MEMBER ASSOCIATED PfcESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 27.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933.
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PIONEER RESIDENT
WESTWARD. DIES!
ONE OF MOST NOTABLE CHAR
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Death came today to Andrew
Grosvold, aged 70, pioneer of the1
Westward, who has been in ill
health for several years. A few
weeks ago he came to the hospital
for treatment, later returning to
his home at Sand Point. But on
the last voyage of the SS Starr
he was again a passenger, anoth
er serious attack having come
upon him.
Little could be done for the aged
gentleman and. at an early hour
this morning, he passed away.
Born February 9, 1863. in Nor
way, Mr. Grosvold came to Alaska
in 1885, arriving at Sand Point on |
February 13. Little did he realize I
on that day that there, at Sand
Point, he was to engage in large
business and rear a fine family;
Sand Point was then, and is today, j
a veritable paradise and most cen-j
trally located for his far-reaching
enterprises which followed.
During his first summer there
Mr. Grosvold fished. The following
year he joined a cod-fishing ves
sel and in 1887 he was at Karluk.
But it was in 1888 when he first
actually returned to Sand Point
for good. In that year he started
a fishing station of his own. In
1290 he shifted the station to San-:
:.k Island
In 1892 Mr. Ore •void join the
scores of sea otter hunters; skins
were plentiful then and brought
from $150 to $200 each.
In 1893 he married. Following;
this eventful period he decided to
trap and hunting bears. Fox. bear
and wolves abounded in great
numbers and little attention was
paid to mink. In those days, he
is recalled having said he saw as
many as 48 bears in one day.
Mr. Grosvold trapped and hunt- i
ed for three years each season kill
ing an average of 75 brown bear
and grizzlies. Then, in 1896, he;
went to Unga where he worked
as a miner.
In 1899 he sailed his own boat |
tx> Nome with a number of pros-1
pectors aboard; there he located'
the famous Lena and Mattie claims
on the head of Dexter. In 1900 he
sold out to C. D. Lane for $200,000
after which he made his first trip
"o the States since 1888.
The following year saw him en
gaging in blue fox raising, on sev
eral of the Shumagin islands and
from that time, he continued in
this line along with his mercan
tile and water transportation bus
mess. In 1902 be bought out Synde
& Hough, at Sand Point.
Local residents recall the time
Mr. Grosvold went to Portland, in
1900, when he hired an automobile
for $20 a day, the driver keeping
within a radius of two blocks of
his hotel for two days before Mr.
Grosvold discovered the hoax.
Surviving Mr. Grosvold is his |
wife and children at Sand Point, j
and his daughter, Mrs. Mellick.
wTho is enroute to Seward from
Seattle on the SS Northwestern.
When Mr. Grosvold retired some
years ago, Mr. Mellick succeeded
him in taking over their large !
business interests in and about
Sand Point. Relatives also survive j
aim in Norway.
An esteemed member of Seward j
Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, funeral;
arrangements are being held in
abeyance until word has been re- j
ceived from the family.
HUTU'S SKILLFUL
FLYING SB HIS LIFE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb. 2, — j
Lieut. Joe Dawson, March Field '
aviator, ended a sensational brush j
with death when, by skillful pilot
ing, he untangled 500 feet of cable
from the landing gear of his air
plane.
Lieutenant Dawson managed to
catch the cable in telephone wires
and pull it loose from his ship
while flying at low altitude.
STRAINED A MUSCLE
MIAMI, Fla., Feb- 2, —Helen
Hicks, former woman’s national
champion, notified club officials
she would not compete in the
Miami Biltmore women’s invita
tion golf tournament here because
of a strained stomach muscle.
AMERICAN SCOUTING
' FLEET TAKING A OAT
! OFF WAR MANEUVERS
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HONOLULU. Feb. 2, —The Amer
ican scouting fleet rested with
24 war-craft in Hawaiian waters
preparatory to resumption of man
euvers Monday when the main
phase of 1933 activities begins
with an attack upon the West
ern mainland without umpires to
decide who won.
There was some expression of
the Navy air squadrons satisfac
tion over their attack Wednesday
1 upon Pearl Harbor fortifications.
Army circles, however, replied
their theory was just as good, i
i that the Army had turned back i
the Navy in a dog-fight before its j
' fliers reached the island.
GLENDALE. Calif.. Feb. 2. — j
Four members of one family weie|
crushed to death beneath tons of;
lumber in a spectacular traffic |
a c c i d e n t We dues day.
Crowded into a small roadster, j
the family of Mr. and Mrs. F. R.
Loring was pinned in the wreck- j
age of the car and from a trailer i
which broke loose from a truck:
and crashed into them.
Fred 15. Marion 7. Jewel 5, and
James 2. were killed instantly
when buried under 13 tons of lum
ber which rolled off the overturn
ed trailer.
AFTER LEAPING THRU
TRAIN WINDOW AND
ESCAPING. MAN SHOT
BATON ROUGE. La.. Feb. 2, —
Stanley “Swede” Anderson, St.
Louis underworld character who
escaped from United States mar
shtLs by leaping through the win
dow of a swiftly moving train
north of, New Orleans, was shot
and killed near here as he sought
to flee northward on a fast freight
train.
He was shot dowrn by a deputy
sheriff in an open field near the
Louisiana University after jump
ing from the freight.
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RECALL GOV. RALPH
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 2. —
The California Grange officially
launched its proposed drive for
the recall of Gov. James Rolph Jr.
They charge him with gross
abuse of the civil service, general
incompetency, indulgence in friv
ilous pastimes unbecoming a Gov
ernor, and with dissapating $31,
000.000 surplus and increasing the
state’s debt $9,000,000.
The Grange is having 30,000 re
call petitions printed; 166,000 sig
natures are required.
RECOMMENDED
JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Feb'. 2,
—Chas. M. Hay of this city has
been recommended to President
Elect Roosevelt for Governor Gen
eral of the Philippine Islands.
SEARCH FOR ALASKANS
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2, —Mexi
can and San Diego authorities
have been authorized to investi
gate the mysterious disappearance
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson,
of Fairbanks. They vanished De
cember 5.
FOOD SAYS PRESENT
TIMES ARE GOOD AND
FUTURE QUITE BRIGHT
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. —The New 1
York Times, in a special interview
with Henry Ford, quoted the auto
mobile magnate as saying:
“These are not bad times but
good ones. America is on the
threshold of an inconceivably
bright future. The development of
machinery will bring a new era.
Technocracy is misnamed.
‘‘The people say something has
broken down. I say life has brok
en out.” Then, with a boyish smile
Mr. Ford added: “ The Machine
age has barely started- This is on- I
ly the ox cart stage of the mach
ine age. I wish I could be alive
to see the new.”
GOVERNMENT TAKES
HAND INVESTIGATING
IN'S DISAPPEARANG
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb- 2. —
The United States government has
entered into the investigation ol
the mysterious disappearance of |
Lee Schlesinger, prominent Port
land, Oregon business man and
socialite.
The alleged ransom note, which
was mailed to Mrs. Schlesinger in
Portland nearly a week after her
husband's car was found in the
Coiumbia river, was turned over to
postal inspectors by Sheriff Me
Crite. There have been no other
developments in the case, Me
Crite said.
POLITICAL KILLING
SOFIA. Feb. 2. —Christo Tray
kofT. a Communist deputy, was
killed by a gang who escaped. Po
lice said the members probably
were political opponents.
Dow Jones industrials closed, up
.13; rails, up .23; utilities, off .47; !
bonds, off .08.
U. S. Steel declared a 50 cent
dividend on preferred against
$1.75 for the preceding quarter.
The company lost $16,729,000 dur
ing the fourth quarter against $20,
872,000 loss the preceding quarter.
May wheat closed 47% at Chica
go, unchanged from Monday.
March Rio coffee was 599 and
March sugar 067.
In January, week of the 28th,:
Rock Island System loadings were j
23.4 per cent under last vear as |
against a 20.5 per cent decrease
the preceeding week.
Stocks in Berlin are reported as
having closed with considerable
gains.
Studabaker preferred dividend
has been passed.
The regular International Har
vester Machines dividend has been*
declared.
A backing and filling stock mar
ket is looked for.
Oil and copper stocks showed
The Standard Oil of New Jersey
discontinued dividends,
little change.
The day’s sales were 1,190,000.
A1 Chem. 85%, Am. Can 50%,
Am. Smelt. 13%, Am. Fone 104%,
Am. Tob. 60%, Auburn 46%, Bald I
5%, B. & O. 10%, Beth. Steel 14%,
Cal. Pkg. 9%, Can. Pac. 11%, Case j
45%, Chrysler 13%, Con. Gas 57%,>
Dupont 39%, Eastman 58%, Gen.
Elec. 15%, Gen. Foods 24, Gen.
Mtrs. 13%, Goodrich 4%, Goodyear
15, Int. Tel. 6%, Loews %, Mont.j
Ward 14%, Dairy Prod. 14%, Pac-;
Gas 29%, Penn. RR. 18%, Pullman
22%, Radio 4%, Radio Keith 1%.'
Simmons 6%, So. Pac. 18%, Std.
Oil, Calif., 24%, Un. Carbide 26%, i
Un. Oil, Cal. 10%, Un. Pac. 76,
Steel 28%, Steel, Prfd. 61%, West.;
Un. 26%, Westinghouse 28%,:
Woolworth 32%.
Canadian dollar 83%, a new low.
English sterling 3.39%.
Prices on extra fine eggs yester
day were 16c per dozen for large,
15c for mediums and 14c for
smalls, a drop of one cent from
the preceeding day. Butter sold
for 19c per pound and cheese 10%c.
HALIBUTTERS LEAVE
SEATTLE, Feb- 2, —One hun
dren and 75 halibut vessels have
left here for the North Pacific
fsihing banks. There are about 600
men aboard. While the price on
halibut is low, nevertheless the
bwners will take a chance on mar
ket conditions improving.
GIGANTIC ATTACK
ON UNEMPLOYMENT IS
PLANNED BY HITLER
t BERLIN, Feb. 2, —The Reichstag
J was dissovled Wednesday by Chan
| cellor Adolf Hitler under authori
ty of a decree signed earlier in the
day by President Paul von Hin
denburg.
The President had signed a dis
solution decree giving Hitler per
mission to use it at his discretion.
He exercised his right within the
hour.
Chancellor Hitler, in a message
to the German people which he
broadcast, declared he would un
dertake to organize the nation’s
economy program, to save Germ
any’s farmers in order to maintain
the nation's food basis, and the
second plan is to rescue German
labor by a “gigantic attack” on
unemployment.
SUICIDE PACT
BALTIMORE, Mel. Feb. 2, — j
Corporal Clarence Simms and his
19 year-old wife, formerly of Ta
coma, Wash., were in a critical
condition from bullet wounds in a
hospital here after what Army of
ficers was a murder-suicide at
tempt. culminating a • domestic
quarrel.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Feb. 2. —
Additional troops of Illinois Nat
ional Guards were ordered mobiliz- j
ed for guard duty when 5,000 wom
en planned to march here from
the coal regions in the central
part of the state.
The troops were ordered mobil
ized after Adjutant General Black
wras informed the wives of coal i
miners would march into Spring
field and present demands to the
legislature and governor that they
be extended relief.
CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN
CARIBOU, Me., Feb. 1,—A con
science-stricken young woodchop
per led officers deep into the snow
bound backwoods and showed
them the hidden body of a man
he slew with an ax a year ago.
The confessed slayer was Rolan
do King, a husky 18-year-old
French-Canadian who speaks no
English. The body was that of
Louis Paradis, 50.
TROOPS DISPATCHED
TO OIL DISTRICT
BUCHAREST, Feb. 2, —Troops
were dispatched to Pdoesti to sup
press serious disorders resulting
from wage disputes at the Ruma
nian-American oil company’s re
finery.
A thousand workers were re
ported to have stormed the re
finery gates and unsatisfied byi
the explanation of the plant man
ager, to have demolished the in
terior of the administration build
ing.
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SO HE MARRIED THE GIRL
NEW YORK, Feb. 2, —Gilbert
Kahn, • son of Otto H. Kahn, the
banker, obtained a license to mar
ry Sarah Anne Helicker, Indian
apolis dancer, who has appeared
in the chorus of Broadway musi
cal comedies. Mr. Kahn’s first
Anne Elizabeth Whelan, ob
tained a Reno divorce January 10.
NEW BORDER TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2, —
A new Mexican-American border
treaty, designed to provide flood
control and prevent losses from
the periodic overflows in the Rio
Gradne valley, was signed in Mex
ico City yesterday.
MEN'S PATRIOTIC
LEAGUE IS URCINC A
STRONGER DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2, —
The Eighth Women’s Patriotic con
gress on national defense voted
to maintain a continuous pressure
on Congress in behalf of strong
er military protection for the na
tion.
The conference voted to have
its chairman appoint three Wash
ington women to serve without pay
to keep in close touch with Con
gress and to inform all partici
pating organizations when bills
of national defense import are
pending.
ATE RAZOR BLADES
CHICAGO. Feb. 2, —Ernest Jack
son, 22, went to jail for 10 days
for eating safety razor blades and
electric light plugs in puDlic. He
demonstrated his prowess in court.
He was charged with blocking
traffic.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, —Chief
Technocrat Howard Scott, shaken
by revolt and secession that ousted
him and technocracy from Colum
bia University’s halls, is determin
ed that the work shall go on.
Renouncing some of the state
ments and attitudes of Scott. Pro
fessor Walter Rautenstrauch of
Columbia and three associates
who have been prime movers in
the technocracy group, have with
drawn. They will continue their
researches into certain economic
matters they say but not undei the
name technocracy.
CHAMP GOLF PLAYOFF
NEW YORK. Feb. 2, —The 1933
national golf championship will
be played over the Kenwood Coun
try Club coui’se of Cincinnati, Sep
tember 11-17, it was announced
by the United States Golf Associa
tion. Elimination rounds for the
tournament will be held August
8 in various districts throughout
the country.
BILL WOULD RELE1SE
PPSICIIS, VOLSTEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2, — j
Removal of all statutory limita-i
tions imposed upon physicians by
the Volstead Act in prescribing
liquor was approved by a House
judiciary committee dominated by
dry members.
It recommended passage of a
bill introduced by Representative;
Celler, Democrat, New York, a
physician, and backed by the
American Medical Association.
SUV CUD CALS
AND MANAGED ARRESTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, —Ar
rested in scanty attire, which was
becoming scantier as they danced
before an audience of 300 men in
Lovchen Gardens, Colma, six girls
and their manager were held by
Sheriff J. J. McGrath of San Ma
teo county as vagrants.
The manager identified himself
as Theodore Williams, 43, a former
Alaskan.
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 2, —
William J. Guy, charged with the
murder of Capt. Walter Wander
well, goes on trial today.
HITLER JSKS FARMERS
I AND LABOR SUPPORT
BUILD UP GERMANY
BERLIN. Feb. 2, —After Presi
! dent Paul von Hindenburg had
dissolved the Reichstag Wednes
day, Adolf Hitler, the new Chan
I cellor of the Reich, Issued a pro
j clamation to the German people
in which he announced his gov
ernment would put through two
four-year plans to effect the sal
vation of farmers and workers.
He asked for their support to
build Germany up in four years
and repair the damage created by
the last 14 years.
Hitler has prohibited Commun
ists from holding public meetings
and parades. Three Fascists and
two policemen were killed at Ham
burg, during rioting, and many
Communists injured and jailed.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2,—Speed
Queen of the Pacific!
That’s the new title for the SS
Lurline, of the Oceanic Matson
Company.
In exactly 11 days, seven hours
and 33 minutes of running time,
from New York and 15 days, 17
hours and 25 minutes of elapsed
time, this new palatial steamer
arrived here on her maiden trip.
Having thus established an all
time speed record for the run of
5,598 miles from New York and
likewise an all-time speed mark
for th£ run of 3,230 miles from
the Panama Canal to San Fran
cisco in six days, nine hours and
nine minutes, the liner proceeded
up the bay amid the admiring
shrieks of marine sirens and the
diapansoic greetings of heavier
whistles ashore.
It was a proud time for Chas.
A. Berndston, commander, and H.
T. Abbott, chief engineer, and it
was shared by the steamer’s pilot,
Captain John Diggs, himself, an
oldtime Matson skipper.
DEATH PENALTY IS
DECREED RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Feb., 2, —Calling for
a merciless fight against “sabot
eurs” in the North Caucasian agri
cultural region, scene of the re
cent wholesale arrest and banish
ment of peasants to Siberia, Jos
eph V. Stalin and V. M. Molotoff
decreed the death penalty to per
sons actively hindering prepara
tory work in spring planting.
The principal problem before
the Soviet Union this year is to
find relief for a serious food short
age.
GFRIiN GOODS
FLOODING FRINGE
PARIS, Feb. 2, —The United
States sold more goods to France
in 1932 than any other country
except Germany, according to
foreign trade statistics made pub
lic.
France purchased 2,918.453 francs
in goods from America against
sales to the United States of only
957.394.000 francs and imported
from Germany, goods valued at 3.
618.594.000 francs.
TEHNOCRACY CONFAB
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 2, —Rev.
Marshall Dawson, president of the
newly incorporated National tech
nocratic party, said he hopes to
hold a convention of technocrats
here. Reverend Dawson said the
party will work for a change in
the federal constitution enabling
the government to unify and con
trol industry.