VOLUME, XXVIII. NUMBER 181.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOLIVIA UNO PIRIGUIY j
TELL LEAGUE THEY ARE !
WILLING TO HUITI
UNDATED—Aug., 4, (/P)—Bolivia
and Paraguay gave aporoval for
inter-national moves toward peace
ful settlement of the Chaco boun
dary disputes, but continued prs-.
paring for war.
Dispatches from Perico, a border;
town, reported 11,000 Bolivian sol
diers would be there in a few days.
It is said the government raises
serious objections to several claus
es in the note sent by the United
States to the South American na
tions, warning that any territorial
gaihs made by force, will not be
recognized.
Paraguay informed the League of
Nations that it was willing to ar
bitrate; Bolivia, also.
TENSE SITUATION
TOKIO, Aug., 4, —The Sino-Jap
anese tension in Jehol province,
Manchuria, which recently appear
ed to be lessening, grew tense again
when Chinese military authorities
failed to fulfill their pledge to se
cure the liberation of Gonshiro
Ishimoto, Japanese army repre
sentative who was kidnaped July
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STORY SLAIN B. L P.
CHICAGO, Aug., 4, —The story
of William Hushka, member of the
bonus army who was slain in Wash
ington. was revealed by his broth
er Charles.
The slain veteran entered the
army in 1917, a butcher by trade.
He sold the small meat shop he
owned to give his family money
v:hile he went to war. He was mus
tered out in 1919.
Returning home he tried to buy
back his meat shop but was un
able to raise the funds so left his
wife and came to Chicago seeking
work.
Several years ago his wife left
him and obtained custody of their
child. ”He gave up a good job to
join the army,” said Charles. ‘‘Ever
since then he had tough luck.”
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HUNDREDS OF JOBLESS
STAGE RIOT ST. J
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug., 3, (/P)— j
Several hundred unemployed men : j
rioted in the streets pillaging shops l
and smashing windows before po
lice could get the disorder in hand.
Two policemen were injured and
18 rioters were arrested. The trou-,
ble began after several hundred (
unemployed went to the residence ,
of Acting Premier H. A. Winter, de- t
manding work. }
Last April 10,000 persons stormed ,
the Newfoundland House of As- (
sembly breaking windows and des- ^
troying official records. They also
forced the resignation of Prime
Minister Sir Richard Squires, who
was attacked and handled roughly ]
as he escaped from the Parliament j
building.
BEEN PLACED OPERATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 4, (£>)
—The mighty credit reservoir of
the Federal reserve system is now i
open for the first time and is cau- 1
tiously and under severe restrict- i
ions, loaning money to private bus- i
iness. c
Authorization of the 12 reserve e
banks throughout the country to l
make loans directly for the next
six months by discounting notes,
drafts and bills of exchange, was
made public by the general board. ]
Ten to 15 men are reported to (
have recently been hired at An- j
chorage for work on the McDougal <
property in the Willow Creek min- i
ing region.
LAMONT RESIGNING
WASHINGTON, D. C , Aug., 4, —
The resignation of Secretary of
Secretary of Commerce Robert P.
Lamont was announced here Wed
nesday. The resignation is being
made so that he can give his full
time to his business interests. No
successor has been selected yet.
SUITE TROOPERS RAISE
SEISE AT INDIANA MINE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug., 4, {IP)
—The siege at the Billebo mine was
raised by armed state forces and 65
besieged miners were freed from
the union picket line whose snip
ing held the men prisoners two
days.
The snipers faded away as 800
state guardsmen, heavily armed,
marched to the mine.
Four wounded miners were given
medical care and are recovering.
The survivors reported that the ar
rival of a squadron of six airplanes
saved a battle with the pickets for
the besieged were prepared to rush
the picketers.
“GIRL MART’;
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 4. —A new
trial for Mrs. Olive Day, convicted
of a charge of contributing to the
delinquincy of Clarice Tauber, in
the so-called Hollywood “girl mart’’
cases, has been ordered by the 2nd
District Court of Appeals.
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ACCEPTS POST
CHANG KUNG, Manchuria, Aug.,
1, —George Rea, publisher of the
Par Eastern Review at Shanghai,
iccepted the post of advisor to the
government of the independent
state of Manchukuo.
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FOREST FIRE
SONORA, Calif., Aug., 4, —A for
est fire swept through 4.000 acres
Df timber in Calivaras county, des
troying a ranch home before it
tvas brought under control; 100;
nen batttled the blaez.
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PLANES DROPPED BOMBS
ASCUNSION, Paraguay, Aug., 4,
—The Minister of War informed!
:he press that Bolivian airplanes |
lad bombarded Paraguayan forts, I
[slapii. Coronel and Martinez in |
3ran Chaco.
FOUR WILL BE SHOT
CHELIABINSK, USSR., Aug., 4, —
r°ur young men were sentenced to
)e shot and eight others received
u’ison terms after conviction for
i mass attack on a girl in a local
>ark. Three of the defendants are
nembers of the young communist
irganization.
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TAKING LOTS OF TIME
PARIS, Aug., 4, (A5)—France has
ommitted herself to allow debt re
'ision negotiations with the United
States to lie dormant until senti
ment in America is more favorable
md possibly until the presidential
■lection is over, it was learned on
ligh authority.
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G. O. P. FREE-FOR-ALL
DALLAS, Texas, Aug., 4, —The
Dallas county Republican conven
ion broke up in a free-for-all fight
md a riot call for police. Each fac
ion charged the other with using
>rass knuckles and producing six
tuns. Hostilities began between a
:ouple of 60 year-old men and
pread so fast that police inter
rention was required.
EAST SIDERS PARADE
NEW YORK, Aug., 4, —Flaunti
ng banners demanding cash relief
or unemployed, repeal of the 18th
imendment and bread and milk
or children, 500 men, women and
hildren marched through the low
r East Side to the district home re
Lef station in a public school.
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SILLY TALK
NEW YORK, Aug., 4, (A5)—The
Evening Post says that Gene Tun
ley, retired heavyweight champion
if the world, has brSnded as silly
my talk that he might be a can
lidate for public office. He said he
vould make speeches for the Dem
ocrats but go no further.
RECORDS SMASHED
RIGHT AND LEFT AT
THE 1932 OLYMPICS
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 4, —The
year of 1932 should go down as the
year of the “big push” in athletics
and Olympic competition as near
ly all former records are being
shoved off the board by better
marks.
The third day of the Olympic
Games was similar to the first two
in that records were betetred in
in that records were bettered in
world records, aside from Olympic
records, are being shattered.
Californians attribute these re
cord-smashing performances to
the fact California’s climate is res
ponsible for the new marks while
others say that in addition to the
climate, that the human race ap
pears to be getting more speed,
strength and courage.
Not only the athletes are setting
marks but the crowds in attend
ance are greater; record crowds
depicting interest and enthusiasm.
Officials are making a record, too,
in the manner in which they are
handling the vast crowds.
OFFICIALS TRY LEARN
IDENTIFY MYSTERIOUS
BLONDE BEAUTY, CASE
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug., 4, —The j
identity of *the mysterious blonde
held as a material witness in the
sensational case of George Douglas
Templeton, Jr., 20 year old Univer- j
sity of California student charged!
with the knife murder of his aunt
and with savagely hacking her
husband in an alleged crime for re
venge, was sought by authorities.
They admit they are seeking at
least two young women in the case.
The police said the woman who
gave her age as 28 and name as
Claire Burnette, is also known as
Dixiani Chaplin- She declared she j
was a graduate of Vassar College1
and the daughter of a retired ban-:
ker in New York.
Investigation into the blonde’s
identity was started when advices
from Vassar said no such girl ever i
attended the school.
GETTING READY FOR HOP
SEATTLE, Aug., 4, —Nartt C. |
Browne, who was unsuccessful in :
his trans-Pacific flight attempt re
cently, is preparing for another at
tempt. He says he has obtained a
plane and is planning to make the
try in a couple of weeks. Browne
has been flying out of Seattle
since the crash, earning cash with
which to finance the hop.
TRANSPORT AMERICANS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug., 4, —The
Ministry of Marines in response
to a request from Walter Thurson,
charge d’Affairs at the American
embassy, has begun arranging
transportation for American res
idents at Santos, Brazil, in case
their evacuation is made necessary
by the San Paulo revolt.
heavy losses
SHANGHAI, Aug., 4, —Heavy
losses on both sides are reported
in a battle between Kwantung
provincial forces and a horde of
brigands along the northern bor
der of Kwangtung. The provincial
forces assert they have scattered
the outlaws and prevented an ad
vance through the province.
Yukon Territory is weathering
the present depression well, declar
ed George Black of Dawson, who
is Speaker of the Canadian House
of Parliament, and who recently
passed thru Juneau enroute to
Dawson from Ottawa. In Caanda,
as in the United States, he said,
the government is curtailing ap
propriations. While grants for Yu
kon Territory were reduced, still
their decrease was not so propor
tionally large as some of the pro
vinces.
BONUS SEEKERS IRE
MB PHEPIRITB
TO LEM FOR HOMES
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug., 4, —
The bonus expeditionary force, on
Wednesday, was packing in pre
paration to go back to their homes
Huge groups of soldiers left the
camp at all hours of the day until
it was estimated that at least 800
had departed. More are expected to
leave today.
The unsuccessful bonus seekers
are being escorted out of the state
by troopers.
Some opposition developed Wed
nesday in the bonus camp among
the soldiers when it was learned
that they were to break camp.
However, Mayor Eddie McCloskey,
former prize-fighter and pants
presser, was there and he quickly
quieted all opposition by threat
ening to “punch the man who did
not' pack up,” in the nose.
UNAMERCAN DECISION
IS MADE BY OLYMPIC
GAMES COMMITTEE
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 4, —There
was quite a furore raised in this
city Wednesday when the Olympic
Games committee decided to pro
hibit the appearance of Clarence
Mews, colored, a noted singer and
radio artist, to entertain Olympic
Games athletes.
It was pointed out that the of
ficials allowed such negro stars as
Tolan and Metcalfe to run winning
races, despite their color, but that
when Mews appeared on the list of
entertainers, the color line was
drawn.
Prominent Los Angeles citizens
stated afterwards that they thot
the decision of the games commit
tee was not the decision of the
committee, as a whole, but rather j
the verdict of one or two members.:
NEW YORK, Aug., 4, —The New
York Times says responsibility for
the demonstration that culminated
in the bonus army riots at Wash
ington was accepted by the com
munist party at its headquarters
here.
At the same time it was announc
ed plans are rapidly being made
for a new bonus march on Wash
ington when Congress reconvenes
in December.
The march is planned under the
auspices of the workers’ ex-service
men’s league, which numbers many
communisst among members and
which were active in the recent
demonstrations at the capital.
SEEK LOWER IMPORTS
OTTAWA, Aug., 4, —Reduced
Canadian imports of chemicals
from the United States is the la
test reported goal of the British
in the great trade conference here.
According to reports the British
plan to ask a 10 per cent reduction
in imports from the United States
with the provision that the chemi
cals so banned be brought into
this country come from Great Brit
ain.
TRAIN CRASH
PEORIA, 111., Aug., 4, —A Bur
lington railway passenger train :
crashed into a freight train here ■
Wednesday. One person was killed -
and several injured. A number of
ihe coaches burst into flames af- ■
;er the crash. t
CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 4, — <
President Hoover held a series of
conferences in the executive man- !
sion Wednesday for the purpose of
considering appointments of direc
tors to the banking board. It was •
expected that the President would i
make known three appointments
today.
RAISING “WAR” CHEST
NEW YORK, Aug., 4, (JP)—1The
task of raising a “war” chest for
the Democratic national campaign
and putting the party on a “sound
financial footing,” by financiers
and close friends of Governor F.
Roosevelt, has started.
RECLUSE CONFESSES HE
LUDINGTON, Mich., Aug., 4, (JP)
—Frances Nash, the strange re
cluse, cowered in his cell after con
fesing to having strangled pretty
17 year-old Evelyn Sanford.
The community was stirred by
the discovery of her bruised body
in a shallow grave and residents
voiced lynching threats.
Police waited for the hostility to
subside before proceeding with his
arraignment
Scratches on his face led to his
arrest; his confession followed, in
which be said he met the girl on a
lonely road and killed her when
she repulsed his advances. He de
nied he assaulted her.
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST AT THE
On June 1st Donald Sutherland,
born in Alaska, was graduated from
school in Washington and has
made application for entry in
Princeton College. In order to do
some preliminary study in France
Donald, accompanied by his moth
er, sailed on the City of Hamburg,
from Baltimore, on July 13, ex
pecting to be absent about two
months and to visit France, Scot-!
land and London. Dan Suther-1
land, who is spending the summer
in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, at Lisbon, came to see
the family off and spend a couple
of days in Washington and Phila
delphia.
The large government hospital at
Kanakanak was completely destroy
ed by fire some weeks ago and
Delegate Wickersham has received
wires from Alaska Associated Fish
ermen of Nushagak and Igloo 28,
Pioneers of Alaska, volunteering to
furnish whatever labor is neces
sary to make the required changes
in remodeling whatever building is
decided upon for use in establish
ing a new hospital. The matter
was taken up with the Indian Bu
reau officials in Washington and
gratitude was expressed for the
kindly offer of assistance. Assur
ance was given that a hospital
would be maintained at Kanakanak |
and that possibly the present
school building would be utilized |
for the erection of a new building, |
for which an appropriation will be!
asked from Congress at its Decem
ber session.
The U. S. Geological Survey has
completed a manuscript of Eureka
and vicinity, in the Kantishna dis
trict, by Francis G. Wells. This
mining district is about 90 miles
west of McKinley Park station on1'
the Alaska Railroad. The part of!
the district covered by this report
comprises an area of about 72
square miles in form of a strip six
miles wide and 12 miles long. Some
Pears ago about 1,300 tons of sul
phide ore, most of which assayed
tetter than $175 a ton with the
major value in silver, then worth
5100 an ounce, was mined and
shipped. The workings from 1
which this ore was taken are now
naccessible. Of 104 samples taken
from accessible quartz veins thru
st the district the highest assay
was $3.40 ounces of gold and 1.60
>unces of silver to the ton, and
the average was 0.21 ounces of
?old and 6.41 ounces of silver. ~
A. R. Bates, 32, and Prank Han
son, 16, were arrested last week at
Skagway charged with contributing
to the dellnquincy of minor chil
dren.
UNITED SHIES IS
FID LEND OVER OTHER
NATIONS IT OLMPICS
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 4, (/P)—
American track men continued
their triumphal march in the 19th
Olympiad Wednesday.
William Miller pole-vaulted 14
feet, one and seventh-eighths in
ches, a new Olympic record, bet
tering the accepted world’s record
of 14 feet, one and one-eighths in
ches.
Anderson hurled the javelin 162
feet, one and one-half inches, for
a new Olympic record.
George Haling won the 110 meter
hurdles in 14 and six-tenths sec
onds.
Eddie Tolad, Negro sprinter,
stepped the 200 meters in 21 and
two-tenths seconds, clipping near
ly a second off th eOlympic record.
The United States is far out in
the lead over others with 152 points,
Great Britain is the closest com
petitor with 28; Ireland has 25;
Canada 19; Germany 18; Finland
16; Japan 14; Poland 10; Sweden
and France 7 each; other nations
are trailing four to one points.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 4, -When
the SS California clears Saturday
a new name will appear on the
Shipping Commissioners Register
as master, the old familiar Capt.
George Richardson, who has com
manded the vessel the SS Virginia,
the California’s sister-ship.
And Capt. Robert A. Smith, for
mer chief officer and relief cap
tain of the lines, will be in com
mand of the first turbo-electric
ship to be operated in the inter
coastal trade.
When his ship sails it will take
a large list of Western tourists and
some returning Eastward, via the
water route, from the Olympic
Games.
BliTiiSs
BEGIN CAMPAIGNS SOON
SEATTLE, Aug., 4, —Senator
Wesley L. Jones, author of the in
famous “five and 10 law,” return
ed to Washington State this week
from the nations capital. He left
for a brief rest at a mountain re
sort Wednesday and said that when
he returned he would make a state
ment on the prohibition question
as it effected the nation.
Meanwhile, Congressman Ralph
Horr, returning from his first ses
sion of Congress, also returned. He
evaded any statement on pohibi
tion by stating that before the dry
laws went into effect “you couldn’t
go to a certain university dance
if one’s breath smelled of liquor.
But now,” Congressman Horr said,
“you can’t get in unless you have a
bottle on your hip.”
MEXICO CITY, Aug., 4, —Gen
eral Plutarco Ellias Calles resigned
as Secretary of War and President
Drtiz Rubio, accepted his resigna
tion, confirming the reports of re
sent days that the strong man of
Mexico would soon step out.
General Calles resigned, it was
said, to care for his personal af
fairs. He did not mention his wife’s
illness which recently took the
souple to Boston for a delicate
jrain operation but the wording of
;he resignation indicated that this
was the prime motive.
AVIATORS ARE HONORED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 4, —
Russell Boardman and John Po
lando, who flew from New York to
Istanbul, Turkey, a year ago, were
given the Distinguished Flying
Cross here.