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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 128.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1932.
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RESULT Of CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, June 2, — The
budget balancing the tax bill was
passed by the Senate in the early
hours of this morning and was
sent to conference by the House
today without a single vote in
opposition. .
The sales tax issue was revived
in the House when representative
Britten introduced a resolution
providing for a rule which would
make it possible to add a sales tax
amendment to the revenue bill.
The House action came after a
drastic 24 hours which included an
appeal from President Hoover to
the Senate to speed tax legislation.
Reactions were world wide as the
Bourses reacted favorably to the
news that Congress was well on its
way to completion of one of its
greatest pieces of peace time leg
islation.
SCATTERED DISORDERS
STPrrTP 5f BERLIN
BERLIN, June 2. —Scattered dis
orders occurreed in the streets of
Berlin as excited Nazis followers of
Adolph Hitler held demonstration
shouting “Germany, Awake!”
There was also excitment behind
the locked doors of the government
buildings where Franz Von Paper,
the neew chancellor, was organiz
ing his cabinet, and in the Prussian
diet which convened for the first
time since the physical battle on
the floor between Nazis and Com
munists.
WASHINGTON. June 1, —Now
would be a good time to settle the!
14 year old quarrel with Russia,
exchange diplomatic representatives j
and fix up a trade agreement giv
ing America a generous share of
her $500,000,000 market
This is the conviction of Thomas
A. Morgan, president of the Curtis
Spery gyroscope and head of a score
of kindred subsidiary industries,
expressed in an interview here.
He came from New York to at
tend an aviation conference with
other leaders and interested govern
ment officials.
?>IILITARY DICTATORSHIP
BERLIN, June 2, (JP)—The pos- ;
sibility of a virtual military die- j
tatorship in Germany during the j
life of the new Von Papen cabinet:
is seen by some political observers j
who apointed out that the new j
cabinet, formed yesterday, in all j
likelihood will be unable to obtain j
a vote of confidence from the j
Reichstag if it convened. The Presi
dent will summon the new cabinet;
to meet today and take oath of |
office.
SCIENTIST KILLED
PASADENA, Calif., June 2, (/?)—j
Doctor Leonard Thompson Tro
land, 42, noted Harvard scientist [
who is distinquished in scientific
circles as the co-inventor of col- ;
oring processes for motion pic
tures, was killed in a 250 foot fall
over a cliff on Mount Wilson. He
had come here for recreation.
URGED ADOPTION
NEW YORK, June 1, —Merryle
Stanley Rukeyser, noted economist
in a radio broadcast urged imme
diate adoption by Congress of po
licies to return property he advo
cated the $5,000,000,000 prosperity
bond issue for public works as the
first step.
TO REDUCE SCHEDULE
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 2, —
Elimination of the so-called setup
football contests and reduction of
the varsity schedule to five games
beginning in 1933 was recommend
ed by Yaye University Athletic As
sociation it was announced by Pre
sident J. R. Angell.
SHORTER CLAM SEASON
CORDOVA, June 2, (/P)—Fisheries
regulations closing the season on
razor clams 20 days ahead of the
scheduled announcement Wednes
day will affect 400 diggers and 500
cannery workers in this section.
The season now closes June 25 and
reopens September 1.
ASSERT nuns
LONDON, June 2, (JP)— British
political quarters showed indi
cations og being nettled over what
they considered a premature dis
closure of plans for an internation
al conference to revive world trade.
Some members of the House of
Commons suggested the premature
disclosure was not unconnected
with political exigencies in Amer
ica.
Sir John Simon, foreign secre
tary, administered what some in
| terpreted as a reprimand to Amer
i ica over the incident stating the
| plan is informal and purely in a
j preliminary stage
LONG LIVE THE PRINCE
LONDON, June 2, —Amelia Ear
hart Putnam, famous American
aviatrix, will have something to
talk about when she returns home,
other than her lone flight across
the Atlantic. The Prince of Wales
honored her by dancing with her
three times.
POLAND WARNED KEEP
HANDS Off DiZIS
BERLIN, June 2. — The long
smouldering threat of trouble on
the Eastern frontier of Germany
was brought into the open when
the Reichstag foreign r e 1 a t ions
! committee sharply warned Poland
and Lithuania to keep their hands
off the free city of Danzig and the
i territory of Memel.
The committee, led by fascist
deputies, passed a resolution ask- j
! ing the government to make suit-;
able precautions to prevent viola- i
; tions of the rights of the German:
! people living in the areas and to;
1 protect German interests.
The government was requested j
to leave no doubt in the minds j
; of Poland and Lithuania, that the:
entire German nation would re
t gard an attack on Danzig as an on
slaught against Germany’s vital
right and would respond accord
ingly.
TOTIL MORE
I WASHINGTON, June 1, —Feder
| al prohibition offenders paid $685,
! 625.85 in fines during April and 4,
J 228 persons were sentenced to over
I 2,264 years in jail, the Prohibition
I Bureau announced. The arrests
! brought the total number since the
: beginning of the present fiscal
I year to 35,894 and the total time to
| 17,717 years.
EXTORTION PLOT TOOT
SOLVED B! POLICE
! LONG BEACH, Calif., June 1, —
A $2,000 extortion plot in which the
wife of a high navy oficer was the
i intended victim is believed solved
I with the arrest of a couple here.
Paul W. Hansen, 28, and his wife
Lois, 25, are booked for investiga
tion on suspicion of attempted ex
tortion from Mrs. David F. Sellers,
wife of Rear Admiral Sellers, com
mander of battle division number
one of the battle fleet which is
now in neighboring ocean waters.
Hansen was employed as the
navy officer’s chauffeur. They were
trapped with Mexican c u r r ency
and blank paper.
To aid the study of the migratory
movements of fish, the Idaho game
department has marked 5,000 trout
by clamping small metal plates to
their outer gills.
RUSSIANS ATTEMPT
TO LAND ASMS TOO
IRISH REPUBLICANS
LONDON, June 2, (£>)—'The Rus
sian attempt to land arms in south
ern Ireland for the Irish republican
army, the Daily Express said, was
thwarted by the British navy dur
ing the past week-end.
The arms the paper said, were in
tended to be used by the republic
an forces who were placed under a
ban by the government during the
previous regime of Cosgrave of the
Free State in the event of a con
flict between the Free State and
Ulster.
Tramp steamers carrying arms
were warned by radio activity of
British warships which set out to
head them off at Irish ports. They
returned to the foreign ports where
they were chartered without being
able to land fighting equipment.
ELECTED SFEIKEB DIET
BERLIN, June 2, —Hans Karri,
fascist, was elected as speaker of
the Prussian diet. Five deputies
were injured in a free-for-all battle.
The fascists, which atfe a party in
the diet, led the fighting in a wild
rush across the chamber after a
communist deputy shouted at
them—“There are many murderers
among you.” The Hitlerites storm
ed the rostrum and communists
met them in an attempt to rescue
their outspoken deputy; 162 fascists
finally forced 67 communist depu
ties out of the hall. The communist
benches were demolished. Karri
won the speakership by 262 bal
lots. Ernst Wittmack, socialist got
92 and Wilhelm Kasper, commun
ist received 55.
The A. R. R. river steamer Jacobs
departed upriver at 1:45 p.m. today
from Fort Gibbon.
CURRENT BREVITIES
OFFICIAL RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, June 2, —David
S. Ingall, republican nominee for
governor of Oklahoma, today sub
mitted to Secretary of the Navy
Adams his resignation as assistant
j effective at once.
VALUABLE SCRAP HEAPS
WASHINGTON, June 2, —Gov
ernment experts estimate that
! more than 10,000,000 ounces of fine
silver valued at some $5,000,000 is
being recovered yearly from scrap
heaps:
BOMBS EXPLODED
! HAVANA, Cuba, June 2. — Two
i bombs were exploded in the Cerro
I district of Havana but did no dam
; age. It was also reported from San
| tiago that a bomb exploded at the
I estate of Dr. Cesar Cruz, director
j of the Provincial normal school
| but did no damage.
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FURTHER ECONOMIES
WASHINGTON, June 2.— Sec
retary of State Stimson announced \
that seven attaches of the Ameri
can delegation to the Geneva Con
ference for Disarmament, would be
recalled in the interest of economy, j
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YOUNG SWEDES TILL SOIL
STOCKHOLM. Sweden, June 1,
(IP)—The “back to the soil” move
ment, backed by the Swedish gov
ernment and the Rockefeller Foun- ;
dation, has attracted more than,
100.000 boys and girls, who lease
garden plots. Last year they sold j
$625,000 worth of produce.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
WASHINGTON, June 2, —The,
two most potent commercial na- j
tions of the wrorld, Great Britain'
and the United States, were united
, today in support of an early econ
omic conference to seek means of
raising commodity prices and in
sure work, food and clothing for
| the common man
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WALKER VIOLATED LAW
NEW YORK, June 2, —Samuel j
Seabury, counsel for the Hofstader j
investigation committee, today ■
charged Mayor James J. Walker j
with violation a law forbidding a ■
city official to own stock in any
company holding a city contract.
Penalty fofr such violation, Sea
bury charged, forfeiture of the
office.
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TURKS DIG UP OLD ROMAN
ADANA, Turkey, June 2, (/P)—
Workmen digging a ditch, here un
earthed a perfectly preserved bronze
statue of a Roman general- Mu
seum officials say the relic is 1.000
years old and priceless.
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DEPRESSION HITS BOTTOM
CHICAGO, June 1, — Arthur j
Brisbane, the world’s most widely j
read newspaper writer, urged Am-'
erica to keep up its courage in fac
ing business conditions when he
addressed the Advertising Counsel
of the Association of Commerce
here. He expressed the belief that
the depression has hit bottom.
TELL FILIPINOS TO SHUN U. S.
! MANILA, June 1, (JP)—Tales of
jobless Filipinos undergoing hard
ships in the states were brought by
130 laborers returning on one ship.
They advised their fellows not to
look for work either in Hawaii or on
the mainland.
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WEDDING ANNOUNCED
WILMINGTON, Del. June 2—An- \
nouncement was made that Miss!
Edith DuPont, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lamont DuPont, and Richard
Riegel, son of Jacob Riegel, of
| Philadelphia, will be married this
! fall.
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MANY ENTRANTS
CHICAGO, June 1, —Probably as
j many as 20 starters are likely for the
: $51,000 American Derby at Wash
: ington Park June 18 as a result of
Burgoo King’s defeat in the Withers
mile at Belmonte Saturday. Bur
; goo King finished sixth in the race
won by Boatswain.
WAR HERO TESTS BOATS
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., June 1, (/P) j
—Lawrence of Arabia, who thrill- ;
ed Britain with his war exploits, i
gets thrills of his own now as “Air- 1
craftsman Shaw” trying out speed |
boats on the Solent as part of the
government’s work in developing
seaplanes.
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ISSUES DESCRIPTION
HOPEWELL, N. J., June 2, —Col.
H. Norman Schwartzkoff today is
sued a detailed description of
“John, the alleged kidnapper” to
whom Dr. John F. Condon paid $50,
000 in the hope of recovering the
Lindbergh baby. Col. Schwartzkoff
again refused to permit-the pub
lication of the original ransom note
left in the baby’s nursery.
MAMMOTH’S TOOTH FOUND
METZ, France, June 1, (JP) —
A mammoth’s tooth, measuring 32
inches around the base and in fine
state of preservation, was unearth
ed by workmen building a new road :
near Sierck.
WAR’S AFTERMATH <
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, —One
of the aftermaths of the fighting
between the Japanese and Chinese
in Shanghai is the filing of 1,00.0
suits against 176 foreign and Chin
ese insurance companies by store
keepers and property owners for
fire damages. The claims aggre
gate $400,000,000 in American
money.
RETURNS FROM DEAD
, FREIDBURG, Germany, June 1,
—Oscar Daubm'ann listed as killed
in the battle of Somme is return
ing from the dead. The German
war veteran, informed his mother
that he had survived the war and
was wounded and twice escaped
prison camps after stirring adven
tures and hardships. The mother
had mourned hi mas dead and his
name was inscribed on a monu
ment to the war dead in Endingen.
LITTLE GIRL DROWNS
KETCHIKAN, June 2, —The
body of Joan Stone, five years of
age, was found floating in a cove
near here. She evidently had slip- f
ped off a log on which she had j
been playing. Her parents are vis
iting here from Seattle.
PRESENT JIMENEZ
OBLIGATED DEEPLY
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 2,—
j President Richardo Jimenez, who
I started his third term as chief ex
ecutive three weeks ago, has found
himself confronted with almost
unsurmountable financial difficul
ties.
The new president, observers de
clare, found himself obligated to so
many of his political friends that
practically all government offices
have an augmented personnel rath
er than a decreased one.
TOO LATE FOR PRIZE
LOS ANGELES, June 2, —Too
late to undertake a transpacific
flight from Seattle to Tokio for a
$30,000 prize, Lieut. Harold Brom
ley was in Los Angeles today after
a transcontinental flight. The for- j
mer Canadian war pilot set his i
craft down at the United Airport j
last night after a two-day flight j
from New York.
LYNX RED FOX AND
TACOMA, June 2. (^—Alaska!
i lynx, red fox and martin were prime
sellers at the Tacoma fur auction
Wednesday.
Buyers leading in the domestic
and foreign markets placed orders j
for present requirements letting
the future take care of itself. The
volume of sales amounted to $25,
! ooo.
There was no call for beaver or
I muskrat. A slow July sale is ex
| pected though it will be large as,
many Alaska shipments have been'
' delayed.
TRIPLE OPERATION
HOLLYWOOD. June 1, —Joe E.
Brown, film comedian, was reported
resting easily in a hospital from
the effects of a triple operation
performed for appendectomy, ton
sillectomy and a leg infection.
AT mill OF MINISTER
LONDON, June 2, —The church
| trial of Reverend H. F. Davidson, 62,
rector of Stiffkey, on charges of
immorality, produced a sensation,
when the prosecution introduced
as evidence, a photograph of the
clergyman with a 15 year old girl,
who was only partially clad in a
shawl.
It was intimated the photograph
was taken for publication with the
idea of collecting a large sum of
: money. Davidson indignantly deniel
this and then declared he had been
trapped. He said the photograph
had been taken just before the
trial.
VIENNA, June 1, (JP)—A veiled
warning of impending death for
King Carol and his friend Madame
Magda Lupescu caused turmoil and
excitement in this city Monday.
The Bucharest warning was con
tained in the writings of a myster
ious person who signs himself with
double quotes and is thot by many
to be General Alexandru Averesuc,
leader of the Rumanian people’s
party.
Rev. D. Hotovitzky, who resum
ed his station several months ago
at Belkofsky, Alaska, is to be join
ed soon by his wife. She intends
to leave Seattle, where she has been
residing at Lake Forest Park, some
time during the month of May.
MINE ASSESSMENT
WORE PISSES SENITE;
ILSO, HD MEISUHE
WASHINGTON, June 2, (JP) —.
The House resolution to relieve
mine claimants from performing
required amount of annual assess
ment work during the year ending
June 30, was passed by the Senate
and sent to the President.
The resolution protects valid min
ing claims against forefeiture of
title for nonperformance of the re
quired $100 worth of labor. Thou
sands of small mine claimants will
thus be relieved by approval of
measure.
Transfer of the duties of the
Board of Road Commissioners in
Alaska to the Interior Department
is provided under a bill passed by
the Senate and sent to the House.
REVISED PUNS FOR
BID BRIDGE MOVED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. —
The War Department approved the
revised plans of a bridge to be built
across San Francisco bay to Oak
land, dispatches from Washington
said.
The revised plans provide a slight
change in location of the bridge
and substitution of suspension
spans for cantilever spans in the
San Francisco-Yerba-Buena is
land section.
They also provide a modification
of the cantilever and approach span
for the Yerba Buena Island-Oak
| land section.
MOONEY WILL SEEK
■ TRIAL ON INDICTMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, —Tom
J. Mooney will seek trial on a mur
der indictment against him, in an
effort to be cleared of the San
Francisco preparedness day bom
bing of 1916, his defense counsel
announced. “I am ready to put my
head in the noose,” he was quoted
as saying. “If I am guilty, I should
hang. If I am not guilty, I must be
vindicated and set free” he said.
i Mooney was serftenaced to death
i after conviction on one indictment.
Through the intervention of Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson, the sentence
was computed to life imprison
ment. The second murder indict
; ment has never been acted upon.
A LONG “MUSH”
| CHICAGO, June 2, —George Go
; shaw announced he would drive a
; dog team from Cape Prince of
| Wales to Chicago arriving there for
! the exposition. He figures to start
I next October and said the “mush”
! will take him six months. He will
1 have a team of 25 Siberian huskies
and will take pictures across Alas
| ka, the Yukon and Canada.
CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
LOS ANGELES. June
! Londos, 201 pound s, claims the
■ heavyweight wrestling champion
j ship when he threw Abie Coleman,
j 200 pounds, in two straight falls
I at the Olympic Auditorium.
ANYWAY, HE’S BACK
Three months ago Sam J. Calla
han, old Alaska sourdough, found
himself in Alabama. He wanted to
return to the Yukon. So, -without
a thought for his 76 years, Calla
han set out on foot. He walked and
hitch-hiked to Seattle where he
boarded the Admiral Watson for
the North. Friends who greeted
him in Seattle thought he might
not wait for the liner. They said
that if he had walked 7,000 miles
he ought be able to swim a few
hundred.
Charles Madsen of Kodiak, Chief
of the Alaska Guides Association,
recently 'completed, a bear hfunt
with two Eastern sportsmen, bag
ging four Alaska brown bears. Mad
sen is sailing north for polar bear
hunting soon.