MEMBER ASSOCIATED HfeESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 75.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SPOTLIGHT TURNED ON
“HOUSE OF MORGAN"
INFORMATION REFUSED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 31,
—Congress moved simultaneously
to turn the spotlight of “pitiless
publicity” on the practices of great
banking houses, particularly J. P.
Morgan & Co., and to regulate in
vestment institutions dealing with
“other peoples' money”.
The Senate banking and curren
cy steering committee agreed to
provide broader and more drastic
powers to the New York Stock Ex
change inquiry in order to force
a showdown with the house of
Morgan, which has refused to fur
nish information desired by the
committee, Chairman Fletcher re
vealed.
■m AND HIS
ASSISTANT MET DEATH
MADISON. Wis., March 31— In
a flood near here, two men, an
undertaker and his assistant, lost
their lives and several others en
dangered their lives in an attempt
to rescue them.
The undertaker and his assist
ant attempted to cross a flooded
roadway when their team of horse
and wagon were marooned as
raging waters rose around them.
They unharnessed the horses and
used the leather straps tp tie them
selves to poles.
A fire truck was called to the
scene, horses were used in an at
tempt to reach the stranded men,
and one man tried swimming out
to them and barely reached shore
after failing in his objective. When
the flood waters subsided the two
men were found dead, one drown
ed and the other dead from ex
posure. _
ROOSEVELT MOST
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31,
—President Roosevelt, pronounced
“the most promising cub reporter
who ever came out of Hyde Park,”
was inducted formally into the
membership of the National Press
The ceremony took place at a
banquet attended only by members
of the club. The Prseident’s quali
fications as a reporter were given
to the club by Frank B. Lord, mas
ter of ceremonies, who also an
nounced:
“We have assigned him to cover
the White House.” Louis McHenry
Howe presidential secretary, also
was made a member.
COME EASE AT ONCE
SAN FRANCISCO. March 31,—
Max Baer, heavyweight contender,
and Ancil Hoffman, his manager,
planned to leave today for Chica
go following receipt of a wire from
Jack Dempsey, urging them to
come East at once.
“Suggest start training imme
diately,” Dempsey said. “Take ex
hibition matches about Chicago,
was also incorporated in the teie
Baer is to meet Max Schmeling
at New York on June 1. It is fear
ed that a torn shoulder ligament
suffered in training, may keep him
from boxing for a week 01 more.
IIP ONE CENT
PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 31,—
The price of milk will rise one
cent here Saturday._
10,000 IDLE
PARIS, aMrch 31, —Ten thous
and automobile worekrs were forc
ed into idleness by the shutdown
of the Citroen plant after a walk
out yesterday against a proposed
wage reduction.
SIR OVEY RECALLED
LONDON, March 31,—Sir Esmond
Ovey, British Ambassador at Mos
* cow, has been called home to re
port in person on the arrest of
t six British subjects employed by
the Metropolitan Vickers Electri
cal Co., charged with sabotage by
the Soviet government.
DIED FROM SHOCK
j MT. CARMEL, Pa., March 31,—
John Cheslock Jr., 27, entombed
in an abandoned mine near here
for more than 100 hours, died, 12
hours after he was rescued. First
examination of the young man re
vealed his injuries were not seri
ous. Physicians believed his death
was due to shock
DUBLIN, March 31— Order was
restored, following a night of riot
ing in the heart of Dublin which
resulted in injury to at least 30
persons. One man was shot.
The fighting broke out when a
mob of men and women attempted
! to break up a meeting in Connolly
Hall. Communist headquarters, by
setting the building afire. The
crowd pushed thru a police cordon,
: and attacked the Communist col- j
, lege nearby, hurling stones and I
other missiles thru the windows.
Civic guards finally dispersed
the crowd by firing over their
heads. Connolly hall was wreck
i ed and every window in the Com
munist college was shattered.
HIED PRESIDENT
I
j WATERTOWN, N. Y„ March 31,
—Another crudely made bomb ad
dressed indirectly to President
■ Rooseveit was mailed here, postal
officials revealed.
The bomb was in a package ad
; dressed to an aviation company
I in New Jersey and the company
j was asked to forward the enclosed
I package to President Roosevelt.
I The writing on the outside wrap
1 per was similar to that on the
j other two bombs which were mail
1 ed here and addressed to hte Pres
i ident.
SUNG A REQUIEM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 31,
—The Rev. Chas. L. O’Donnell,
i president of the University of
Notre Dame, was to sing a requiem
S high mass at the university this
1 morning, the secnd anniversary
I of the death of Knute Rockne in
i an airplane crash in Kansas.
BITTER UNDERCURRENT
IN BUNKS OF HITLER
!
BERLIN, March 31,—An appar
l entlv threatening rife within the
! Cabinet of Chancellor Adolf Hitler
i overshadowed in importance the
! impending economic program of
! the National Socialist party against
J Jews in Germany.
. The bitter undercurrent between
j Nazi storm troops and the Nation
j alist Stalhelm “Steel Helmets” or
! ganization broke out again in the
Palatinate, where storm troops at
! tacked “Steel Helmet” workers in
- camps, captured the Stalhelm
leaders, and installed Nazis in all
i jobs.
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DOG SHOT MAN
NAMPA, Calif., March 31,—When
a hunter shoots his dog it isn’t
news, but Frank Rodgers was shot
j by his dog. The gun was lying
I on the ground and the animal
; stepped on the trigger.
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CAN’T BE DONE
—
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, —,
Five cent beer is thing of the
past. San Francisco cannot expect
it on April 7, according to J. J. Ep
pinger, representing the restaur
ant men of the city watching beer
legislation at the city hall.
At present prices, with Federal
: taxation, city taxation and possi
I bly state taxaiton, the ordinary
glass of beer costs about five cents
a glass. On top of that, the dealer
must pay for handling, loss and
; profit. It just can’t be done, they
! claim.
INJURED, RIOT
} NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., March
[ 31,— A riot of jobless men here
L resulted in the arrest of three and
I injury of one.
HIGHLY ACCURATE
LOS ANGELES, March 31,—The
United States fleet returned to
this port for week-end shore leaves
after having completed annual
force firing 75 miles off shore. Ex
aminations of targets showed that
the firing had been highly accur
ate.
$ lit.!
PARIS, March 31, —A French- j
anti-German boycott appeared
signs saying: “German salesmen!
with some merchants displaying!
will not be received.”
French Jew's wrere organizing!
mass meetings in protest against1
the alleged anti-semitic atrocities'
in Germany.
The feeling in France was mdi-:
cated when an audience in Mar-!
seilles cheered a manifestation of :
hostility toward Emil Ludvig, thej
biographer, after the chairman of ■
the meeting declared Ludvig was'
an exile from Germany. The aud
ience had protested violently be - [
cause of the author’s criticism of |
military features of the Versailles;
peace treaty
In Paris, Jewish organizations
called a mass meeting April 1 andj
the Jewish war veterans called one
for April 4. at which high political
and clerical figures are Expected >
to join in protest.
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LABOR OPPOSES PLAN
WASHINGEON, D. C.. March 31, j
—American Railroad Labor, with
fewer men employed than at any
time within the last half century,
voiced opposition to indicated!
plans of the administration for co- |
ordinated operation of the carriers, j
Dow Jones industrials, off 1.11,
rails, off 0.69, utilities, off 0.57.
May sugar was 100 and May Rio >
coffee 533
Production of electricity in the
United States for the week ending
March 25, 6.9 per cent under the
same 1932 period compared with a
10.6 per cent decrease the preced
ing week.
In March 25 week carloadings on
New York Central lines were 16.3
per cent under same 1932 week as
compared with a 25.8 per cent de
crease the preceding week. Penn
sylvania’s were 19.9 ner cent under
1932 against a 26.3 per cent de
crease the preceding week.
Swiss francs dropped 1 to 19 29 i
and guiders V2 to 40.28ir2. |
Montreal funds were quoted 1
82.875.
Fractional increases ranging
from Vs to V2 were registered by
Allied chemical, U. S. steel, Johns
Mansfield, Liggett & Meyers, Penn
sylvania, National distilleries, Owen
bottling, National biscuit. Air re
duction. American telephone show
ed fractional declines.
Quotations
Al. Chem. 77V2, A1 Juneau 14, j
Am. Can 56%, Am. Smelt. 14%,
Am. Tel. 90, Am. Tob. 59%, Auburn I
33%, Baldwin 4%, B & O 10Vs.
Beth. Steel 13, Cal. Pack 10:2
Pound sterling 3.41%.
50 ARRESTED
CALCUTTA, India, March 31,—
M. S. Aney, acting president of
, the Nationalist Congress, and 50
other Congress members, including
i Ramdas Gandhi, son of the Ma
hatma Gandhi, were arrested in
connection with a session of the
organization which had been ban
ned.
CHIRON'S HE KEPT
ICUMDITE PUBLIC
Capacity crowds filled Camer
on’s Cafe yesterday and last night
indicating the popularity of the
new establishment and the wel
come with which the veteran cafe!
operator was received back at his
old stand.
To accommodate the large num
ber of travelers spending the nite
in Seward the cafe was kept open
all night.
One of the new features of the
cafe is the serving of cooled but
not frozen meats which will ar
rive by every boat and be kept in
refrigeration which maintains it
as fresh as when it came from
the abattoir.
A special Sunday dinner will be
served of which the menu will
appear in The Gateway.
Adding that touch of charm for
which the Cameron Cafes have
been distinctive is the presence
of Mrs. Cameron, who, with Mr.
Cameron, extends supervision to j
each department and give especial j
attention to all guests to see that
the service is perfect and that!
everyone is pleased and satisfied.
APPROVED
I !
I WASHINGTON, March 31—The
[ Celler-Copeland Medicinal Liquor
| Liberation bill, which passed the
[ Senate Wednesday, was approved
! by the House.
The measure, recommended by j
i the Wickersham ommission, re-1
i moves the limit from the number
! and amount of liquor prescriptions 1
i a physician may issue. It now
goes to the White House for Presi-1
! dent Roosevelt’s signature. There
■was no record vote.
EARTHQUAKE
LOS ANGELES, March 31, — A;
settling earthquake, the strongest,
felt in the metropolitan area in'
10 days, shook Southern aClifornia
“quake zone”. No damage was re-'
ported, although citizens over a
wide area were awakened by the!
jolt which lasted several seconds.
' Santa Ana, San Pedro, Hunting
toil Park, Compton and other dis
tricts which felt the March 10,
quake heavily, recorded the jolt
this morning. No damage was re
ported from any of those points.
BASHFUL
AVON, Conn., March 31,—There
was a touch of spring in the air,
but the coasting was still good, so
Walter B. Stowe, 88 years old, de- j
t cided on one good slide down the1
hiU. while there was still time.
Mr. Stowe got out his 80-year-old
sled, tucked his beard out of the)
way. and down the hill he went
i “I’d" like to have taken Cornelia
Wheeler with me”, he said, “but I
was too bashful to ask her”. Mrs.
Wheeler is 91. _
BASELESS
PEIPING, March 31, —The Unit
i ed States legation said there was
no confirmation of reports that)
the two American missionaries)
had been killed in a bombing ati
Taitowying, south of the Great [
Wall
The United States consulate at
Tientsin said the report was in
accurate and probably was a
i rumor following the bombing of
j the American mission on March 24.
RAKE OFF
! PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 31,—
j The profit from the operation of I
! slot machines was estimated here
I the estate of Myra McKnight, de
as the result of litigation over
ceased. John McKnight, who op
erated 200 machines in the first
ward and 100 machines in the
fourth ward of this city, was sued
for recovery of profits which were
demanded by the estate.
It was estimated that the:
! machines brought $1,500 a day, j
most of which McKnight was
turning over to political and rack
i eteering activities.
EXPLOSION
MITCHAM, Eng., March 31, —,
Scenes reminiscent of a wartime
air raid occurred in this London
suburb following a series of ex
plosions in a chemical works, in
which one person was killed and
20 injured, some seriously.
Most of the damage and casu
alties occurred in nearby streets
where small dwellings were ruin
ed. Walls were blown out, floors
collapsed and inhabitants rushed,
screaming, to the street. Many
were cut by flying glass. ^ .
“DO PASS”
SACRAMENTO, March 31—The
I assembly bill authorizing the State
Insurance Commission to call a
j 60-day moratorium for insurance
; companies was marked “do pass”
! by the Senate Insurance commit
| tee over the strenuous objections
i of Senator J. M. Inman, of Sacra
j mento.
The measure, limiting loans to
j policy holders to $100 and prevent- i
; ing the payment of dividends to
stockholders during a “holiday”
does not affect payment of such
claims or annuities. _
APPROVAL FORECAST
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31,
—Senate approval of President
Roosevelt’s far-reaching farm re
lief bill, one of tde basic points in
his recovery program, was corecast
today even by opponents.
Will bang
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 31—The
Arizona Board of Pardons and Pa
roles denied a commutation of the
l death sentence imposed on Winnie
j Ruth Judd, for the slaying of
Agnes Anne Leroi, one of the two
! women victims in Arizona’s cele
brated “trunk murders”.
TALK IT OVER
; LONDON, March 31, —Norman I
! H. Davis, President Roosevelt’s J
I special Ambassador to Belgium,'
! discussed with high British offici
als proposals to hasten the world 1
economic conference and salvage i
the threatened disarmament par- ’
ley on which the peace of Europe
may depend.
TIME FDR SOME ONE
TO “CULL
h n
D
LOS ANGELES, March 31,—Ann
Karding believes “it is about time ;
some American calls George Bern
ard Shaw”, despite plans to appear
in a Shawian play this summer.
“Why shouldn’t i go ahead with
the play?” Miss Harding asked.
“The misfortune of Shaw having
outiived his usefulness in no way
affects the value of his earlier and
truly brilliant work.”
Miss Harding was left in tears
Tuesday when Shaw visited her
motion picture set and, comment
ing on her recent performance in
one of his plays, said: “It must
have been a piratical perform
ance”.
PHHOE BOMBING
I
MANILA, P. I., March 31,—A new
“eyewitness’ at the scene of the
San Francisco Preparedness Day
bombing in 1916, ■when 10 persons
were killed, presented himself in
Manila with an offer to go to
San Francisco and testify at the
new trial next month of Tom
| Mooney.
| Major Vicente Barrows told the
I Press he was a parade spectator
when he saw a man place a suit
I case at Market and Steuart Sts.1
[ The man resembled a “Latin type”
Barrows said. He expressed a will
ingness to app£ar as a defense
witness.
TWO NEW PICTURES
NEW YORK, March 31. —Mary
Pickford, who has been abroad for
six weeks, returned aboard the
; liner Rex. She is enroute to Hoi-'
lywodo to begin plans for two j
I new pictures, “Alice In Wonder
j land” and “Peter Pan.”
DETROIT, March 31,—A small
black powder bomb lowered into
the basement of the home of the
Rev. Fr. Charles E. Coughlin, in |
Royal Oak, exploded directlv un-j
i der the priest’s bedroom at 3 a. m.
j yesterday, but caused only a small
amount of damage.
The explosion damaged five win
dow panes and steam pipes in the
basement, but no one was injured.!
Father Coughlin, who has become!
one of the central figures in a:
heated controversy over Detroit’s!
banking situation, said he was!
awakened by niose and the sudden;
shaking of the house.
i -
1 WOODLAND, Calif., March 31,—
| The Mission “Reds” were to meet
; the Portland “Beavers” here today
1 in the second game of an exhi
j bition series. Two home runs by
I “Bud” Hafey featured the “Reds”
| 13-8 victory in the first game.
I Portland’s defeat was charged to
i the pitching of Sam Gibson.
ME FOLK ME
TO POINT HOPE
I
j The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mov
I ing picture expedition at Cape
I Lisbourne in the Teller territory,
(filming the picture “Eskimo,” is
I planning to move to Point Hope
L possibly this week or as soon as
the weather clears. The party at
Cape Lisbourne has been waiting
patiently in adverse weather for
“shots” of polar bear, but as yet
none have made their appearance.
The main contingent of the M-G-M
party went through Seward about
two weeks ago, the majority of
the picture having been filmed.
Two parties, one at Nome and the
other at Cape Lisbourne, still re
main for final shots of arctic life.
JIP BORDER GUIDOS
SEIZE TURIN LORDED
SOVIET MUNITIONS
TOKYO, March 31, —A new inci
dent in the long series of disputes
between Russia and Japan over
the Chinese-Eastern railway was
reported in the seizure of a pass
enger and freight train by Man
chukuo border guards.
A Japanese dispatch said the
Soviet government was making
unauthorized shipments of war
materials. The ra’il’way is jointly
operated by the Japanese spon
sored Manchurian government
and Russia.
A west-bound train was seized
at Manchuk, Manchuli, at the
northwest extremity of Manchu
kuo, the newspaper Michi Nichi
said.
As a reward for faithful ser
vice and indicating the respect
and friendship accorded by his
many associates in the Seward
Chamber of Commerce, Leonard
Hopkins, secretary of the organi
zation has been voted a life mem
bership on his retirement afte*
many years of arduous and exact
ing labors.
The resolution thus honoring
Mr. Hopkins is as follows:
Be it resolved by the Chamber
of Commerce of the City of Sew
ard, Alaska, that,
Whereas, Leonard Hopkins has
served this Chamber of Commerce
well and faithfully for many years
as its Secretary, and, by his ener
gy, industry and intelligent hand
ling of his office has contributed
materially to the success of this
Chamber during his incumbency,
and, „ , . ,
Whereas, he has of his accord
resigned from his said office,
Now, therefore, be it resolved,
as an expression of the apprecia
tion of this Chamber to Leonard
Hopkins, that he be. and he here
by is, made a life member of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce, en
titled to all the rights of such
membership, without the payment
of dues, for the remainder of rus
That this resolution be spread
upon the minutes of this meet
ing, and a copy hereof given to
Leonard Hopkins. .
Adopted this 28th day of March,
1933
Leon Urbach, president.
Attest: L. J. Chilberg. secretary.
mm ju kt
571,710 POST Mill!
The Alaska Juneau showed $72.
700 total profits before charges ir.
operations for the month of Feb
ruary, according to the monthly
estimates of operations issued from
the San Francisco office.
Tde entire recovery was m gold
no silver and lead values having
been shown.
The gross recovery value wa^
74.41 cents per ton. Costs of pro
duction averaged 52.67 cents per
ton, leaving a net of 21.74 cents
per ton. .
A SICK MAN
NEW YORK. March 31,—Former
Mayor James J. Walker, in Cannes
is in a serious condition as a re
sult of kidney and heart complica
tions. _
HALF-BILLION FUND
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31,
—Congress took the first step ir.
enacting President Roosevelt's
“new deal” unemployment relie:
program when the Senate passed
the Wagner-Costigan-LaFollett-i
bill providing a $500,000,000 fund
for direct Federal grants to the
States to relieve distress among
the jobless and destitute. The vote
was 55 to 17. _
SEVERE PENALTIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31,
—Senatorial determination to curb
the reckless machinations of the
country's bankers and banking in
stitutions was shown in a new
measure proposing severer penal
ties for illegal banking operations
and removing the parole privilege
which has allowed many bankers
their freedom after conviction of
fraudulent practices.
SEWARD SERENADERS
BIG DANCE TONITE I. 0. 0. F. HALL
ADMISSION 40 c.