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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 519.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1932.
PRICE PEN CENTS
' TOWN SAVED FROM
. FOREST FI FUMES
BY CULM WEATHER
SANTA PALO, Calif., Sept- 19, —
Calm weather saved this town from
destruction Sunday by forest fires
which have been raging throughout
this area for 14 days and which
have burned over 130,000 acres of
fine standing timber and water
sheds.
Fifteen hundred men have been
battling the fires continuously but
unless the fires again break thru
present fire lines, no additional
men will be employed. Thousands
of applications for work are being
received daily by state and forest
officials.
Weather reports indicate the
next 24 hours will continue calm.
If so, officials believe the flames
will be under control and possibly
smothered. Late Saturday, when a
breeze swept in from the ocean,
the flames raced thru two miles of
timber land in 50 minutes.
At one time residents of this dis
trict stood ready to desert their
homes but the blackened, and now
exhausted fire-fighters, success
fully turned the flames away. Fogs
in the mountains are expected to
help quench them.
It has been definitely ascertain
ed. a forest official stated Sunday,
that these fires were started by a
careless cigarette smoker. The for
est fire is the largest in the history
of the State.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 19, —One
burglar in Los Angeles knows the
art of being nonchalant.
He broke into a residence here
Saturday night at a time when1
the mistress of the home was tak- j
ing a bath. The lady thought she
heard some one moving about and
peeked out. Seeing no . one, she
ventured further out and it was!
then Mr. Burglar saw her. Bowing
politely he introduced himself but)
she screamed and fled into a closetj
The burglar calmly saunteered af- j
ter her and turned the key in the j
lock then proceeded to ransack j
the home but only took about $50 j
in cash and a few jewels.
The husband returned home
an hour or so later and released
his wife.
FASCIST 1 FORCE j
WILL (HICK DOME!
ROME. Sept., 19, —Final an
nouncements were posted thruout
this city Saturday instructing, citi
zens and vehicle drivers what to do
when the sirens signal the ap
proach of “enemy” planes in the
great sham aerial battle which will
invade the city September 28, 29,
and 30.
The entire Fascist air force will
“attack” the city while the defend
ers will attempt to repell them.
Busses, street cars, steam trains
and automobiles have been ordered
to halt instantly whenever a siren
blows and civilians have been or
dered to make for the nearest shel
ter.
ABE FRANK PASSES
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, —One of
the best known hotel manager’s!
in the country, Abe Frank, 61 years I
of age, died here Saturday, and
friends throughout the nation to
day mourn his passing. He was vice
•* president and general manager of
the Ambassador Hotel here when
he died. I
9.000 REPORTED KILLED
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept. 19. —Nine !
thousand Paraguayan soldiers arej
reported to have been killed in the
battle waging here for a week. The!
Bolivian government complained
t o the League o f Nations that j
Paraguayan soldiers were using i
bayonets against wounded and j
stretcher bearers.
LITTLE EGYPT?
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 19, —
Andrew McLaughlin saw a picture
of a comely girl taken in Egypt
j and said to himself: “There’s a gal
| I could learn to love.” So taking
j pen in hand he wrote her, received
an encouraging reply and next
Saturday they will wed. Tsh! Tsh!
FUGITIVES KILLED IS
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 19, —The
death toll mounted to six in the
sheriffs’ battle with two bandits
in nearby mountains.
A posse of 16 surrounded the
two outlaws, Tom Carlyle and Dick
Love, in a dense growth of thick
ets upon which gun fire was cen
tered. The fugitives made a bold
attempt to escape but were shot
down.
Police are searching for a third
member of the bandit party; in a
nearby canyon the body of a man
was found but as yet remains un
identified.
ROBOT TOOK SHOT
AT HIS INVENTOR;
t
ERIGHTON, Eng., Sept. 19, — |
Shades of Frankenstein!
An inventor contructed a robot1
which took a shot at him.
“I don’t know why he did it but j
I always felt that the creature of!
my invention might someday turn
on me,” the vinentor, T. R. Hunt,
informed the doctor who rendered
aid to a hand thru which the bul
let passed.
“Elfa” is the robot’s name and
besides supposedly .obeying com
mands to fire a revolver, he reads
newspapers, tells time, barks like
a fox and relates bed-time stories'
with considerable gusto.
ENGLISH STAR WON
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, —In the i
international championship tennis!
matches underway here and in \
which all countries are represented
except France, Fred Perry, English
star, defeated Sato of Japan, Sun
day, two out of three games. Sato
won the first 6-4, Perry taking the
last two 6-4 and 6-1.
LOST A NEAT BET
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, —It is
an old racing custom for owners to
put down a small bet on their hors
es but Mrs. M. Casey omitted to do
so Sunday and her horse “Drastic
Goal” romped home winner paying
more than $400 on $2 bets.
PIECE OF NOAH’S ARK
LONDON, Sept. 19, —Explorer C.
Wells returned from Africa and re
ported the finding of a piece of
Noah’s Ark high in the Valley of
Moon. Natives refused to permit
him taking it away, he said.
LOSING NO TIME
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 19, —G
Berger was rounded up by police
after a marriage license had been
issued to him. Berger was already
married and had five children. He
told the police that his wife was
dying and he did not want to lose
any time remarrying so that the
children would be cared for.
CRUSHED AND BURNED
VENTURA, Calif., Sept. 19, —
Pilot Paul D. Wall was crushed and
burned to death when his training
ship crashed here. The student
escaped serious injury.
BIG FAIR NEXT
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 19, _
Now that this city is recovering
from the strenuous past week when j
Legionnaires had possession of the!
city for their annual convention,!
preparations will begin at once for j
the Pacific International Agricul-j
ture and Livestock show which is i
to be presented from October 15 to'
the 22nd. Acknowledged to be one|
of the finest annual exhibitions in I
the country, this year’s awards and j
premiums will total $75,000.
INMATES OF POORHOUSE
EVICTED WHEN FOUND
TO BE WELL-TO-DO
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 19, —Fifty
inmates of the poorhouse were
gently but firmly evicted Saturday.
The superintendent cf the insti-,
tution, faced with an ever over
crowding situation, decided to
make a personal investigation of
every individual housed; the re
sults were astounding. Three cases
are cited:
One inmate was found to have
a bank account of $830; $367 cash
upon his person and a trust
fund of $600.
A second owned a fine home in
the city from which he was col
lecting a fair rental.
A third had prosperous relatives
to whom he could have appealed
for aid and secured it.
OUGHT TO BE SHOT
SEATTLE, Sept. 19, —Chas W.
Dines, a building contractor, while
tearing down an old structure to
make way for a neiy one, found a
quart bottle of 42 year-old Irish
whiskey; and deliberately broke it!;
He did not indulge in hard liquor,
he said, and smashed it against a
wall without giving the matter any
thought.
LOS ANGELAS, Sept. 19, —Three
men were arrested here Saturday
on swindling charges; taking the
last few remaining dollars from
hundreds of unemployed, whom
they stalled along with promise of
work.
Operating tjhree offices in the
city simultaneously and under
various names, applicants for work
were required to put up a cash!
bond which was of varying:
amounts, according to what the!
applicant had. After stalling the |
applicants as long as possible, that!
particular office would be closed
and another opened elsewhere in i
the city.
Thousands of dollars were said j
to have been obtained by the three j
swindlers during the last few |
months.
HS FLASHES
For the first time Mrs. Henry
Ford has shown interest in poli
tics. Saturday she was named
chairman of Wayne County for
the G. O. P. Brookhart club.
♦ * * *
Americans residing near the
American border are alarmed. A
beer shortage is reported in Mexi
co.
Betty Gow, nurse for the late
Lindbergh baby, leaves Scotland
this week for America to resume
her position in the Lindbergh
household.
* * * *
Saturday Speaker Garner and
Demo choice for vice president, was
speeding from Washington to De
troit, Texas, to the bedside of his
critically ill mother, 81 years of age.
Attending physicians held little
hope for her though on Sunday
night her (condition was announc
ed slightly improved.
A total of 55 passengers com
prised the Seattle list of reserva
tions on the SS Aleutian for Alas
ka. The 16 passengers for Seward
were published in Saturday’s issue.
STORM WARNING
WASHINGTON, Sept., 19,-^torm
warnings were broadcast along the
Atlantic seaboard Sunday, report
ing the approach of a storm from
the Gulf of Florida the center of
disturbance. The storm, Sunday,
was fixed at 250 miles south of Gal
veston and moving rapidly north
ward and was expected over Hous
ton, Tex., this morning.
France is preparing to cite Ger
many at the League of Nations
conference with evidence gathered
during the last three years that
Germany has been arming secret
ly. In the meantime it is said that
France may reorganize its army
to meet any emergency.
* * * #
Sir Ronald Ross, eminent
physician who died Friday in Lon
don, was the discoverer of a cure
for malaria which saved thousands
of lives.
* * * *
A tabulation of votes in the re
cent primaries in eight states is
reported to have thrown a scare in- |
to the ranks of the Republicans.!
Republicans polled 200,000 votes |
and Democrats 175,000, the largest1
number of votes for the demo par- j
ty has been given in decades.
* * * *
Mississippi, Kansas and Colorado
are signed, sealed and delivered in
the bag to the Democratic party
in the November election, stated
Presidential candidate Franklin D.
Roosevelt addressing Wyoming
crowds.
* * # *
President Hoover will begin his
nation-wide speaking tour imme
diately following the ending of the
Demo nominee’s tour. He will visit
practically all sections of the coun
try with the possible exception of
the so-called solid South. A special
train will convey the G. O. P. party j
on the tour which is expected to'
require three weeks.
* * * 4C
Former President Rubico of;
Mexico has purchased a $35,000
residence in San Diego.
* * * *
Within two hours after Mrs. Jes- J
sie Livermore of New York was I
granted a divorce, she married I.,
M. Longhope.
* * # *
Mickey Walker, who fights “der
Maxie” this month, gained weight
during a brief layoff on account
of an arm-boil. Mickey resumed
I draining weighing 176 pounds. His
1 battle weight is 173.
* * * *
| Ocelli breezes are. again fanning
forest fires in the Santa Barbara
district. The fire line is 90 miles
long. Ashes fell like snow on Los
Angeles Saturday.
* * * *
; The Reconstruction Finance
! Corporation held a hearing relative
to loaning millions on bonds for the
construction of the Golden Gate
bridge. The outcome was satisfac
tory and no objections were voic
ed. However, a fuller study will be
made before wrtiing the check.
■* <■- *
S. S. Van Dyne, writer of mystery
yarns, was made the defendant in
a half-million dollar suit. He is
charged with plagarism; stealing
I another’s story.
* * * *
Vessels of the U. S. Navy have
been ordered not to fly flags of
other nations or the navy personnel
wear foreign uniforms in depicting
scenes for the movies, or other
wise.
* * * *
An earthquake of four hours
duration struck Wellington, N. z.,
Friday, throwing the populaiton
Into panic. Few details have been
learned.
* * * *
The Insull corporation of a few
months ago is said to have been
the largest failure of its kind in
history. The billion dollar concern
has assets of but $298,000,000, ac
cording to a report just issued. Mr.
Insull retired to England with an
annuity of $50,000 a year.
* * * *
On November 6 a new Reichstag
will be elected in Germany, the 5th
this year.
* <5 * *
The Democratic victory in the
State of Maine reacted similar to
a boomerang for the Republican
party, a chairman said Saturday,
in that subscriptions to the nation
al campaign, which had been less,
than $100,000, have been pouring
in from every point of the country.
The G. O. P.’s anticipate a $1,500,
000 fund.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
SHANGHAI, Sept., 19,—This city
has been virtually under the grip
of martial law since Saturday to
prevent demonstrations against
Japan. Sunday was the “National
Day of Mourning” thruout China,
the day marking the first anniver
sary of the Japanese siege of Muk
den and Shanghai.
TWENTY-FIVE OF 28
SUITES FOR ROOSEVELT
SEATTLE, Sept. 19, —Having
visited 28 states, H. Vanderbilt and
party arrived here Sunday and an
nounced 25 of the states will give
Franklin D. Roosevelt a large maj-!
ority in the November presidential!
campaign.
The three exceptions, he said, j
were South Dakota, Vermont and
Wyoming.
Governor Roosevelt spoke in Ida
ho Sunday, today in Spokane and
Tuesday, he will deliver an address
in Seattle, and on Wednesday, will
speak in Portland.
GARNER WON RACE
DETROIT, Tex., Sept., 19,—Dem
ocratic vice-president candidate I
Garner won his race against death j
when he arrived from Washington j
to the bedside of his mother who is
dying and who has been uncon
scious for many hours.
LE1EUE OF NATIONS
Mir BE OKI
LONDON, Sept., 19,—The League
of Nations is facing a supreme test
and may be disbanded to make way
for a new organization along sim
ilar lines, but one which. will be
favorable to the United States.
After a year of effort the Lea
gue’s efforts to control the Far
East situation proved incompetent
as well as in many other instances,!
namely the present Latin-Ameri- j
can warfare.
Italy is in sympathy with Ger- I
many while France is in a turmoil!
over the new demand of Crglbianyj
which- the English ForeignTfmSf
designates as ungrateful and un-,
timely during the world economic
struggle.
ACTRESS CONVALESCING
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, —Belle
Bennett, motion picture star, ac
companied by a nurse, arrived here
Saturday, via airplane, from New
York. She was met by Mary Pick
ford. Miss Bennett will convales
cent in Southern California.
CIRCUS CONVENTION
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 19, —“More
and longer parades,” was the slo
gan adopted at the Circus Men’s
convention here. A nation-wide re
vival of interest in circuses will be
the goal and the newly elected of
ficers for the coming year.
OPERATE ON ADMIRAL
SAN DIEGO, Sept., 19,—The Bat
tleship West Virginia, under forced
draft from Port Angeles, Wash.,
completed its 1,500-mile trip late
Sunday afternoon, bringing Rear
Admiral Pringle, • seriously ill. He
will be operated on today for a kid
ney ailment.
A NATIONAL FIGURE ‘
NEW YORK, Sept., 19,—Square
jawed Joseph McKee, who is filling
out the unexpired term of Jimmy
Walker as mayor of New York City,
has emerged a national figure since
taking office over two weeks ago.
The young man (Square Joe) is
making a reputation in the vast
economies he is affecting.
OFFICIAL SUICIDES
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 19,—Ray
mond C. McAllister, a city official,
drank poison Sunday and then
telephoned for an ambulance. He
died a few hours later in a hospital.
Friends are mystified at his suicide
though he had been ill for several
months.
HITCH-HIKER USED
HE1HKIIBLE INGENUITY
OBTDIN FREE DUTO RIDE
ALAMO, Tenn., Sept. 19, —Real
ingenuity was displayed by D. O.
Babb, member of the unemployed
arriy, who is making his was to
the Pacific Coast carrying an oil
can.
Motorists seeing a man walking
down the road with an oil can,
immediately assumed he was mot
orist out of gas. They would stop
and pick him up and carry him to
the next gasoline station.
The story behind the oil can was
made known, however, when one
auto ower noticed the peculiar
construction of the top of the can.
It was then revealed that Babb
had a hinged top on the can and
used it to carry his supplies and
extra clothing.
Such ingenuity should not go
unrewarded, it was said and there
is every likelihood Babb will make
the coast in record hitch-hiking
time.
Babb simply subsisted an oil
can for the “thumb.”
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept., 19,—
The Governor of this State has re
fused to send troops into the Tay
lorville district against striking
coal miners. Saturday night the
newspaper office of the Daily
Breeze was bombed as was also the
office of the United States Mine
Workers of America. The damage
to the newspaper plant amounted
to about $1,000 while windows were
broken at the other office.
Miners were aroused when the
editor published an editorial, fol
lowing a visit to the coal .mine area,
in which he said he found condi
tions happy and satisfactory. A
delegation waited upon him after
which he wrote another editorial
taking the miners to task and re
/ffiatjng his former statement,
bombing was' the result.
ADVOCATE MASSACRE
BOMBAY, India, Sept., 19,—Ma
hatma Gandhi went into training
Sunday for his contemplated hun
ger strike onto death when he cut
down his daily fare to the juice of
an orange and refrained from tak
ing his daily exercise, wishing to
conserve his strength for the com
ing ordeal. Phamplets were secret
ly circulated about India advocat
ing wholesale massacre of all Brit
ish officials, residents and their
families.*
SIX POINT PLAN FOR
sura OF RUDS
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 19, —
Speaking at Salt Lake City Satur
day, Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt, Democratic presidential can
didate, offered a six-point plan to
save railroads.
His plan calls for Federal regu
lation for motor traffic on a na
tional policy which, he stated, will
mean the salvation of the nation’s
steam railway carriers.
FIRST TIME TO EUROPE
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 19,—
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lloyd and
children left here Sunday enroute
to Europe, the famous movie com
edian’s first time abroad.
DIED ON GOLF COURSE
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 19, —
Walter F. Peacock, lumber man,
died from heart trouble Sunday
while playing golf.
PLUNGED TO DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19, —
Victims of an accident, one is dead
and another seriously injured. Dr.
Otto Westerfield, driving an auto,
plunged over a 150 foot cliff, and
was instantly killed. An unidenti
fied woman was critically injured.