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i/EMBEP ASSOCIATED PMESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 165.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MILLIONS OF
WORKERS GET
HIGHER WAGES
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WASHINGTON, July 17. — For
nearly a million workingmen and
women the depression is as good as
ended for their wages have sud
denly been lifted back to the pur
chasing level of the better days by
the voluntary cooperation of in
dustry with the government. For
several other hundreds of thou
sands, perhaps millions, today held
forth the hope of similar good luck.
If fortune does not smile on the
others today it will be in the im
mediate future.
The textile workers, not only cot
ton mill workers but also rayon,
silk and allied products all over the
North, South and West were back
at the mills this morning on a
40-hour work week schedule at
rates of pay intended to give them
the same purchasing power as they
had in 1929.
In the steel mills throughout the
nation labor today was earning 15
per cent more than last week and
in some cases better.
Countless other industries were
getting ready to boost their wages
back to the 1932 level as they pre
pared to submit the so-called codes
of fair competition compacts by
which the government alllows them
to regulate themselves in exchange
for giving labor a lift.
That the promise of a real liv
ing wage to workers is near immin
ent realization is the result of the
fruitful work of Hugh S. Johnson
and his National Recovery Act
Corps, working under the direction
of the Administration. This pro
gram is President Rooselvelt’s
main-spring in his program for re
storing prosperity.
FARMERS FIGHT
FOR THEIR HOMES
SANTA ROSA. Calif., July 17. —
Peace descended over the embattl
ed ranks of Sonoma county farmers
and ranchers when a temporary
restraining order halted the sched
uled foreclosure sale of the James
L. Case orchard property, near Se
bastopol.
An uprising similar to those in
the Middle West where fanners
with pitchforks stopped foreclosures,
was threatened until Superior
Judge Hilliard Comstock granted
the restraining order. The order is
returnable at 10 a. m. next Friday.
MAN IS THROWN
THRU PROPELLOR
HONOLULU, T. H. July 17. —
Stanley Jaros, 33, of Chicago, chief
aviation machinist’s mate in the
United States army, was catapulted
from the cockpit of an airplane and
fell 1.000 feet into the sea, off Kaa
ena Point, Oahu Island.
Jaros’ body was not recovered.
Lieut. Kenneth Cragi, pilot of the
ship, said the plane struck an air
“bump” and Jaros was thrown thru
the propellor.
GOT MORE PAY
NEW YORK, July 17. —While the
earnings of workers in the nation’s
manufacturing industries were still
abnormally low as the first half of
the year ended, the total in the
individual worker’s weekly envel
ope increased about $2 in the last
three months.
Capt. Hinie Berger, of the MS.
Discoverer, steamed into port for
a few brief minutes Saturday af
ternoon, before continuing on his
way to Seattle. He tied up at the
Standard Oil dock where fuel was
taken aboard
CONSUMPTION DRUG LESS
WASHINGTON, July 17. — Am
erica’s legitimate consumption of
narcotic drugs has dropped to the
lowest point in history, it was re
ported by Harry J. Anslinger, com
missioner of narcotics.
STOCK MARKET
GETTING FIRMER
NEW YORK, July 17. — Stocks
firmed upward in a lighter turn
over than in recent sessions while
cotton advanced six to 12 points.
The American dollar firmed up
slightly and business news con
tinued to be favorable.
| A long list of stocks opened un
changed from the previous close.
|American Telephone rose fraction
ally to 130V^ and later firmed up
[from that level. Steel, comon, op
lened at 64, off Va, and ehld around
that figure. Oils held around the
previous close. Utilities ruled steady
as did coppers, motors and rails.
ECONOMIC MEET
ADMITTED TO BE
QUITE UNWIELDY
LONDON, July 17. — Leaders of
the World Economic Conference are
mindful that “too many cooks spoil
the broth,” and have decided to
recess July 27. The conference will
not be reconvened in its entirety.
The belief that the parley should
not be revived was voiced at this
morning’s meeting of the steering
committee. There is a growing feel
ing, in which at least some Am
ericans concur, that the confer
ence, at it is now constituted, is so
unwieldy it blocks its own progress.
If, and when, the conference is
brought to being again at Wash
ington, London, Geneva, or else
where, its numbers will be whittled
down so that it will not take a
census expert to keep track of
things.
NO DISCRIMINATION
QUEBEC, July 17. —There will
be no discrimination against Jews
at the 1S36 Olympic games in Ber
lin, William M. Garland, of Los
Angeles, United States member of
the International Olympic Games
committee, said on arriving from
Europe. Mr. Garland, who was pre
sident of the 1932 Olympiad at Los
Angeles had been attending a meet
ing of the Olympic committee ir
Vienna.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fairwea
: ther and son Billy, spent the week
end down at Lawing’s Lodge. Thej
went down the Lake Saturday even
ing and returned last evenng.
HOSPITAL NOTES
E. J. Klien, seaman on the SS
DePere was brought to the Seward
General Hospital today and is re
ceiving medical attention.
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! Russel Johnston has been dis
' charged from the hospital and has
returned to Lawing where he is
forking with the Conservation
Corps.
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Jack Williams, who was brought
! to Seward for hospital attention
on the MS. Alitak the other day,
is under the care of Dr. A. D. Hav
erstock.
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Alex Samuelson, of the Jesse Lee
Home is making good recovery
from his appendicitis operation of
a few days ago.
The Atwood Hotel, in Seattle, has
been transformed into a night club,
with Saturday night marking the
gala opening.
DARING FUERS
MET DEATH IN
CRASH, EUROPE
NEW YORK, July 17. —While the
world is acclaiming the feats of
the Italian air armada, Wiley Post,
the Lindberghs and others, it must
mourn the death of Stephen Dar
ius and Stanley Girenas, Lithuan
ians, who were killed when their
New York-Lithuania bound plane
| crashed in Pomerania and killed
both.
Girenas and Darius were both 37
years of age, unmarried, and both
I were immigrants to the United
States. They desired to return to
their homeland and had planned
Athis for years. Both were transport
pilots and solicited funds from
fheir countrymen to buy the plane.
Trans-ocean flying was new to
them but they spent months study
ing charts and grooming their
plane. When they left New York
Saturday they told officials they
were just going up after some more
tests.
The crash occurred at Kuhdham,
live miles south of Soldin, in Pom
erania. The aviators crashed when
they atemted to land and mistook
the tree tops for a meadow. The
plane was discovered in the for
est and the bodies were found un
der it. Police have left Berlin to
take charge of the wreckage.
COWBOY ACTOR
TO BE WEDDED
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HOLLYWOOD. July 17. —A two
year romance was to culminate in
the marriage of George O’Brien,
cowboy actor and Miss Margurite
Churchill, at Santa Ynez Mission.
The two surprised their friends
several days ago by slipping away
to Santa Barbara and filing a no
tice of intention to wed. They were
expected to go to Del Monte for
their honeymoon.
BASEBALL SCORES
Saturday’s Games
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2.
] Brooklyn, at Pittsburgh, rain.
| New York, at Cincinnati, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 2, New York 11.
Detroit 2, Philadelphia 3.
! Cleveland 2, Boston 7.
St. Louis 0-0, Washington 1-2.
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Home runs: Ruth 2, Haas, Ruffing,
Dickey, Foxx, Stone.
MONTANAN HAD
PAINFUL CUMB
j BUTTE, Montana, July 17. — J,
I H. Dwyer, 70, Butte businessman,
i was held captive up a tree all night
| by a ferocious mother bear, it was
j disclosed when he returned from a
fishing trip in the mountains, 8C
* miles from here.
I Adding to the discomfort of the
aged sportsman was the fact that
he lost his pants in his hurried
climb up the tree. Mr. Dwyer in
terrupted his angeling for trout
long enough to pick up a cub he
noticed edging up the creek. The
cub’s mother charged upon him.
Mr. Dwyer ran and reached a
tree before the bear but she clawed
him as he climbed, inflicting pain
ful scratches and pulling off his
pants.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ensch and
their three children, who were resi
dents of Seward last year, are
now in Juneau. They moved to that
city recently from Fairbanks and
expect to make their home there.
A POOR SHOWING
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—Reno
and the depression were blamed
for San Francisco this year showing
the fewest marriages since 1919.
But Recorder Godchaux is optimis
tic over Cupid’s future activities.
tenseTeEing
PREVAILS CAPITOL
WASHINGTON, July 17. —Presi
dent Roosevelt’s recovery program
which has kept the wires humming
for the last several days with im
portant decisions centered aboard
the yacht Sequoia over the week
end. The president was expected to
decide whether it was feasible to
order maximum hours and mini
mum wages for all American work
ers.
! Such an order would be temporary
in force only until industry in gen
eral had adopted trade codes ac
ceptable to the recovery adminis
tration.
The possibility of such an %rder
overshadowed the other significant
developments in Washington.
BELIEF IS HELD
O'CONNELL WILL
BE FREED IN N. Y.
ALBANY, N. Y. July 17., —The be
lief is held in Albany that the kid
nappers of young John J. O’Connell,
Jr., will be released in New Yory
' City today following the disclo
sure that two notes were received
by the family. The notes were post
marked in the Metropolitan area of
'that city.
In San Diego the police guarded
the home of former President Pas
cuel Ortez, of Mexico, who receiv
ed kidnap threats.
At Alton, 111., begrimed with dirt,
but apparently in good physical
condition, August Luer, 77-year old
‘kidnapped banker, returned to his
family after being put out of an
automobile on a lonely country
road early Sunday morning.
He told a story of being cramped
in a foul sub-celler by the abduc
; tors who seized him from his home
’ last Monday night.
Carl Luer, son, said no ransom
had been paid but unverified re
ports said that the sum of $10,000
was paid early Saturday.
The aged semi-invalid told Sher
iff PeteT Fitzgerald, of Edwardsville,
that one of the captors said “We’d
never have touched you pop if we’d
; known you were so weak and sick.”
The freighter Depere arrived in
i Seward at 2:15 this morning with
a small cargo for local discharge.
The vessel left again at 8:15 this
1 morning.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, July 17. — Latest
I quotations from the New York
Stock Exchange are Air Red. 98*4,
j Amer- Can. 92%, Am. Pow. Lt. 17%,
Am. Sug. Ref. 69%, Am. Tel. and
iTel. 129%, Anaconda Cop. 20%,
Aviation Corp. 14%, Baldwin Loco.
,15%, Beth. Steel 45%, Bruns. Balke
115%, Canadian Pac. 19, Case 97%,
Chrysler 36%, DuPont 80%, Elec
Pw Lt 14, Firestone 26%, Gen Elec
28%, Gen Motors 32%, Goodyear
j 41, Gt Northern Ry Pfd 31, Int
i Tel Tel 19%, Kennecott Cop 23%,
Lig Myers 92%, Mack Truck 42%,
Montg Ward 27%, Nash Motors 26%,
N Y Central 54% Nor Am Aviat 7%
Pac Tel Tel 94, Packard Motor 6,
Pullman 54%, Radio 11, Rey Tob
49%, Sears Roeb 43%, Sou Pac 35%
South Ry 30%, Std Oil Ex Pfd 101%,
Std Oil Calif. 39%, Std Oil Kan 24,
Std Oil N J 40%, Timk Roll bg 32%,
Unit Aire 38%, U S Steel 64%,
Univ Leaf Tob 47%, West Un Tel
63, West Elec Mfg 53%.
WILEY POST IS
MAKING GOOD
TIME ON FLIGHT
NEW YORK, July 17. — Wiley
Post, flying his robot-equipped air
plane, arrived in Berlin at 5:55 a.m.
Sunday after having left New York
at 4:10 a.m. Saturday. He took off
from Berlin at 8:10 a. m., for Nov
osibirsk and had flown far enough
to reach the Russian border when
he was forced to turn back on ac
count of bad weather. He then
landed at Koenigsberg, Germany, at
12:40 p. m., and went to bed.
Post looked fatigued but arose
.several hours later and he seemed
somewhat refreshed. He returned to
bed, however, when informed that
i bad weather continued to be re
! ported from Moscow.
He slept for several hours and
jat 12:45 am. Monday, Eastern
Standard time he hopped off in
i the direction of Moscow for Novosi
j birsk. Post, apparently was im
I patient to wait for good weather
! as he took off in defiance of a
rainstorm and poor visibility. He
i had been grounded at Koenigsberg
; for 12 hours.
Post intended to go even farther
than Novosibirsk if the weather
permitted but he did not mention
any specific destination beyond
that.
Later word says that Post reach
| ed Moscow and that he was ahead
of his record-breaking time of two
jyears ago. His time was 50 hours
and 10 minutes out of New York.
The former time was 54 hours and
(34 minutes.
RISING PRICES
AID TO CREDIT
NEW YORK, July 17. —Expan
sion of bank credit, one of the ma
jor offensives on the economic
front during the past half year in
the fight for better business, has
‘started under auspicious conditions.
A year ago when the same strat
egy was adopted prices were fallng,
| and the effect was negligible. Now
the price structure is rising, and
[banking experts feel that the plan
has a better chance of succeding. ,
The administration’s recovery le
gislation authorized the Federal Re
serve Banks to purchase in the open
market up- to $3,000,000,000 of gov
ernment obligations.
FRISCO PLAYER
AFTER RECORDS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17. —With
the Pacific Coast League record al
ready in his possession Joe De
Maggio was confident of continu
| ing his hitting streak in the fifth
game of the series between the Seals
| and the Los Angeles club.
The Seals’ 18-year old fly-chaser
from North Beach shattered Jack
Ness’ record by hitting safely in
his 50th consecutive game.
De Maggio is now determined to
shatter the world record of 69
which was set several years ago by
Joe Wilhoit, of the Wichita club
in the Western League. Joe will
have broken this mark if he con
nects safely in his next 20 con
tests.
MAY BE KIDNAPPERS
CHICAGO, July 17. — Martin
O’Leary and Carl Fontana, ex-con
victs, were arrested here Sunday
in conenction with the kidnapping
of John Fatcor, who was freed last
week for $50,00 ransom. The pair
were arrested in a Cicero hotel,
which was a former Capone strong
hold- The pair are also wanted for
questioning about other kidnap
pings, as are other members of
their gang of hoodlums.