MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
yOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 139.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
.IRTf-FI SHIES
. VOTING is ran
V REPEfiL MOMENT
)N, Mass., June 15, —Mass
achusetts became the 11th state to
ratify repeal of tire 18th amend
ment as complete returns from
Tuesday’s voting were totalled.
Yesterday’s dispatches were cor
rect in announcing election of
every repeal delegate by a state
wide majority of 4 to 1.
Eleven states have voted wet; 25
more are needed. The score today
^tands. Repeal Prohibition 1.
/ States already in the repeal col
umn are: Delaware, Nevada, Mich
igan. Wisconsin, Rhode Island,
Wyoming, New Jersey. Illinois, In
diana and Massachusetts.
Repeal-minded states voting this
month: Connectieutt, Iowa, Cali
fornia.
a Doubtful states voting this
.onth: New Hampshire. West Vir
inia, Colorado.
Total number of states which will
have acted by end of year, 35.
number of states needed to repeal
36.
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LOS ANGELES, June 15. —Her
Georgian Prince, Serge Mdivani,
treated her with extreme cruelty.
Mary McCormck, grand opera
prima donna, charged in a separ
ate maintenance suit filed here.
<4 Last October, she claimed, he
struck her on the cheek, blacken
ing one of her eyes.
‘On an average of every three
weeks during the past 20 months,
she complained further, he gave
wray to violent outbursts of tem
per.”
CLARK CABLE ORDERED
TO TAKE 11CATIOH
HOLLYWOOD. June 15. —Suc
cess, attained by three ypars of
hard work, has brought Clark
Gable, popular Metro-Goldwyn
layer leading man. to the point
vhere he must take a long rest.
Gable has been ordered by his
jhysician to rest from four to six
veeks and has been placed on a
liet. Unless his condition improves,
vlrs. Gable said last night, the
star will have to undergo an op
eration for the removal of his ap
pendix.
FINAL PLANE TESTS
ORBETELLO, Italy, June 15,—
Final tests were given yesterday to
the 24 Italian seaplanes which will
attempt a flight to the United
States. The 96 fliers who make up
the crews were at the hydroplane
base ready for an early start to
day- Each plane carries two pilots,
a radio operator and a mechanic.
NEW ATLANTIC RECORD
CHERBOURG, France, June 15,
_The North German Lloyd liner
Bremen arrived from Brooklyn,
setting a new record for the trans
Atlantic crossing. The Bremen
made the crossing in four days, 17
hours and 42 minutes reducing by
44 minutes the previous mark.
FLOOD WATERS RECEDE
PORTLAND, Ore., June 15, —
Threats of heavy property damage
from the flood-swollen Columbia
-yid Williamette rivers were abat
1 when upriver points reported
^}th streams were stationary or
falling slightly.
ANOTHER STUNT
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 15, — j
Flying his rebuilt “Winnie Mae,” j
.Wiley Post, round-the-world flyer,'
1 left here for New York to prepare;
for a takeoff on a solo, globe cir-1
j cling dash.
ID OFFERS TO BUY i
TRILLION DOLLARS GOODS
LONDON June 15, —Secretary
of State Cordell Hull and British)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nev
ille Chamberlain, appeared before
the World economic conference to
outline two vitally divergent plans
for economic recovery.
Soviet Russia supplied the first
concrete proposal by offering to
buy up $1,000,000,000,000 (one tril
1 lion) worth of foreign goods.
David Lamson’s jail-mates at
the Santa Clara county prison
' made three attempts to escape,
but were forced back, it was re
vealed as the prelminary hearing,
today, approached for the Stan
ford press sales manager, accused
of the murder of his wife, Allene.
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A. P. Giannini announced a
$750,000 dividend on Bank of Amer
ica capital stock and a boost in
pay for 2,200 employees as part of
the bank's “return to normalcy
i plan.”
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San Francisco interests started
organizing to take advantage of.
; clauses in the national recovery!
act.
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Jimmie Mattern took off a sec
ond time from Khabarovsk, Siber-j
ia for Alaska on his trip around
the W’orld at 4 a. m. He was due to.
reach Nome at 3 a. m., p. s. t
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Stocks were irregularly lower on
the New York exchange.
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Nazis were accused of starting!
I a reign of terror in Austria.
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i Administration leaders are w'ork
ing for a truce on the war veter
ans’ fund fight which has delayed
Congress adjournment.
APPRECIATE SERVICE
Ameteur radio as its place to fill |
as witness a letter received from J.
H. Russell at Fairbanks. Mr. Rus
i sell informed The Gateway that a
radiogram forwarded from this of
fice to him proved to be a message
from his wife in California, and he
states, “ I surely thank you for
your kindness, it being the real
spirit of an Alaskan.”
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General Road Master George
Colwell arrived in town last even
ing.
THE WEATHER
Seward 58 above, calm, pt. cldy.
Tunnel 50 above, cloudy, calm.
Anchorage 55 above, pt. cldy.
Curry 55 above, clear, calm.
Broad Pass 45 above, pt. cloudy.
Healy 28 above, pt cloudy.
Nenana 48 above, pt. cloudy.
Fairbanks 50 above, pt. cloudy.
The MS Polar Bear, Capt. Carl
i Anderson, made port yesterday
| Seattle-bound.
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George James, of the Alaska
Shop, left today for the Lodge on
Lake Kenai.
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Sourdough. Bill reports that the
speed boat Flamo will be sent to
the Chicago World’s Fair to com
pete in the “whoops m’ dear’’
races.
SEWARD FOURTH JULY
CELEBRATION RE GALA
DAY TOR TRE KIDDQES
Plans for Seward's annual 4th j
of July celebration nave been com-'
pleted by the local post of the
American Legion.
The committee in charge, ap- s
pointed by Post Commander Chil
berg, claim it will be a gala day
for “Young America.”
A kiddies parade which will
start the day off, will be followed
by races of all sorts and a variety i
of novelty contests.
A baseball game will be played,'
with Moose Pass as the possible'
opponents, and if a cutter is in;
port, crew races may be held.
The extent of the program will
be governed entirely by the
amount of cash donations received
for the purpose.
j No personal canvass will be
made. Contributors are therefore
asked to mail checks to the Amer
ican Legion Post or give their
donations to L. A- Chilberg, Post
master Chas. Sheldon or Leonard
| Hopkins. A phone call to any of
! these, or to any Legionairre will
have a representative call.
AMERICAN Min
ENillTE 111 CHINESE
ARMY DIED, TUSPOflT
| SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, —On
the eve of his leaving the United
States air service to fly for the
Nationalist government of China,
; Second Lieutenant Otis A. “Andy”
Miller, former University of Cali
1 fornia football star, lies dead at!
i sea aboard the Army transport
| USS Grant,
Word of his death from pneu-,
monia Tuesday as he was enroute1
; from Honolulu to the Philippines j
! was received here by relatives.
| He was to have left the Army a
j week hence to take a three-year
i contract with the Chinese govern
j ment as a war flyer.
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PACIFIC COAST
Seattle 7, San Francisco 5.
Los Angeles 8, Portland 7.
Oakland 11, Hollywood 8.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 13, New York 5.
Detroit 13, Cleveland 2
St. Louis 14, Chicago 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 8, Boston 5.
Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 3.
Chicago 7, Cincinnati 0.
St. Louis 3, Pittsburg 2.
AROSE IN WRATH
Louis Browns, losers in 10 cf their
previous 12 games with the White
Sox this season, arose in wrath
and clouted out a 14-1 victory.
PITCHED GREAT GAME
CINCINNATI, O., .Tune 15,—Chas.
Root held the Cincinnati team
to two scattered hits, refused to
permit a Red Leg to get past sec
ond and took the final game of
the series, for the Cubs, by a
7-0 score.
SOCIETY WEDDING
PARIS, June 15, —Barbara Hut
ton, heiress to the Woolworth for
tune, and Prince Alexis Mdivani
will be married at the Russian
church here today. The civil mar
riage ceremony, necessary before
the union is recognized under
French laws, will take place Sat
urday before a magistrate.
SQUARES AWAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15, —
President Roosevelt squared away,
last night t ostrike back at a re
bellious Congress, which defied his!
demands for deep slashes in vet-j
erans’ awards.
PARTI PAYMENT OF
WAR DEBT ACCEPTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15,— j
Partial payment of $10,000,000 on!
Great Britain’s war debt install- J
ment of $70,940,000 was accepted
by President Roosevelt upon Brit-I
ain’s acknowledgement that the!
balance is still due this country, j
At the same time, obviously an-!
gry at cancellation propaganda j
from abroad, the President warn-J
ed the World powers to keep war j
debt discussions out of the world
economic conference at London. [
Air Red 84, Am Can 92, Am Pw
Lt 14 3-4, Am Sug Ref 65 1-8, Am
Tel Tel 127 1-4. Anaconda Cop 17
1-2, Aviat Corp 13. Bald Loco 11, j
Beth Steel 30 5-8, Borg Warners 18
1-2, Bruns Balke 8 3-8, Canadian
Pac 16 5-8, Case 84 5-8, Cater Trax
21 1-4, Chrpsler 24 3-4, Curt Wright'
3 3-4. Dome Mines 32 1-2, DuPont j
78 1-4, Eastman Kod 82 1-2, Elec;
Pw Lt 14, Firestone 24 5-8, Free
port Tex 38, Gen Elec 24, Gen Mot
27 1-8, Goodyear 36 1-8, Hercules:
41 1-2, Hershey 56, Int Nick Can
17 1-4. Int Tel Tel 18 1-4, Johns|
Manv 43 1-8, Kennecott 20 1-2, Lig
! Myers 93, Montg Ward 24, Nat Bis j
! 56. Nat Distil 71 1-2, N Y Cen 35:
, 3-4, Nor Am Aviat 8, Nor Am 33
! 5-8, Otis Elev 21 1-8, Pac Gas Eli
! 29 1-8, Pac Tel Tel 90. Phillips Pet;
14, Postal Tel 27 Pullman 45 1-4,!
| Radio 10 1-2, Rey Tob 60 1-2, Seab
Oil 30 1-2, Sears 33 3-8. Sou Cal Ed
26 3-8, So Pac 25 1-8. Std Oil Ex
99 7-8. Std Oil Calif 34 1-8, Std
Oil N J 36 3-4, Tex Gulf Sulp 29 (
Timk Roll Br 30 3-4, Un Carbide
40 1-2, Un Pac 112, Unit Aire 34 7-8. j
Unit Bisc 24 7-8, Unit Carbon 25
5-8, United Corp 13 1-4, U S Indus’
Alco 48. U S Steel 56 5-8, US Tob
80. Vanadium 25 1-8, West Un 56,
5-8, Westingh Air 29. Westinh Elec;
Mfg 47 1-4, Weston Elec Inst 11 5-8, j
Woolworth 43 3-4.
NEW YORK CURB
Gen Aviation 9 1-2, Transcont
Air 5 3-4.
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Mike Deegan, popular veteran
member of the Alaska Railroad
train crews, will leave for his Nuka
Bay mining property this week.
Mike came in last evening from
Anchorage.
Attorney Carl Almy returned
to his local offices yesterday from
a brief business trip to the Inter
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AT THE HOTELS
VAN GILDER—Robert Estes,
Bob Estes.
SEWARD—Wm. McGettigan, M.
Deegan, John Erikson, I. Thomp
son.
OVERLAND—L. G. Sands.
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Ciarence Thatcher was among
last evening’s arrivals from An
chorage.
Wm. McGettigan, the new road
master for the Alaska Railroad, ar
rived last evening from the In
terior.
Launching ceremonies were ob
served on the local waterfront
when the Bucey-Nelson “destroyer”
Abbenathy T hit the warm, calm
waters of Resurrection bay with a
resounding clunk.
DIRIGIBLE MACON ENDS
TWO-DAY CRUISE, ITS
FIFTH TEST FLIGHT
AKRON, Ohio, June 15, —The
Navy dirigible Macon landed here
at 8 o’clock last night after a
two-day test cruise which took it
over parts of Ohio, Lake Erie, In
diana, Illinois, Lake Michigan and
the Michigan upper and lower
peninsulas.
The Macon last evening spent
nearly two hours over the Century
of Progress Expostion in Chicago
as 60,000 visitors had their first
glimpse of the giant air craft.
Reports that the ship was in dif
ficulty were dispelled when a ra
dio message from the vessel said
“condition of ship satisfactory.
Everything O. K.”
COMPROMISE ADOPTED
VETS COMPENSATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15,—
The Senate adopted an adminis
! tration compromise on veterans’
compensation but Democratic
1 leaders were unable to prevent the
| veterans’ bloc from moving for a
! show-down vote on the more lib
eral Steiwer-Cutting amendment.
: The administration compromise
assured pensions of at least $15
a month to 50 per cent for dis
abled and needy veterans of the
; Spanish-American war, the Boxer
! rebellion and the Philippine insur
I rection.
i 'lilt SIM' USE
I WITNESS EISMTEMED
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i SALINAS, Calif.. June 15. —Po
lice continued their search of
towns in this vicinity for some
i trace of Mary Harrington, 20. chief
prosecution witness in the “white
slave’’ trial of Jack Harrington.
The young woman was believed
! to have been kidnapped last week
| in what police believe wras an at
! tempt to prevent her from testi
fying against Harrington, whom
she accused of forcing her into
vice resorts.
MORE TROUBLE
NEW YORK, June 15, —Vivian
Duncan, of the stage team of Viv
ian and Rosetta Duncan, under
went an operation for appendicitis
at Polyclinic hospital. It was per
formed by Dr. James Ives Edger
ton, who later reported hs patient
was resting comfortably.
DEFICIT SHRINKING
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15,—
The Democratic national commit
tee’s deficit is now $484,591. The
quarterly report of the committee
to the clerk of the House showed
unpaid obligations of $528,642,
which were off set by $44,051 in
the current account
THE “RASPBERRY”
MADISON, Neb., June 15.—Intim
idated by a large blackbird, the
white cat at the W. G. Markham
home sulked in remote niches to
avoid systematic attacks. When
I the cat appears outside, the bird
swoops down to pluck a few hairs,
then perches above the cat’s re
treat chirping loudly.
ART WOODLEY DUE TODAY
Pilot Art Woodley will fly his
big Bellanca five-place plane back
to the local base today from An
chorage, bringing a full load of
passengers, according to the noon
report.