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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 24.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY SO, 1933.
BRICE TEi'
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PILOT BOB REEVE
JUICES DECISION
BASE IN SEWARD
VETERAN AIRMAN MAKES AR
RANGEMENTS TAKE OVER
AIRPORT HANGAR
Seward will now have one
or more planes based at the local
airport, according to the decision
of Pilot R. C. Reeve, owner of the
big five-place Fairchild plane
which landed at the airport Sat
urday from Anchorage.
It has. been known for months
past that Pilot Bob Reeve was
contemplating such a step and the
announcement by him Saturday
while not entirely unexpected, was
received with considerable elation
especially by the business element.
Pilot Reeve had intended to re
main here at this time for several
days completing arrangements for
leasing the hangar and preparing
other quarters and equipment but
Mr. and Mrs. O. Hay, and their
two children, who arrived from
Seattle on the SS Alaska, desired
to get home to Nome so Reeve
took-ofT yesterday morning for
the long hop, his first job from his
new home-base—Seward.
He said he would be back on the
first tail-wind and will immed-!
lately set sail on a second job, to
,he Shistachina country, thence to j
Valdez, and then back to Seward.
At Valdez Pilot Reeve intends to j
pick up William Egan, a student
pilot and plane mechanic, as an as- j
sistant here. Egan is a member of;
.he well-known Valdez family and !
brother to Alaska Egan, former j
member of The Gateway staff.
Upon Pilot Reeve’s return to the ;
Seward Airport he will meet with
the aviation committee to discuss
various matters including comple
tion of the hangar runway, addi
tional improvements to the inter
.or, telephone instalation, etc.
For over a year Pilot Reeve has
been flying independently thru
out- the Chistachina country and it |
is expected much of this business j
will be continued from the Sewrard j
oase, as well radiating to other
points, especially the Westward.
Negotiations have already be- j
gun by Pilot Reeve for the pur
chase of a second plane, equipped
with pontoons, for water work.
Thus equipped for land or water
landings, Pilot Reeve will be able
to fly any place at any time, win
ter or summer, something which
heretofore no airways company in
Alaska has been prepared to do.
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce is assisting Pilot Reeve in
every v.'ay possible.
Pilot Reeve is a veteran flyer
with many years of experience be
hind him, especially in South
America.
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LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 30, —
Municipal Judge Percy Hight hand
ed down a decision annulling the
marriage of Marion Talley, young
operatic star, and Michael Rauch
eisen, 43, her singing coach.
So quietly did Miss Talley slip
into and out of the city that it was
several hours after the court’s de
cision before the annulment was
made public.
30 DAYS OF REST
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30— After
setting an all-time record of intro
duction of bills, 1240 in the Senate
and 2,438 in the Assembly, the
California State Legislature late
Saturday, adjourned for the 30
days constitutional recess.
FRANCO-CANADIAN TREATY
PARIS, Jan. 30, —The Foreign
office announced that a Franco
Canadian trade treaty had been
concluded and installed. The del
egation will submit it immediately
to their governments for approval
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A change of moon occurs Thurs
day, groundhog day.
STAY OFF GOLD STANDARD
BRIMINGTON. Eng., Jan. 30, —
Great Britain will stay off the gold
standard until she is assured by
international conferences that re
turn to that monetary basis will
be successful. Neville Chamberlain,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, de
clared at a banquet.
AGRARIAN REVOLT II
FORGE OVER PRAIRIE
FARMS OF NEBRASKA
LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 30, —A new
Agrarian “revolt” spread over Ne
braska prairies.
Determined to force a new deal
for the farmer, self-appointed
leaders organized their activities
toward two ends, stopping all sales
of farm homes and farm chattels
to satisfy mortgages, debts and
tax sales, a widespread march to
the capitol to demand a six-point
program or relief from the State
legislature.
The move to halt farm sales has
borne fruit. Fine cattle sold for
10 and 15 cents a head, new tools
were bid in for 50 cents; mule
teams brought $1.50. Farmers con
trolled the bidding, buying back
for neighbors goods that would
have been sold to satisfy claims
against farms.
I
BEPLIN. Jan. 30. —The expecta-1
i tion increased in political quarters j
; late Sunday night that a cabinet
headed by Adolpf Hitler, fiery and
; ambitious Fascist leader, would be
■ appointed by President Paul von
; Hindenburg before noon today.
I The Telegraph Union news agen
: cy circulated a dispatch indicating
Hitler’s appointment was general
. ly regarded as certain to succeeed
| the ministry of Gen. Kurt von
| Schleicher whose cabinet handed
j in their resignation Saturday.
Meanwhile, high officials contin
| ued to deprocate presistent re
! ports of a serious movement to
! restore the Hohenzollern dynasty
i to pourer.
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DOESN’T WANT A THING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30, —
! A1 Smith told questioners that he
I is not considering a post in the
Roosevelt cabinet nor a seat in
| the Senate.
Berlin, Jan. 30, —The gravity
of the Republic’s situation since
the resignation of General Kurt
von Schleicher’s cabinet, was
stressed Sunday by speakers in
the square before the former Im
perial palace.
At least 100,000 Republicans as
sembled in an anti-Fascist iron
front demonstration. The demon
. stration took place despite the
prospect that Adolf Hitler, leader
of the National socialists might be
, chosen as chancellor, succeeding
! Von Schleicher.
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FIRST MEET TODAY
DUBLIN, Jan. 30, —Eamon De
Valera, pledged to a united, free
Ireland, has emerged completely
victorious from the general elec
' tion and at the same time Nation
alist members of the Northern Ire
' land “Ulster” Parliament discussed
‘ proposals to take seats in tne Free
' State Dail. They will meet in Bel
1 fast today to consider the propos
al.
UNSATISFACTORY REPLY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30, —
| The Peruvian reply to Secretary of
L1 State Stimson’s recent note en
' voking the Kellogg Peace Pact in
r an effort to divert war between
Colombia and Peru, was under
stood to be regarded as unsatis
factory and in no way relieving
■1 anxiety concerning the posibilities
of hospitilities.
GERMANY'S MILITANT
FASCIST, HITLER, IS
NEAR CHANCELLORSHIP
BERLIN, Jan. 30,—Adolph Hitler,
of Germany's militant Fascism, is
within striking distance of the
Chancellorship of Germany.
Chancellor Gen. Kurt Von Sch
leicher resigned with his Cabinet
Saturday. He had asked President
Von Hindenburg for power to dis
solve the hostile Reichstag, equiva
lant to giving him dictatorship
powers. When the President re
fused, the Chancellor and his Cab
inet resigned.
President Hindenburg then com
missioned Col. Franz Von Papen,
his trusted follower, who was forc
ed out as chancellor only last
month by Schleicher, to negotiate
with political leaders to see if a
substantial government could be
formed.
The outcome was in doubt but
the last theory was that Hitler
would be asked to form a Cabinet.
If he failed, Von Papen would as
sume the chancellorship with the
active support of Dr. Alfred Hug
enberg. Nationalist leader.
INCREASING IN VALUE
j NE WYORK, Jan. 30. —Because
! of a decline in population growth,
children in the future will be con
sidered more valuable social assets
that at present, Dr. Wesley C. Mit
chell of Columbia University, a
member of the presidents’ commit
| tee on social trends told a group
: of teachers.
NEW JERSEY SLEUTH
is bright THOueirr
PORTLAND, Ore., —The request
that he be furnished a copy of an
alleged ransom note in connection
with the disappearance of Lee
Schlesinger was received by police
here from Col. H. Norman Schwarz
kopf, superintendent of the New
Jersey State police.
Schwarzkopf said he w'anted to
compare the note with notes re
ceived in the Lindbergh baby case.
I PICKETS fills KOI
RETURN IKK. DETIT
DETROIT, Jan. 30,—A thin
stream of men returning to work
thru lines of jeering pickets, raised
hopes that 150,000 idle workers of
the Ford Motor Co., may resume
work today.
The workers returned to the
Briggs Manufacturing Co., and the
Murry Body Works plants where a
strike of 5,000 men halted produc
tion of materials for the Ford Co
LOOKS IT OVER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, —Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the
President-Elect, spent an hour
with Mrs. Hoover at the White
House inspecting her future home,
before going by airplane to Atlan
ta to join her husband at Warm
Springs.
JIMMY IS RETURNING
CHICAGO, Jan. 30,—Jimmy Phe
lan, University of Washington foot
ball coach, announced here that
he has accepted terms for a new
Washington contract and will sign
for three years immediately on his
return to Seattle.
ASKED TO CALL HALT
TOKIO, Jan. 30, —British Am
bassador Sir Francis Lindley con
ferred with Foreign Minister Uchi
da and urged Japan to refrain
from military operations in Jehol
pending a final effort at concilia
tion by the League of Nations, it
was reported in stories printed in
the vernacular press.
ASCENDS TO TITLE
MONTREAL, Jan. 30, —Frank
. Shields, New York Davis Cup star,
became Canadian indoor tennis
champion when he defeated the
; defending champion, J. Gilbert
i Hall, South Orange, in the final
round, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
SHE REIMS BE
BROKEN NOON TOOfl.
ASSERT OFFICIALS
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DETROIT. Jan. 30, —Indications I
were that the Briggs manufactur- ; |
ing company, and its 6,000 strik- i
|ng employees, still were at odds
over recognition of workers com
mittees for negotiations concern
ing working conditions.
Today, at noon, company officials |
have announced relations with the
strikers will be broken and the
gates thrown open to new appli
cants. ]
! The Briggs manufacturing com
| pany builds bodies for Ford auto- 1
! mobiles. Mr. Ford said he would •
give the company until Tuesday to
settle the present dispute other- '{
wise he will begin manufacture of ^
bodies in his own plants. It was
i estimated Saturday that 150,000 ■
! men have been thrown out of work (
in Ford plants throughout the na- ,
tion on acount of the Briggs strike.
SID! III STEIER
LONGVIEW, Wn„ Jan. 30, —
The body of a man was seen in
the Columbia river here in the
wake of the Steamer Dolfdyke as
I it pulled away from the Longbell
dock.
The body immediately sank, but
authorities started preparations
; for grabling for it.
Some suspicion was that it might
be the body of Lee Schleslinger,
Portland business man who was
believed drowned at Vancouver,
W.D., December 23.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 30, —A
bomb wrecked the home of John
| Di Silvestro, Italian Fascist leader,
killing his wife, Mrs. Helen De Sil
- vestro.
Mr. Di Silvestro, his four chil
i dren and a secretary were extract
I ed from the ruins by firemen and
j neighbors and taken to a hospital
' suffering from shock, cuts and
j bruises.
■HE! IS SELECTED
TO SUCCEED BONGDUR
PARIS, Jan. 30, —Edouard Dal
adier has beeni picked by President
Lebrun as the strong man to mas
ter the turbulent Chamber of De
puties and dissipate the clouds of
unrest and disorder throughout
the country.
Daladier,, minister of war in the
cabinet of Premier Joseph Paul
Boncour which was swept out of
office Saturday by a defiant cham
ber, has accepted the invitation
of the president to attempt for
mation of a new cabinet.
CONSIDER BRITISH PLAN
GENEVA, Jan. 30, —The British
disarmament plan to abolish all
aerial warfare was considered by
Wold disarmament conference del
, egates. Aerial observation would be
■ placed under international control
. and aerial bombardments would
i be outlawed.
STRIKE SOUTH OF BUTTE
BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 30, —Min
ing circles are optimistically in
■ vestigating reports that a rich
■ strike had been made south of
l Butte, in the Floral Park section,
i where assays showed values of
■ I $44 in gold and $85 in silver to the
- ton.
TSY! TSK! TSK!
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. Jan. 30, —
The State legislature was asked to
: fix the law so that a step-daugh
, ter may marry a step-father. The
> Texas law now says a step-father
‘ may marry his step-daughter but
t she can’t for the law does not per
l mit a stepdaughter to marry her
stepfather.
OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 30, —Aut- ;
omobile body plant strikes which j
have thrown 150,000 men out of j
work by halting production of Ford
cars will be ended within 48 hours, j
officials predicted as State troops[
were on the job prepared to pre- j
serve order.
SON OF HEARST IN
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LINE FOR NAVY POST
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WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Jan. 30,—
President-Elect Roosevelt declined
to comment on published reports
that George Hearst, a son of Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, newspaper
publisher, would be given the post:
of Assistant Secretary of Navy in
his Cabinet.
In responce to queries at “the
little White House”, a close friend
of the President-Eelect remarked:
“This is just a report.”
William Randolph Hearst sup- j
ported Roosevelt in the presiden
tial campaign. George Hearst is
publisher of his father’s San Fran
cisco Examiner.
MAY TRY HITLER NEXT
BERLIN, Jan. 30. —Gen. Kurt
von Schescher, the German Chan
cellor who controlled politics from
behind the scenes for years, re
I signed with his entire cabinet Sat- j
; urday, as had been predicted, af
! ter his bid for power bordering on
| dictatorship was thwarted. Nazi
j leader Adlpf Hitler was expected
j to be his successor.
PEIPING, Jan. 30. —Peiping mil
itary authorities issued an order
for the arrest of Prince Kung,
known as Mr. Pu Wei, a cousin
of Henry Pu Yi, the regent admin
istrator of Manchukuo.
The order was issued after the
command of authorities who
learned that Pu Wei ha darrived
in Peiping from Manchuria to re
cruit former members of the Man
churian imperial guard for ser
vice in Manchukuo.
THOUSANDS FARMERS
THREATEN HENCE
ST. PAUL, Jan. 30,—Farmers de
manding relief from their debt
burdens were active and successful
in Minnesota and Nebraska
Threats of violence and lynching
marked the farmers’ “revolt”.
The most spectacular demon
stration was at Madison, Minn.,
where 2,000 farmers shouted
threats against mortgag holders
until the sheriff, held in a chair,
ordered forecloser sales postponed.
N. Y. TEMPERATURE
NEW YORK, Jan. 30,—Tempera
ture, high 36; low 32.
GANGSTERS JAILED
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, —Salvatire
Spitale and Irving Bitz, who were
selected by Col. Chas. A. Lind
bergh as go-betweens with the
underworld when his baby was
kidnapped nearly a year ago,
were arrested on a charge of mur
der and carrying revolvers in vio
lation of the Sullivan law.
CRIPPLED FREIGHTER
SEATTLE, Jan. 30, —The crip
pled freighter Everett, disabled
since Thursday with engine trouble,
was picked up by the Coast Guard
Cutter Chelan near noon yester
day, the Chelan radiod, and a 700
mile convoy trip back to Seattle
was begun.
DIED IN BATHTUB
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, —Sarah
Teasdale, one of America’s best
known women poets, was found
dead in a bathtub filled with wat
er in her lower Fifth Avenue apart
ment. She was 48. Police listed the
death as accidental pending an
autopsy.
CLEAD AND DEFINITE
PICTURE IS PAINTED,
NOTABLE CONFERENCE
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Jan. 30.—
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Am
bassador, conferred for nearly four
hours here with President-Elect
Roosevelt and left last night en
route to London with a clear and
definite picture of the general
terms upon which Roosevelt pro
poses to refund the British debt.
The conference took place at
the Roosevelt bungalow on the
rim of the Pine mountain, which
has come to be known as the "Lit
tle White House.”
Only the President-Elect and the
British envoy were present; at the
conclusion of their talk, they is
sued the following joint communi
que:
"The British Ambassador and
Mr. Roosevelt have had a wholly
informal and unofficial but very
satisfactory conversation concern
ing tentatively the arrangements
for the coming meetings in Wash
ington. It is hoped that it will be
possible to start these meetings
early in March.”
WARM SPRINGS, Jan. 30—Pres
ident-Elect Roosevelt outlined t-o
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambas
sador, the general principles of his
debt policy.
The impression received here
that Roosevelt would express as
one important phase of his gener
al policy the necessity of foreign
trade benefits for the United Stat
es if present debt pacts are to be
revised. One report said an early
| return of Eritain gold standard
I might be suggested.
I Ambassador Lindsay flew Horn
Washington to Atlanta and motor
ed here with Mrs. Roosevelt. He
, sails for London Tuesday.
POSSEIDPOLICE
PURSUE THREE HER
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 30, —
I Police and a citizen passe were in
I close pursuit of three robbers
who intercepted a girl bank mes
^ senger on a downtown North Kan
; sas City street, shot her guard and
fled with loot estimated at $14,500.
The holdup, undertaken in
broad daylight as the girl, Miss
Dorothy Jolly, carried the money
in a carboard box from the post
| office to the bank, caused pande
monium in the Kansas City sub
. urb.
j CHICAGO, Jan. 30, — Playing the
1 most spectacular shots of the tour
■ nament to offset his opponent’s
' continual defensive tactics, Welker
Cochran of San Francisco, went
back into the lead of the World’s
! three-cushioned biliards champion
ship.
The former balkline star seeking
the three-rail title for the first
time, trimmed the veteran Tiff
Denten of Kansas City, 50-30 in
41 innings. Cochran had a high
run of 9 to 4 for Denten.
LAST APPEARANCE
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, —“Big Bill”
Tilden made what he said would
be his last appearance in this city
when he defeated Hans Nusslein,
of Germany, in a charity match.
The scores were 6-3, 6-2.
SO HE MARRIED THE GIRL
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, — Lillian
Roth, stage and screen comedienne,
was married yesterday to Muni
cipal Court Justice Benjamin
. Shalleck in an elaborate ceremony
at the Hotel Savoy Plaza.