VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 144.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOM'S SIMM
CREATES flU IN
WASHINGTON. D. C, June 21, (#*) j
—A furore of political buzzing fol
lowed Senator Borah’s announce
ment that he was opposed to the
reelection of President Hoover.
The importance of the utterance
lay in Borah’s driving Hoover cam
paign of 1928 which is regarded as
one of the greatest individual con-;
tributions to the President’s elect- j
It is believed by many that the
Senator’s utterance bore an un
spoken invitation to Hoover to
write his own platform with a
strong personal prohibition stand
in his acceptance address.
Newspapermen are of the opin
ion Borah has no intention of a
third party movement, expressing
the though he would limit him
self to stumping for dry members
of Congress.
OIL SPUTTERED MIITHIX
NEW YORK, June 21, (^—Ame
lia Earhart Putnam, who flew the
Atlantic alone, returned in triumph
to the shores of her country. Mrs.
Putnam carried a huge bouquet of
American roses, presented by May
or James J. Walker, a striking con
trast to the oil-spattered figure
dressed in flying costume who brot
her plane down safely near Lon
donberry, Ireland several wreeks ago.
Tonight she will be the guest
at a private dinner. She will fly to
Washington to recieve the Aero
nautical medal of the National
Geographical Society.
ANOTHER BEER MEASURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21,—
The beer problem was dumped
back into the portal of the Senate
Monday when Senator Tydings,
Democrat of Maryland, introduced
a bill providing for a construction
■works program totaling ever one
million dollars which would be paid
out of funds accruing from a tax
cn 2.75 per cent brew.
MUCH DIFFICULT! II
STORE FOR BRITISH ISLES
DUBLIN, June 21, {&,—The Brit
ish and Irish differences were in
ected into the 31st international
Eucharistic congress when Gov.
Gen. James McNeill, representative
of King George, was not invited to
the state reception for Papal legate
Cardinal Lauri.
A member of the Irish republi
can party said that the governor
, general had been barred “because
he represents an alien interest.”
It was reported, unofficially, that
diplomatic representatives of other
countries might decline to attend
the reception if the governor gen
eral is not invited.
ILLUMINATING MATERIAL
MAKES LIGHT LIKE M
WORCESTER. Mass., June 20, —
A new illuminating material which
. produces a “steady white light’’
and having all the qualities of
daylight, will be announced soon,
John J. Donovan of Bellingham,
Wash., declared in the comence
ment oration at the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.
He said the discovery would
“change the history of electric
lighting.” He had learned of the
discovery, he revealed, “after spyend
ing hours in the private laboratory
of a friend.”
PLANTATIONS DESTROYED
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, June
21. —All plantations in the Sula
Valley between Chameleon and San
Pedj*o were destroyed by a terrific
hurricane.
PASTORS ASSIGNED
TACOMA, Wash., June 21, ffl—
The following assignments of pas
torates at the close of the Pacific,
Northwest conference of the Meth
odist-Episcopal church, included: |
Juneau—H. R. Cross; Ketchikan—
C. L. Walker; Nome—F. W. Bald
win; Seward—E. E. Reisner; Jesse
Lee Home—C. T. Hatton; Seldovia
—Leon S- Vincent; Unalaska—A. J.
Armstrong.
FRISCO DETECTIVE
CHIEW STATES ECAN
CAN'T BEAT "RAP"
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, —
Counsel for Frank Egan won a
point in the legal battle over the
murder of Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes
when Superior Judge Frank H.
| Dunne issued an order for District
Attorney Mathew Brady to appear
| before him and show cause why
the defense should not be allowed
to examine Verne Doran’s confes
sion and other prosecution evi
! dence.
Egan and Albert Tinnin also
[ named in Doran’s confession are to
i appear before Judge Dunne today
| to plead to the murder charge des
i pite this defense victory.
Captain o f Detectives Charles
Dullea declared “our case is com
plete and it can’t be broken down.
There isn’t a chance for Frank
Egan and Albert Tinnin to beat this
rap.” He said the confession of Dor
an, linking Egan and Tinnin to the
slaying of the elderly widow, has
been checked to the minutest de
tail.
FOLSOM PRISON, Calif., June 20,
—Dwight Abbot escaped from Fol
som prison and his absence was
not discovered until the general
lockup at night.
Warden Smith discovered Abbot
had made a dummy with a plaster
of paris face adorned with hair
plucked from the heads of him
self and cell-mate.
The dummy seen in bed was
life-like enough to deceive the
guards, giving him a good start
before his escape was discovered.
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FAVOR DIRECT VOTE
SAN FRANCISCO. June 21. (VP)—
A submission plank favoring a
direct vote by the states on prohi
| biticn repeal or retention, will be
1 adopted by the Democratic Nation
al Convention a t Chicago next
week, local party leaders said.
I
HOOVER BE ASKED IQ
CALL ECONOMIC MEET
NEW YORK, June 21, (7P>—A
nation-wide campaign demanding
that the United States lead the
! world to economic recovery by ini
tiating the settlement of inter-gov
■ ernmental debts, reparations and
i trade barriers, was started here.
George W. Wickersham, presi
dent of the League of Nations As
j siciation, announced the m o v e
! ment to get President Hoover to
call an international economic con
ference; also, Congress will be call
ed upon to authorize the necessary
negotiations.
JAPAN IS NEUTRAL
TOKIO, June 21, (A3)—Japan an
nounced a neutral stand in event
the new Manchurian State of Man
chuko seized the China maritime
customs office at Dairen. It was be
lieved that the customs would be
seized soon to meet the heavy ex
pense incurred by Manchukuo in
! fighting Chinese irregulars.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, June 21, —Some of
the extremes in temperatures re
corded in the United States Mon
day were; San Francisco 74-56,
Denver 74-58, Chicago 82-66, New
York 78-56, New Orleans 92-76, Los
Angeles 92-74.
TOTAL CtNCELUITIDN
WAR DEBTS-DECLUED
TO BE IMPOSSIBLE
LAUSANNE, June 21, (/P)—Abso
lute cancellation of war debts and
reparations as a remedy for the
world’s economic ills, appeared to
be considered out of the question
by most of the delegates to the con
ference.
Since the conference decided to
suspend payments due July 1 and
to continue suspension during the
reparations meeting, the opinion
has developed favoring continued
recognition of debt obligations, but
with the figures revised and ac
cording to the capacity to pay.
AMELIA RETURNS HOME
NEW YORK, June 21, —This city
| put o n another of its confetti
i showers Monday to welcome plucky
Amelia Earhart Putnam, famous
aviatrix, and her husband, back
from Europe, following her solo
flight across the Atlantic to Ire
land.
I
EXILE RFOM RUSSIA
WILL RETURN HOME
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. —N.
N. Fredicksson, a natural citizen,
i born 75 years ago in Dagestan
Southern Russia, is preparing to re
j turn to the country from which he
fled many years ago in an escape
! from a military prison, where he
was sent for starting a mutiny in
| the Czar’s navy. His son has been
: called back to his native country
| by Stalin, the head of the Soviet
regime. Because of his intimate
i knowledge of eight languages used
i extensivly in Russia, and his train
1 ing as an architect, Fredicksson is
I needed by Stalin, according to the
| letter he received.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21, (tf»i
: —Everett Sanders, chairman of the
! Republican National Committee
! held his first campaign conference
i with President Hoover and an
! nounced his intention henceforth
to keep the President free from in
j terruptions by politics.
The campaign to reelect Mr
• Hoover, Sanders said, will be man
! aged entirely by the national com
' mittee.
LIKE THE OLD DAYS
NEW YORK, June 21, (IP)— For
the glory of the honor, and but lit
lte cash, Champion Heavyweight
Max Schmeling will clash 15 rounds
with Challenger Jack Sharkey to
night. The odds still remain 6-5 in
favor of the clever German and
world title holder.
BUS THROWN IT HOME
CHICAGO SUBURB MAVOB
CHICAGO. June 20. —A heavj
bomb was hurled at the house of
Joseph C. Cerny, recently install
ed as mayor of Cicero.
The explosive was projected from
a speeding automobile but missed
its mark and tore a hole in the
sidewalk in front of the residence,
shaking the entire suburban vil
lage which until the last few
years was known as the bailiwick
of the Alphonse Capone mob.
PROVISO ATTACHED
LAUSANNE, June 21, iJP)—Re
ports said that the United States
had unofficially agreed to reopen
ing the question of European wax
debts and conditional disarmament
agreements at Geneva. U. S. Rep
resentative Gibson, at the disarma
ment conference, told Herriot that
the United States will not listen to
any appeal for cancellation of debts
so long as Europe continues spend
ing vast sums for arms.
$50,000 TON
ORE FOOND
NOKA BAY
I * The richest gold strike thus *
* far made in the Nuka Bay dis- *
* trict has been discovered in the ?
* Babcock and Downey tnnnel *
* where Tom Babcock extracted *
* a sample weighing approxi- *
* mately 15 pounds, and which, *
* by conservative estimate will *
* assay 559,000 to the ton in free ^
* gold. *
* The speciman is approxi- *
* mately two inches thick, and *
J * where split along the cleavage *
' * displays every characteristic #
of the famous Goldfield Con- *
* solidated ore of Goldfield, Nev. *
* In addition to the great mass *
* of free gold, the oxidized mass, *
¥ resembling sylvanite or tellu- *
* rides, reveals the yellow metal *
j # heavily associated with the *
j * dark grayish material. *
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BLONDE WILL WED
HOLLYWOOD, June 21, —Jeane
Harlowe known as the “platinum
blonde” of the movies and another
movie celebrity, Paul Fern, are said
to be “that way” about each other
and on Monday, filed intention to
j wed.
! ALASKAN IS KILLED
SEATTLE H TRESTLE
' SEATTLE, June 21, (/Pi—G. H.
i Anglin identified the body of the
i man killed on West Spokane street
‘ trestle Friday night as that of Dan
| iel T. Egelak, 27, of Nome. Alaska
' who intended to leave for home
July 3.
He had been staying until Ang
lin. Apparently he had been wan
dering along the trestle when kill
ed. Traffic was delayed for five
minutes while firemen worked to
remove the body from the street
car wheels.
MAKE IT TWO STRAIGHT
SEATTLE, June 21, (/Pi—The sen
sational Syracuse junior varsity
made it two straight by winning
the three mile race by a scant
length over the gallant California
eight; the Navy was third. Cali
; fornia was inches ahead until Syr
i acuse drove for the finish line.
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UPPER AIR HAS TIDES
I WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21, (/Pi
| —The upper atmosphere above the
| earth has tides, much like the tides
j of the ocean. They are caused part
i ly by the same pull of the sun and
| moon that causes sea tides, and
partly by the daily heating and
cooling of the air. says Dr. J. Bar
tels in a report to the Carnegie
Institution of Washington.
RAN A GREAT RACE
LOS ANGELES, June 21, —Juan
Carlos Zabala, Argentine’s famous
marathon runner won the 10,000
meter race which was run in 33
i minutes and 24 seconds. The event
was a run-off in the Pacific-south
west Olympic trials.
POLICE IRE SEEKING
DUNE GUN KILLER
CHICAGO, June 21. —Frank Nitti
whose firing squad enforced har
! mony in the old Capone liquor syn
j dicate is sought for by police for
I the machine gun assassination of
I George “Red” Barker who aspired
i to succeed the imprisoned Capone
1 on the throne as king of Chicago.
It was Nitti, police say, who orig
inated the second floor front am
bush which erased Hynie Weiss, Joe
Airlo and other enemies of Capone
from the Chicago underworld.
It is reported there will be a lot
of men prospecting in the Rubj
district next winter. The makings
of a good little camp are seen by
recent visitors to the famous camp.
JAPAN BOYCOTTS BRITAIN
LONDON, June 21. —Appealing
to Indian pride not to buy goods
made by Englishmen or any other j
white man, Japan, er stwhile
staunch ally of Britain, has began
to make serious inroads on British
business in India since Gandhi has
been imprisoned. Great Britain is
loosing approximately 24 per cent
of her Indian trade as a result of
the ‘Asia for the Asiatic” campaign.
MU’S ADOPTED SON
BEEN CHARGED WITH
MUREDR AND ARRESTED
HOLLYWOOD, June 21, —Harold
t Menjou, 20, adopted son of Adolph
Menjou, the actor, was arrested on
a charge of murder in the death of
16 year-old Marjorie Gauthier, in
an automobile accident.
A beach motorcycle officer assert
ed Menjou was speeding 80 miles
an hour in an attempt to escape
arrest when the car overturned.
Miss Gauthier, daughter of a
well-to-do Beverly Hills family, wasj
I riding in the front seat with Men-!
jou and was killed almost instantly, j
The murder charge was preferr
ed several hours after the crash
when the police surgeon reported
Menjou had been drinking.
The officer was pursuing Menjou
to cite him as a speeder, at the
time of the accident. Menjou was
slightly cut. Young Menjou is the
son of the actor’s former wife,
Catherine Cohn. He lives in Bever
ly Hills with his mother, now mar
ried to A. L. Abrams, stock broker.
Menjou adopted the youth in
1923. At a late hour today the actor
had made no attempt to commun
icate with his son.
MARITAL DIFFICULTIES
CAUSE OAKLAND DEATH
OAKLAND, June 20, —Harry A.
Nelson, deputy county assessor,
died from injuries, police say, ad
mittedly inflicted some four days
ago by Claude Forbes, 25, suitor
of Nelson's estranged wife.
Nelson never regained conscious
ness. Police quoted his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Nelson, as saying she had
suggested to Forbes that if Nelson
wras out of the way they could re
turn to the Oakland residence and
i live there.
TWO PH! CUT PLANS
UNDER CONSIDERATION
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20 —
The House will be asked today to
choose between President Hoover’s
j federal employes pay reduction and
{ a flat 10 per cent cut for all Fed
. eral employees receiving more than
i $1200 a year.
! In discussing with newspaper
men plans to break thedeadlock
between the Senate and House
Chairman McDuffie, House confer
ees said the President’s plan is
purely speculative but is estimated
will save $80,000,000 a year, while
the pay cut would save about $110,
000,000 per year.
ADOPT HOOVER PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21,—
President Hoover’s “furlough plan’’
for cutting the pay of government
officials was passed by the House
Monday in preference to the flat
10 per cent cut proposed in anoth
er measure. The Hoover plan, it is
estimated, will save the govern
m e n t approximately $80,000,000.
The measure now goes to the Sen
ate.
ASSASSINATION PLOT
BRUSSELS. June 21, —A plot to
assassinate Crown Prince Leopold
was rumored as the cause of spe
cial police precautions when the
prince attended the Colonial feasts
at Mons. Police mobilized an extra
guard and it was said, discovered
a secret meeting of communists in
a woods near the scene of the cel
ebration.
SHARKEY EAGER TO
NEW YORK, June 21, —On the
eve of the championship heavy
weight battle between Champion
Max Schmeling of Germany and
Jack Sharkey, the challenger, both
fighters were in superb conditiort *
and were eager to take off where
they left two years ago when the
champion won from Sharkey on a
foul,
Sharkey spent the night in a New
York hotel while Schmeling spent
the night at a hotel near New
York city. A crowd of at least 50,
000 persons is expected to turn out,
although the stadium can seat 75,
000.
Regardless of a large crowd, the
financial reward for Jack Sharkey
will be small as he will receive on
ly 10 per cent of the net. Sharkey
says that is not what he wants—
he desires the championship belt
and expects to win by a knockout.
SEATTLE’S NEW MAYOR
GETS SUPPORT COUNCIL
SEATTLE, June 21, —Seattle
councilmen gave a strong indica
tion Monday that they were ready
to climb upon Mayor John F. Dore’s
“band wagon” and get behind him
in his cleaning up of the various
city offices, when they supported
him in his stand on the city health
office.
This was the first intimation
that the councilmen intended to
back the mayor. Monday’s develop
ments seem to indicate they will
support him in other plans.
CALIFORNIA VICTOR
SEATTLE, June 21, (^—Califor
nia varsity swept to victory in the
four-mile race by three lengths,
over Cornell and Washington. The
latter trailed Cornell by a length
The Navy was badly beaten, tak
ing fourth place. Syracuse was
fifth, Columbia, sixth and Penn
sylvania last.
SARI1ZEN RETURNS
mm trophy
NEW YORK, June 20, —Gene
Sarazen came home late Sunday
bearing the British Open Golf
championship trophy, and w a s
greeted by crowds from the street
and office windows who heard the
police automobile escort shriek
j a clear path for his automobile ride
to the city hall.
Sarazen said he would hate to
have to play the championship
all over again at Sandwich, and
insisted he could net have won
without the tremendous support of
the British who cheered “at almost
every stop I made,”
BE MEM ALLIES ARE
EMBUS! GUESTS
DUBLIN, June 21, —The Gover
nor General and representatives of
King George in the Irish Free
State have been excluded from the
list of guests invited to a state re
ception in honor of Cardinal Lauri,
the Papal legate to the Eucharistic
congress now in session here.
The exclusion of the governor
general was because he represents
: “spokesmen close to President De
Valera,” it was said.
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STILL OF SAME OPINION
LONDON, June 21, -J. H. Thom
son, secretary for dominions, told
the House of Commons that Pres
ident DeValera of the Irish Free
State, had not deviated one iota
from his original position on abol
ition of the Irish oath of allegiance
and land annuity payments. Thom
as read a dispatch from DeValera
in which he said leaves the posi
tion of the Anglo-Irish difficulties
worse than before.