MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 297.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RESUME OF PRESIDENT-ELECTS
PLEDGES WHEN IN OFFICE
AFTER MARCH 4
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 16.—
Franklvn Delano Roosevelt will en
ter the White House as the 32nd
President next March, committed
by party platform and personal
pledge to a program of wide re
trenchment in the cost of Federal
government to taxpayers.
Constantly reiterated, that pledge
has been a major item of the eco
nomic discussion which marked his
victorious campaign. Repeatedly
the President-elect has promised
an effort to slash ordinary expenses
of government by 25 per cent.
What that goal will amount to in
dollars and cents will depend upon
what happens to annual appropria
tions in the session of Congress
which convenes in December to
provide funds for the next fiscal
year.
Thruout his nationwide cam
paign, however, Mr. Roosevelt in
sisted tha ta program of drastic
retrenchment sufficient to reach a
balanced budget was the essential
step toward economic recovery.
FOUNDATION STONE
This was the foundation stone of
every auxiliary proposal he made
for restoring trade at home or with
other countries, for curing unem
ployment and for aiding farm re
covery. It was even the basis for
his insistence upon repeal of the
18th amendment and early modifi
cation of the Volstead act.
Mr. Roosevelt during his cam
paign, made one definite pledge to
ward carrying out this fundament
al step that went beyond the four
corners of the Democratic platform.
No man would be seated at his cabi
net table, he promised, who had not
pledged himself to loyal co-opera
tion with his retrenchment policy.
In the course of his swing thru
the country the most far-ranging
campaign tour of any man elected
to the presidency in years, Mr.
Roosevelt filled in the outline of
his purposes as President with de
tailed proposals as to many mat
ters.
They constituted the blueprint of
the “new deal’’ to which he pledg
ed himself in his speech to the
Chicago convention accepting the
presidential nomination.
A nine-point program of reme
dies designed to prevent recurrence
of the economic crash marked Mr.
Roosevelt’s first major address of
the campaign, delivered at Colum
bus. Ohio, in August.
This program called for rigid
scrutiny and control by the Federal
government of securities based on
interstate commerce, and restric
tion of the use of reserve bank
funds in speculative operations. As
a principle of executive policy he
pledged himself to avoid even im
plied government approval of pri
vate loans abroad.
An eight-joint program for con
trol of public utilities supplemented
this general outline during Mr.
Roosevelt’s Western tour.
This program included publicity
for security issues, capital invest
ment and indebtedness, ownership
of stocks and bonds, and intercom
pany contracts; regulation of hold
ing companies by the Federal Pow
er Commission; criminal statutes
to cover false representations, and
substitution of the “prudent invest
ment’’ for the “reproduction ccst”
theory in rate making.
A seven-point program for rail
reads, including extension of inter
state commerce commission author
ity to buses and trucks, also was
unfolded during that tour. Mr.
Roosevelt described it in brief as
designed “to avoid financial ex
cesses. adjust plant to traffic, co
ordinate all carrier services, pro
tect the worker, and about all,
serve the public reasonably, swiftly
and well.”
HAS FARM AID PLAN
At another point Mr. Roosevelt
outlined six “specifications” for a
plan for farm recovery which he
could endorse, and on which he said
he understood “most of the reason
ON THE SPOT
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16.—
| Democratic leaders here hoped that
President-eect Roosevelt would not
accept President Hoover’s invita
tion to an informal White House
conference on war debts, believing
that Hoover is trying to put Roose
velt on the spot by passing the
buck.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, —Pas
sage of a phohibition repeal reso
lution by the short session of Con
| gross is improbable, but it is virtu
ally assured the 73rd Congress will
enact one. Mrs. Charles Sabin,
chairman of the Women’s Organi
■ sage of a prohibition repeal reso
, form, said .
There is a possibility she believes
of modelation of the Volstead law
in the lame duck session next
month.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15—Par
dons by Christmas for all persons
in California prisons who are “not
guilty of anything outside of viola
tion of the Wright act, “were again
promised by Governor Rolfh when
he arrived here for a livestock ex
hibition.
The action, he said, is being held
up only until the Secretary of State
certifies the result of the recent
election. The “Deadline” for this
is December 18.
There are about 30 Wright act
prisoners in San Quentin, and Fol
som and some 700 more in jails
thruout the State. The Governor’s
amnesty is expected to include all
of them.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—The United
States government was accused
here yesterday with being in com
j petition not only against legitimate
business, but houses of prostitu
! tion
These charges were made by the
| Shannon Congressional committee
which said the houses of prostitu
tion were in Panama in buildings
owned by the government.
The legitimate business included
selling hogs and cattle, operating
bars and brothels, permitting
shooting galleries, competing with
veterinary surgeons and operating
printing plants and newspapers.
BIG GAME SOON
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—The Univer
sity of Washington and University
of Southern California will tangle
here Thanksgiving day.
JUST FOR THAT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.—“I’ll
hit him so hard on his skull that
his ancestors will turn over in their
graves,” shouted Max Rosenbloom,
heavyweight, who fights J. H. Lew
is of Arizona here next week. Lew
is had previously informed scribes
what he was going to do to Max.
able leaders of agriculture” were
agreed
Federal legislative aspects that
he touched upon include reorgani
| zation of the Agricultural Depart
j ment to provide machinery for na
tional planning, and reduction in
and more equitable tax distribu
tion.
Among other steps to which the
! Fre-ident-elcct has committed him
! self are the substitution of “nego
! tiated tariffs” for present meth
' od of tariff making, Americaia initi
ative in calling an international
silver conference, and the re-estab
lishment of an actual cash surplus
in the treasury as the only condi
tion that would warrant considera
tion of any advance payment of
the soldiers’ bonus.
ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS j
HOOVER'S INVITATION i
WHITE HOUSE CONFAB!
I
1 WASHINGTON. Nov. 15, —The
administration was pleased to
learn yesterday that Prseident
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, had
| accepted President Hoover’s invi
tation to a White House conference
to discuss the European debt prob
lem and other major probeleins.
Governor Roosevelt, in his note,
said that he hoped they could
meet informally and personally
and that he would phone the Pres
ident the end of this week for a
definite date.
Republican House and Senate
leaders, in the main, are against
cancellation and are wondering if
either Hoover or Roosevelt have
made premature promises to Great j
Britain for it is thought that Eng- j
land never would have asked for |
postponement of the December 15 j
war debt payment unless she had
been given hope such postpone
ment would be granted. The same
refers to France.
British press is unanimous in the
belief that the United States will
reopen war debt negotiations and
grant a moratorium.
Meanwhile, it is now rumored
about the Capitol that there will
probably be two women in the
Roosevelt Cabinet, one heading the
Department of the Interior and
the second, the Department of
Labor.
Monday, at Liberal. Kas., Presi
dent Hoover, who is enroute to
Washington from California, was
presented with 70 wild ducks for
his Thanksgiving dinner. Hundreds
of school children greeted the pres
idential party with waving flags as
also did several posts of the Ameri
■ can Legion.
6.0. ?. ON ir TO
TOTAL OBLIVION, SAID
NEW YORK, Nov., 15.—Since last
summer the Republican party has
been drifting steadily toward “in
tellectual and political bankrup
tcy”, Nicholas Murray Butler, Re
publican and President of Colum
bia University said.
“The Republican party has been
thrown into receivership, and un
less immediate steps are taken it
will pass out of existance”, he said.
1
MIS LARGE SUM
Under pressure of necessity for
retrenchment to prevent the Ter
ritory going deeper into the red be
fore the next taxes are available
the following list of appropriations
r made by the last Legislature and
, given supervision by the Governor,
have been withheld for disburse
ment:
Ship subsidies . $.11,458.00
^ Road money. 190,955.00
Construction schools.30,000.00
! Mining investigation . .12,000-00
Aid to prospectors .12,000.00
’ Shelter cabins .7,300.00
Aid to fairs .10,000.00
. Forest fire protection .3,000.00
Pioneer home bonds .40,000,00
Clearing salmon streams .18,000,00
! Carrier pigeons .2,500.00
Telephone lines .5.000.00
Alaska chamber Com .4,750.00
" Improve Gov. grounds ..1,000.00
Radio subsidies .10,000.00
Water Trans, at Iditarod . ..5.000,00
_
1 Total $362,963.00
BUSINESS PICKS UP
SPOKANE, Wn„ Nov. 16.—Bank
• j figures increased here last week by
•! more than $2,000,000.
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1 DEATH TOLL REDUCED
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—The
> safety first rules provided for
■ 1932 football has brot results in re
■ ducing deaths; 24 football players
[ have been killed in games this
year as against 50 in 1931.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Nervous
selling touched off by more bank
failures, sent the market down
ward one to four points.
Coco-Cola directors decided to
postpone the regular dividend;
bonds moved lower. Cotton lost 75
cents a bale, but wheat held steady
FOR COMMON MAN
SEATTLE, Nov. 15, —Homer T.
Bone who defeated as Senator,
Wesley L. Jones in Tuesday’s elec
tion, will crusade “for the common
man” as Senator, he said. On pro
hibition, Bone supports the Demo
cratic platform of repeal.
EiBUTE
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SEATTLE, Nov., 15,—The SS. Al
aska, of the A. S- S. Co., sailed this
morning at 9 o’clock with the fol
lowing Seward passengers:
Mrs. A. C. Nicodet, Dr. and Mrs.
L. J. Seeley, C. D. Jones, M. Clif
ford Smith, Jr., O. Meiser, Mrs. L.
H. Gillette, Robert Gillette, Mrs.
Edwin Thomas, N. Gasper, Arnst
Skug, Louis Espansa, Frank Mat
rige, Mrs. Chas. Hatton, J. Lancas
ter, Clara and Louise Wimer, Carl
and M. A. Andresen, Alice Albright,
Lynn Smith and G. Kugik.
FEAR DISORDERS
PEYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov., 15,—
Fearing communist disorders, au
thorities confiscated all arms and
ammunition here. Police were re
inforced and ordered to keep a
close watch for secret gatherings.
MODESTO, Calif., Nov. 15, —
Quadruplets, three girls and a
boy, were born here late Sunday to
Mrs. Barbara Pcone, 36, wife of
M. E. Pcone, rancher.
The girls weighed three pounds,
seven ounces, three pounds, seven
ounces, and two pounds, 11 ounces.
Mrs. Pcone and girls were reported
doing nicely.
The boy who weighed three
pounds and 13 ounces, died shortly
after birth. Mrs. Pcone had pre
viously given birth to three sets of
triplets, but all died excepting one.
NEW PEACE PLANS
- GENEVA, Nov. 16.—An interna
tional army under the jurisdiction i
of the League of Nations is the
latest plan suggested for world
peace. The plan calls for non-ag
gression pacts allowing progressive
armies. Several principles con
tained in the Hoover plan have
been retained.
WILL CONTINUE
SEATTLE, Nov. 16. — Maurice
Smith, Federal dry director for
Oregon and Washington, said he
would continue to enforce dry laws
pending action by Congress next
month.
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MERCHANTS UNITE
TACOMA, Wn., Nov. 16.—Tacoma
mercantile establishments are unit
ing in a great sales week, similar to
one held last year, for the purpose
of bringing hoarded money into cir
culation.
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“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
• PARIS, Nov., 15,—The truffle
hounds were baying and the hunt
ing pigs snorting and snorting in
the oak forests of Fordogne v/here
the annual truffle harvest has just
opened Prospects indicate high
Quality in truffles this year, though
the quantity is lower than usual
and high prices will prevail.
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OFF ON LONG TRIP
LONDON, Eng. Nov. 15, — Mrs.
Aimy Johnson Mollison, famous
English aviatrix, soared into the
sky yesterday and headed for Cape
Town, Africa, in an attempt to low
er her husband’s record of four
days. In the fight she must fly
over 2,000 miles of Sahara desert.
TYPHOON HIT TOKIO
TOKIO, Nov. 16, —Sixty bodies
have been recovered from debris,
the aftermath of a typhoon which
struck here Sunday night. Plane
service was renewed today. Thirty
thousand homes were inundated
and Tckio was in darkness thru
out the night. Several landslides
were reported and it is feared the
toll of death will be great.
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Nov. 15, — i'
Continued pleas for food and (
clothing went to o1I sections of the
island as survivors of last week’s!1
hurricane began rebuilding their j
ruined homes. !
Minister cf the Interior, Octavio ,
Zubizarretta now estimates the
known dead at more than 2,503
after an inspection tour thru the
affected area.
Government officials asked pro
vincial authorities to rush more
food and clothing. All stores in
the area have been depleted. {
COMMUNISTS PLAN
TO MARCH ON CAPITAL
10 CONGRESS DEC. 4
NEW YORK, Nov. 15—The Nat
ional committee of unemployed
councils of the United States
(Communist) announced that 10,
000 demonstrators would converge
on Washington December 4, to lay
a series of “demands” before Con
gress.
One column from Seattle was to
start Saturday and others will start
from the major cities within the
next two weeks, according to Her
bert Benjamin, National secretary.
The marchers will be joined by
others in the cities they pass thru.
Another group will leave San
Francisco Wednesday.
Passengers who boarded the SS. |
Admiral Evans at Seward were:—!
Miss Maurine Parker, R. C. Ingram,!
Milo Caughrean, Feodet Gregaroff. j
for Juneau: Gus Gilles and Oscar:
Katurai, for Cordova: F. B. Curren j
and Herman Criger, for Valdez; j
and for Seattle, E. K. Mills, L. J j
Herbert, Peter Thibult, Allen An
derson.
The following reservations
boarded the liner at points West of
Seward and the South:
For Seward: Dr. Edna Tavlin, J.
N. Kalnikoff, J. Halferty. For Val
dez: Mrs. H. Anderson, Judge A. F.
Stowe, E. H. Boyer, Miss Ann Heit
man, Jennie Heitman, Mrs. A. L.
man, H. Anderson, Jr., Wm. Hart
man, H. Anderson Jr., Wm. Hart
man, Costa Inga. For Cordova:
Mrs. H. Obsen. For Seattle: Geo.
E. Taylor.
WHERE’S SHARKEY
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—A heavy
weight battle looms here next June
between the two Maxies. Schmel
ing and Baer.
“GUTS!’’
PAPIS, Nov., 15,—A1 Brown, Pan
ama lightweight, wan over the
champion of France, Emil S. Sad
ler, the latter being floored three
times m the last round. When the
referee held aloft Brown’s arm, the
fighter slid to the floor in a faint.
He had fought while ill and with a
temperature of 100.
URGES ACTION
NEW YORK, Nov. 15,—A group of
America’s foremost economists is
sued a statement here urging that
the United States reconsider and
readjust the question of inter-gov
ernmental debts. Alfred P. Sloan,
, president of the General Motors
Corp., represented the group as
chairman of the committee.
MANY ADVANTAGES FOR SUCH
AN INDUSTRY IN THE TER
RITORY
At the present time three-fourths
of all the wood pulp used in the
United States is imported. The
bulk of this comes from Canada
which ships 82 per cent of its pulp
wood and paper to the United
States. In 1926 this volume reach
ed the sum of approximately $132,
057,208
The Canadian pulpwood and pa
per industry is valued at $459,457,
696. employing 27,627 persons and
disbursing annually in wages $37,-'
649,488.
Other contributors to pulpwood
and paper imports to the United
States are Norway, Sweden and So
viet Russia. Norway’s lumber and
pulp exports amount, to 248.921,185
kronen annually and Sweden ex
ports $83,511,212 worth of wood
pulp, much of which finds its way
into the United States.
This condition is the result of
tariff discriminations which allow
! this material to enter free of duty.
As has been pointed out on many
occasions, the Canadian paper and
pulp manufacturing business is an
international affair, and the im
port volume represents the invest
ment volume of United States cap
ital
In Alaska alone there are about
20,000,000 acres of forest land sup
porting a stand of timber that can
supply four-fifths of all the wood
pulp needs of the United States at
its present rate of consumption for
an indefinite period because of the
vast areas of timber being replaced
; by growth as rapidly as it is uti
lized.
In addition to timber supply, Al
aska has water-supply for unlimit
ed hydro-electric power, situated
' in the heart of the timber area,
i Among the things to be pressed
! as a means of re-establishing pros
! perity a tariff on woodpulp would
, transfer much of this vast volume
of business to Alaska and the Pa
cific Northwest States.
A comparison of the operating
costs between Canada’s pulp and
paper manufacturering and that of
Alaska reveals that if anything
Alaska has many advantages. Of
i these is water haul to the principal
| Pacific coast ports and the same
: advantage via the Panama Canal
to the Atlantic coast. Wages are
| about equal.
While much of the pulpwood tim
J ber of Canada is harvested by reg
| ular crews, much of it comes from
j contract, whereby rural populations
| find employment in winter in cut
i ting and peeling and delivering to
j collection points.
Ellamar
Dimcnc! 12; Wickersham 3; Paul
6; Rustgard 5; Truitt 2; Boyle 6:
Cole 9: Karnes 4; Keller 12; Hesse
10; Wnnn 4; Campbell 4; Ray 9;
Hofman 8; Larson 7; MeCutcheon
I 6; McDonald 10; Nafsted 7; Patter
son 9; Fhinn 7; Taylor 9.
Napamute
Dim on d D; Wickersham 4; Paul
i 3: Rustgard 7; Truitt 3; Boyle 6;
! Cole 4; Karnes 5; Keller 7; Hesse
; 4; Wann 3; Hess 5; Ross 4; DeVane
10; Donnelley 1; Buckley 1; Buzbv
' 1: Fohnhansen 5; Johnston 3; Lin
go 2; McDonald 2; Kerland‘4: Nor
dale 7; Rothenburg 6.
Latouche
Dimond 13; Wickersham 6; Paul
j 2; Rustgard 8; Truitt 9; Boyle 12;
| Cole 3; Karnes 10; Keller 8; Hesse
j 13; Wann 1 Campbell 14; Ray 3:
Hofman 9; Larson 2; MeCutcheon
7; McDonald 2; Nafsted 13; Patter
son 9; Phinn 4; Taylor 10.
BROOKHART ILL
DUBUQUE, Iowa., Nav. 16.—Sen
ator Brookhart, aged 65, was sud
suddenly taken seriously ill here.
His condition is so grave that he
cannot be moved to the hospital.