. Am. 393/4, Penn. R. R. 18%,
Sears Roe. 14%, Stan. Oil, N. J.,
35%, Trans-Amer. 6%, U. Air 19,
U. S. Steel, prfd. 46%, Woolworth
49%, Am. Can. 58%, Anaconda 13%,
Beh. Steel 22, Chrysler 16, Com. &
So. 5, Dupont 40%, Gen, Mo. 16%,
Lorillard 16%, Nat. Pwr. 18"%,
Packard 4, Pub. Ser. 52%, Stan.
Brands 17%, Soc. Vac. 11%, U. S.
Steel, com. 12%, Vanad. 18%, Am.
Smelt. 22%, Atchinson 55, Case
Thresh. 60%, Col. Gas 62%, Con.
Gas 62%, Elec. Pwr. 153%, Int. T. &
T. 12%, Mont. Ward 13%, N. Y.
Cen. 263/4, Paramount 7%, Radio
10, Stan. Oil Cal. 2834, Tex. Corp.
16%, U. P. 79, U. Air 21%, Westing
house 40%.
Cotton; October high 949; low
9.10; Close 9.15. December 9.66;
Low 9.30; Close 9.31.
Wheat, Chicago high 54%; Low
53%; Close December, high
58%; Low 57; Close 583/4
“MA” IN THE LEAD i
DALLAS, Tex., Aug., 31, —Com- I
plete returns from 238 precincts out!
of 254 gave “Ma” Ferguson a lead
of over 1,700 votes more than Gov.
Ross Sterling in the runoff election
held here. An officia tuoclnCFihb
held here. An official count of the
votes from the precincts thus far!
reported, has not yet been made.
NEW REIGHSne MIT
CHE HINOENBUflG Hi
VON WEN DIFFICULTY
BERLIN, Aug., 31, —The new
German Reichstag was officially
opened Tuesday by the senior mem
ber of the cabinet, a white-haired,
75 year-old, Communist lady. After
the opening ceremony the Com
munist leader began her denuncia
tion of President Paul von Hinden
burg and Franz von Papen, for their
illegality of attempting to rule
Germany without a parliamentary
majority.
Political observers forsee a short
life for the present cabinet as Hin- i
denburg has already given von Pap
en the power of dissolving the cab
inet whenever he finds it urgent.
While the Reichstag was in ses
sion, demonstrators surged outside
the cabinet building doors and it
was only through the vigilance of
police that a general riot was pre
vented.
HEM 1010 CRUSH
RESULTS WE DEATHS
WOODLAND. Calif., Aug., 31, —
I na terrific head-on collision that
telescoped both automobiles, three
Woodland residents were killed and
three others injured on the highway
to Sacramento.
The dead were Miss Alberta
Felsch, Louis Bruce, her compan
ion and who was driving; Philip
McCune, 30, manager of a chain
store in Woodland and driver of
the other car.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES
RELIEF IS PROMISED
CHICAGO, Aug., 31, —Relief is
promised Chicago from the scorch
ing heat which attained a new
record. Breezes from the West are
due to reach the city today. Yes
terday the barometor registered 94.
* * * *
FIFTY-FIFTY
YOSEMITE, Calif., Aug., 31, —Of
the forty forest fires in the this area
this summer, half of them were
caused by lightning and the other
he thought was an airplane motor
ists, says an official report.
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SIX MEN MISSING
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug., 31, —
British Columbia provincial police
are searching for six men whom
mysteriously disappeared in a motor j
boat Sunday on the Gulf of Georgia.
It is feared they were drowned.
* * * *
HOST OF GERMAN COLONY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 31, —
The German colony here is host to
Prince Frederick, of Prussia, who is
making a stay of several days in
this city.
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WALES HEARD PLANE
WALES, Aug., 3i; —A Wales citi
zen reported he had heard what
h ethought was an airplane motor
on the day Aviators Lee and Bock
hon were expected to arrive from
their projected hop over the At
lantic from Harbor Grace. He said
the motor was missing badly and
finally cut out, entirely. No trace of
a plane, however, has been found
in this district.
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HAS BETTER CHANCE
SUMMIT, N. J., Aug., 31, —Mick
ey Walker, who fights Max Schmel
ing in New York next month,
weighed 178 pounds today. Tony
Polozbolo, trainer for Jack Shark
ey, told Walker he stood a better
chance of beating Schmeling than
Sharkey did when the Boston “gob”
was presented with the crown.
SMITH STILL SMIWTS
NOT DEEMS DEMO
HONDO: REMAINS ALOOF
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, L. I.,
Aug. 31, —Former Gov. Alfred E.
Smith rejected peace overtures
made to him by the campaign forc
es of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The one-time choice of the Dem
ocratic party for the presidential
nomination, traveled 65 miles to
avoid remaining in the precinct
where a gathering of Democratic
chieftans was in progress, and
pointedly ignored their invitation
to be present.
Smith’s action was regarded as
the most deliberate, almost stud
ied indication of his decision to re
main aloof from the party’s cam
paign.
HETCH HETCHY CMI
STILL IMPRISONS MINER
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 31, —
Desperate crews o f experienced
miners, working in shifts of 25,
continued to burrow through the
muck and rock in the Valle Moche
section of the Hetch Hetchy tun
nel, searching for a fifth man bur
ied in Sunday’s cavein, in the hopes
that he might be alive.
The bodies of four others, two
miners and two muckers, were
found after the cavein on the 700
foot level. Two of the bodies were
brought to the surface but their
identity was not announced.
i MERCHANT PRINCE SAYS
! ANOTHER BIG COLO
i STRIKE IS SOLUTION
What the world needs most right
now is a new Cripple Creek or a vast
increase in gold production such as
came from California in the ’50s
and ’60s and from Cripple Creek,
Alaska and South Africa in the ’90s,
in the opinion of Gen- R. E. Wood,
president of Sears Roebuck & Com
pany,
“The world is concentrating its
hopes on gold and there is plenty
of capital for legitimate gold min
ing enterprises,” he said. “It was
the gold of California and Nevada
that saved us during and after the
Civil War, and Cripple Creek, Al
aska and South Africa brought the
world out of the panic of the ’90s.
About the same time the discovery
of the cyanide process helped to in
crease the yorld’s gold production
from about $80,000,000 to about
$400,000,000 annualy. What we need
is a new Cripple’ Creek, and Colo
rado should produce it.”
RESTRAINT ORDER
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 31, —An Ap
pelate Court order restraining Su
perior Judge Wood from continuing
the hearing of Charles Chaplin’s
suit against his former wife, Mrs.
Lita Gray Chaplin, seeking to pro
hibit her from allowing their two
sons to enter motion picture ca
reers, was issued by Judge Craig.
DEFENSE RESTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 31, —
The defense of Frank J. Egan and
Albert Tinnin, on trial for the mur
der of Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes,
rested its case after an impassion
ed plea by Vincent W. Hallinan,
attorney for the former public de
fender.
"MA” CHISELS STERLING LEAD
DALLAS, Texas, Aug., 31, —The
bitterly contested race between.
Governor Ross S. Sterling and Mrs.
Miriam “Ma” Ferguson, for the
Democratic nomination for Gover
nor, remained in doubt as the wo
man ex-governor whittled down
Sterling’s lead to 1,427 votes.
Gold prospecting has spread into
the Jackson Hole country of Wy
oming and within the last month
six placer claims have been filed on
the Gros Vetres River.