Viuarit (Satenmu
TODAY’S WEATHER
Seward 12 above, Anchorage 3
below zero. Above Anchorage tel
egraph and telephone wires were
down and no report could be ob
tained today.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1933.
*. Numbers 248-249.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
PRICE TEN CENTS
WON’T
TALASKA
fS OFFICIAL
X>N, D. C., Oct. 24, —
xeral Cummings said
le opinion that after
18th amendment that
act would continue in
1 effect in the District
Alaska and other t®r
>n answered off-re
iies as to the status
ict and territories in
repeal. These are un
risdiction of Congress
can effect any chang
Vo-stead law as apply
.m.
„ .£WS FLASHES
The Cutter Tallapoosa arrived
^ at Juneau Sunday from the hali
but patrol and left Monday ior
Idaho Inlet to pull the hahbuter
Energy off the beach where it was
forced by a gale.
The highest gales in a decade j
were experienced Sunday at Ju-j
v,',r>u. There was no snow but thej
thermometer dropped to 13 above; !
water pipes were fiozen. Firemen |
oj trolled streets. During the gaie,;
cs were torn off, chimneys!
rnd p.ate glass windows dam
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etary Hull plans a good-will
xelow the Equator within a
/eeks, in line with expanding
, between the continents.
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vt Seattle Libby, McNeill & Lib
was fined $50 by the Federal
-ourt for shipping alleged decom
posed animal matter from Alaska
canneries to Seattle.
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Bound for Fairbanks with two
new planes, Pilot w. J. Barrows
and Joe Crosson, tcok off from
Seattle Monday. W. J. Jones and
Fred Moller are accompanying
the P. A. Airways aviators as mech
anics. The planes wi'l clear the
customs at Vancouver, B. C., then'
^Jly to Prince George, then White- j
horse. I
Edward Savina. 15, was killed
Mondav at Aberdeen, Wash., when
lie and his bicycle fell under the
wheels of a wood truck.
V- * *
Charles Chaplin broke his rule j
of silence Monday night when, at i
Los Angeles, he appealed to the!
country ot show its patriotism and
good will by supporting the NR A. j
His broadcast stressed the necessi-!
ty for buying now by those for-j
tunate enough to have money ’to:
spend.
Farm strike 1 aders claimed to
day their anti-selling move is rap
idly gaining momentum. Mean
r while AAA Administrator Peek, at
Washington, urged fa’ mers to fight j
.. .. their enemies, not their fiicnds. |
At Evrcaux. France 43 persons
were feared killed in the derail
. ment of a Cherbourg-Paris express.
Berlin claims more than 7.000
* r Austrians have token refuge in |
Germany within the last fewj
weeks. Many included officers in l
full dress uniform.
The French cabinet, headed by
Premier Palad c- resigned today
'p foiloTTv:ng th°' r,,e a Monday by,
a lack o'f c.oa idemse vote of!
Use rh’rfc " ~' da " f' s h Tars.
The Frrmi'""; o '•'red
to A’b r Sarraut senator. As Dal
ad er ?e'\ he burned his bridges
behind him by breaking with the
socialists whom he claimed gave
t him the famous double OO.
WINDS DELAY PLAN
CHICAGO, HI., Oct. 24, —A prob
ability of high winds today caus
ed another delay in plans for the
stratosphere flight of Lieutenant
Commander T. G. W. Settle and
Major L. Pordney.
Party of Five Were
Marooned for Seven
Days On Mad Flat
Marooned seven days in their
Lockhead pontoon plane on the
mud flats near Icy Straits, Pilot
W. H. Barnhill, Co-pilot Chester
McLain and passengers, Mrs. Rus
sell Merrill and her two children,
arrived in Seward Sunday.
En route on their hop from Seat
tle to Anchorage the party spent
several days at Juneau, then took
off lor Cordova on Saturday, Oct
ober 14, noon. An hour later they
were forced down by a faulty gas
line. The only likely spot to land
was by a shallow glacier wash
from which a takeoff was impos
sib e until an unusually high tide
floated them. This did not occur
until the following Saturday.
Meanwhile the gioup contrived
scanty comfoits and existed on
-mail game. D .spite the tough ex
perience all arrived here in good
shape and Monday continued on
to Anchorage, their future base.
The actual flying time from
Seattle to Seward was less than 20
hours.
•'The USS Geodetic Survey vessel
Discoverer, Copt. H. B. Campbell,!
Commander, arrived in port Sun
day from Kodiak enroute to Seat
tle.
Thirteen Months
Calendar Looms
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24, — |
The economic research division of
the NRA iecommended- the 13
months calendar for statistical
purposes.
Some experts see its general!
adoption within a relatively short
time. A though the 13 months cal
endar proposed envisages omy re
porting statistics for economic pur
pos s of the NRA, statisticians
regard it but a short step toward
general adoption of such a calen
dar for all purposes.
Japanese Official
Is Called Home
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24, —
Ambassador Debuchi of Japan re
ceived orders from the Japanese'
foreign office to return to Japan at:
his earliest convenience for the;
purpose of making a leport on
Japanese-American relations.
The Ambassadpr said he would!
leave with his iamily, sai.ing irom
San Francisco,/ aoouc the middle !
Oi. November. He expressed the
opinion that he would probably
stay m Japan.
Mrs. Ann S. Bewick, a resident!
of Seattle for the last several years!
: nu a -ormer Sewa.d resident, vis-|
ited brie.ly o.aliy before depart-!
a^ Mond.y on the SS Alaska ior
SeattA. Mrs. Bewick spent a week
at Anchor.'ge with Mr. and Mrs.1
Amundsen.
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A tonv yL. V. Ray was among .
d • ■.•ting on the SS Alaska;
for the Vald. z term of court.
C VRNERA WON
* ME Oct 24, —Primo Camera
defended Ills heavy-!
ampiorship of the world
• ’; mind match against Paui
Uz: ud- .-n. A crowd oi 70,000 saw
inflict a terrible beating
vin every round and capture
r"1 d ci ion on points by a wide
margin.
V. S. A. HEADED
RIGHT DIRECTION
SAYS PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 34, —
President Roosevelt, Sunday night,
announced the creation of a gov
ernment market for gold, and an
easing gold embargo, in telling the
nation of his recovery policies.
With firm assertion he said “we
are on our way.”
He said the government is stand
ing firmly by his recovery program;
he rapped “chislers” of the NRA
and assured an increase in agri
cultural prices with the words: “If
we can’t do it one way, we will do
it with another.”
The President promised main
tenance of government credit and
“a sound currency.” He announced
the dollar will be revalued after
restoration of the price level.
President Roosevelt will put into
operation a government market
for newly wined go’d, under the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion and whenever necessary, will
buv or sell cold on the world mar
ket. This is to be the policy and is
not an "xoedicnt and is not to be
used, merely to offset temporary
'all in prices The United States
will thus move towards a managed
ruweney. he said.
The President said his aim in
making this st~p is to establish
and maintain a continuous con
tro’ of government credit by main
taining sound currency to accom
pany the rise in American commo
ditv price levels.
President Roosevelt authorized
the Reconstruction Finance Corp
oration to buy newly mined gold at
p "ices to be determined from time
to time after consultation with the
Secretary of Treasury and with the
President.
The President said that if there
was any family in America which
was in danger of losing Its home,
or chattels—furniture, etc.—they
should telegraph to Washington at
once.
In concluding his address, broad
cast from, the Executive room in
the White House, the President
said* “Our troubles will not be over
tomorrow but we are on the way.
We nrp headed in the right direc
tion for the first time in 20 years.
I am not satisfied with the rise in
farm prices and will take means
to increase prices on commodities.”
BILUON DOLLARS
IN NEW ORDERS
FROM RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 24. —
Russian recognition eclipsed Dis
armament, C')ba and War debt dis
cusions in official Washington and
ranks with the domestic recovery
p an as the major subject of con
versation.
The prospective Russian trade
is viewed as a promising stimula
tion to cotton and pork products,
copner machinery and to other
businesses of this country.
The electrical and agricultural
implement stocks were immediate
ly influenced by the revival of re
lation talks and Commissar Litvi
noff’s statement that Russia is a
potential customer for a billion
dollars worth of raw materials and
machinery and challenged atten
tion of American factories short of
orders and farmers without a mar
ket.
COMPLETE LONG “LEG”
SAN PFQRO, Calif.. Oct. 24. — |
—vo British Navy officers arrived j
here in a 54 foot ketch, five j
months out of Hongkoncr, via the
Aleutian Islands and various Alas-!
ka ports. A'ter a five day stayj
here they will continue to England, j
vm Oalao'wvs island, Panama and,
the West Indies. i
IN EMERALD ISLES
GALWAY, Itfsh Free state, Oct.
24, —Colonel and Mrs. diaries a.
Lindbergh landed here Monday
after a short flight from South
ampton. They are flying to the
United States.
Faneral Services
Judge Whittlesey
Held In Seattle
Funeral services for William H.
Whittlesey, 76 years old, pioneer
resident of Seward who died Octo
ber 7 at Seattle, were held two
days later at Christ Episcopal
church.
Judge Whittlesey died at the
home of his sons, Raynor D. and
Walter B. Whittlesey, 2724.12th
Ave. No. Seattle. A third son, Ced
ric F. Whittlesey, also lives in Seat
tle. A brother, Charles F. Whittle
sey, left for California recently af
ter the death of his wife, Mrs.
Louisiana DeWolfe Whittlesey.
Known affectionately as Judge
Whittlesey, he had been with the
United States Department of Jus
tice most of his adult life. He also
had been with the customs ser
vice in Washington, a deputy mar
shall, deputy prosecutor and United
States commissioner.
Judge Whitlesey moved to Seat
tle in 1832, following his marriage
in 1885 to Miss Lillian Bell. Mrs.
Whittlesey, one of Seattle’s best
known singers, died in 1913.
Pallbearers for Judge Whittlesey
were: Dr. J. Tate Mason, Lewis
Starr, DeWolfe Emory, Walter
Scott Fitz, Thomas DeWolfe and
Charles K. Poe.
Bankers Are Not So
Hot About Program
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, —The N.
Y. Times said 10 of the most im
portant bank economists in Wall
Street who were asked to comment
on President Roosevelt’s plan to
lift prices by controlling the value
of the dollar in relation to gold,
could not find any favorable as
pects in the proposal.
Two expressed gravest doubts,
while others frankly were discon
certed, although they said a fuller
study of the President’s program
might reveal redeeming features.
Rich Ore Body At
Ramsay-Rutherford
. James Finlay passed thru Sew
ard en route to Valdez where he
will resume operations at the
Ramsay-Rutherford mine back of
Valdez glacier, on a larger scale:
than heretofore. i
Finley, who has been operating j
the mine the greater part of this’
season, states that a new ore body,
carrying high values in gold, was:
uncovered recently. In sinking j
about 15 feet on the lead, it has
widened considerably and carries
the same high values.
A short mill run was made on ore
from the new strike and Mr. Fin
ley exhibited a $500 gold brick as
a demonstration of the richness of
the ore.
Lack of fuel oil delayed opera
tions the last three weeks and Fin
ley, accompanied by Jess Taylor,
flew to Fairbanks with Pilot Bob!
Reeve where they had assays made j
of the new ore body.
In order to publish more news
in The Seward Gateway, larger
size newsprint has been ordered
and will probably arrive Saturday.
Each page will contain six columns,
instead oi the present five.
Jess Lander, former Seward resi
dent, passed through here Sunday
enroute to the Interior from the
States.
DOLLAR WILL BE
UNHITCHED FROM
! POUND, FRANC
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24, —
Official sources indicated that the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora*
tion offer to pay more than the
i London- or Paris price for new gold,
will free the dollar from control by
foreign banks and speculators.
The results hoped for include
cheapening of the dollar in terms
of francs and pounds and an in
crease in the world price for gold.
With such an increase in gold
prices, economists look for a large
boost in commodity prices to re
inforce new gold buying.
Whenever necessary, President
Roosevelt planned to trade in gold
on world markets, buying to en
courage price increases and selling
to check excessive rises, but a
direct relationship will exist be
tween the nation’s gold stock and
commodity prices.
HOSPITAL NOTES
B. A. Dool, Anchorage business
man, is in the Seward General
Ho pital under the care of Dr. A.
D. Haverstock.
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Fred Wesley, from the Oracle
geld mine at Moose Pass, is a
patient in the hospital.
George Torkelsen is much im
proved the past few days.
Charles Harper, dredge operator
in the rich Cache Creek country,
is a visitor in the city for a week.
Mr. Harper leaves later for Anch
orage, and then, the early part of
next month will board the Yukon
here for Seattle where he will re
main during the winter.
Many Outbound
On the SS Alaska
Monday Sailing
Passenger reservations for the
southbound voyage of the SS Alas
ka. out of Saward Monday mom
in^ at g o’clock included:
For Seattle—John Larson, Mrs.
Ann Bewi k, H. S. Danielson, Mrs.
A. Olson. P. J. M Donald, John
Babel Wn. J. McDonald Louise
G. Patterson. v t? Wa^n^r, Phil
Wagner. T. L. Wagner, J. E. McCoy,
F. Frckson, T. M. Awe, A. S. Dun
das. E-t1 Anderson, A. B Freeman,
Chas. A. Larsen. A. W. Murray, J.
C. Murray. A. Higgins, Chas. C.
Cooper. Fv'hm Powell W. Hol
lander. Mrs G. R. Gurther, G. R.
Gurther, John MuTioc*,**'PF **r o^d
Mrs. Mi’o Ke’ly, T. A. Roberts, Dav
is R M^ddorks, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
W-dter Pussell Walter, Billy Wil
liams. Mrs. c. S. Church. C. S.
Church) C. A. Schonaker, Richard
Nelson, George Oman, David Cala
rrari. R. kTmurray, A. Zamsellia.
John Kop’ler, Fdnm Samson, Rob’t.
Darling Carl Warhank. R. Dahl,
Frank Murohv, R. E. Gilhard, Carl
Foseif, Emil Ahrensen, A. J. Hunt
ington, Nels Nelson. V^or Chan
son J. T. Johnson, Chas. Her, C.
Doane, Glen Howe, Joseph Macek.
For Valdez—Chas. T. Hatten.
Sarah Sonaltik, Thos. Olsen. L. V.
Ray. Nicholas Schmidt. P. O. Harri
man, C. T. Lar^n, Mrs. John Oil
patrick. John Mattich. J. Tay’or.
James Finlav, Margaret Reno, Lil
lian Ferris. Gust Erickson, pr w.
Nagiev. G. W. Lawrence. G. Mour
ens, Ole Midthen. V Paterson. Mvs.
W. L. Brewingfon. YT T. Pre*”ing
ton. A. C. Labe7le, Alfred Rosness,
Mr. and Mrs. Chris flTivorso^ M”S.
H. Scarsla. Mr. and Mrs r ?T r*h'l
lips. A. L. Stout. Anton? Jensen.
Star Fortuna.
For Juneau—T E. Bolton. Ole
Nickelson. P. Hannrotty, M. Boddy.
For Cordova—Wm. Johnson. J.
Oden.
For Skagway—S. Vandt.