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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 512.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
' TEXAS LEVEES HOLD
FIRMLY AGAINST THE
RAVAGES RIO GRANDE
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept., 10,—
The Rio Grande river slashed at
levees on its lower reaches but for
000, protective system of floodways
the most part the elaborate $6,000,
built several years ago for just such
% an emergency, held firmly while
thousands of acres of land on the
Mexican side of the great river
were inundated.
The damages from flood waters
on the American side apparently
are small. Engineers expressed con
fidence that the winter gardens of
Texas, a rich truck and fruit pro
ducing area, are in no great danger.
FRANCISCO PAYS
TRIBUTE TO HEROES
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, —
Thousands of persons bowed their
heads in tribute to San Francisco’s
war heroes as the War Memorial
was dedicated.
State and city officials, headed
by Governor Rolph and Mayor Ros
si, joined with leaders of Veteran
groups in the ceremonies.
The dedicatory services were held
in the Memorial Court between the
Opera house and the Veteran’s
building which comprises the $6,
000.000 memorial.
CITY, STATE PROPERTY
SUES IRE ILLEGAL
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, —The sale
of animals and other property of
San Diego and the State for taxes
by James H. P. Johnson, county
assessor, is illegal, said the secre
tary of the State board of equaliza
tion. in a letter received from Sac
ramento.
The secretary suggested that a
request be made to District Attor
ney Thomas Whelan to bring suit
to recover the taxes.
HID OFFICIALS
FM SECOND CUT
CHICAGO, Sept., 10, —Represen
tatives of official operating rail
roads in all parts of the United
States voted to impose a second
wage cut of 10 percent on all rail
way union employes, including the
10 percent slash accepted by the
. Brotherhoods last winter.
The decision means that the
workers will be served notice of
total reductions of 20 percent. The
original 10 percent was to have
been arbitrated at the end of one
year.
A FAST WORKER
SEATTLE, Sept. 10, —The jailer
v .shouted that Bob Patterson was go
ing out. He meant that Patteerson,
having served his time, was en
_ titled to leave. Patterson was
asleep and failed to hear the jail
er. Vernon Hemme, with two more
weeks of his sentence ahead of him,
was awake so he walked out instead
* of much to the latter’s mys
tification and that of the jailer.
PASSED LOVE NOTE
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Sept. 10,
—Clara Phillips, Los Angeles ham
mer murderess serving a life-term
here, had her parole application
postponed until next March and
„ 21 months privileges due to the
watchfulness of a prison matron
^ho caught her passing a love note
to Thomas J. Price, serving a term
* for robbery.
Col. O. F. Ohlson, general mana
ger of the Alaska Railroad, arrived
in Seward early yesterday from An
chorage with W- C. Sloan, president
of the Northern Pacific Railway,
who, accompanied by his two
daughters, boarded the SS. Aleutian
for the South.
WATCHING LEVEES
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 10, —
Guards kept a vigilant watch on
levees along the lower Rio Grande
as the torrent that had inundated
thousands of acres upstream, roll
ed slowly toward the Gulf of Mex
ico.
Hi OF SPUN'S men
WILL OF DISTMTED
MADRID, Sept. 10, —Spain’s
prospective experiment in com
munity farming and the distribu
tion among the laboring people of
large estates of the nobility and
former crown lands, was approved
by the National assembly when the
deputies voted upon the final chap
ter of the long discussed “agra
It provides for the parcelling of
rian” reform.
an estimated 52,000,000 acres of
land said to be valued at more than
five and one-half billion dollars.
RANCHES THREATENED
EL PASO, Sept. 10, —Unconfirm
ed reports from Pearson, Mexico,
180 miles south of here, indicated
floods of two nearby rivers
threatened to inundate two large
ranches belonging to Americans lo
cated in the vicinity.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, —Mrs. W
Requa Bryand, friend of Colonel
! Ramond Robins for 20 years, said
she had seen the migsing prohibi
tion and beace worker on a Chicago
street yesterday afternoon.
“I am positive the man was Col
j onel Robins,” she said. “I have
i known him since childhood. When
he visited at our house he appear
ed distraught and for that reason
I did not speak to him. I didn’t
know he was missing at that time.”
LOCHL OLDTIMER IS
ON “LAST ML”
Death today claimed another old
timer of the Northland when A. E.
Currier, 78 years of age, died in his
room in the Hofman House. Of
French-Canadian extraction, Mr.
Currier came to Alaska in the early
days and continually followed pros
pecting and mining. He had made
Seward his home for many years.
Old age hastened the end and for
some time past he had been com
plaining about heart trouble.
Among the known relatives sur
viving Mr. Currier is a brother re
siding at Butte, Mont., to whom a
telegram has been dispatched.
FUNDS FOR RIVAL
WASHINGTON, Sept., 10, —Pres
ident Hoover’s formation of an
“emergency” board of political
strategy was due to the develop
ment that many of the Republi
can’s principal campaign contribu
tators of past years have decided
to vote for the Hoover-Garner
ticket and to give their funds to
the President’s rival.
Pilot Harry Blunt, “The Bering
Sea Eagle,” of the Pacific Alaska
Airways, Inc., left Seward early
Friday afternoon for the Anchor
age base, after bringing passengers
here to board the SS Aleutian.
HAD THE “DEAD-WOOD”
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, —
Police Chief William J. Quinn and
Captain of Inspectors Charles Dul
lea confirmed reports that police
listened in with a dictagraph to
discussions of the Jessie Scott
murder plan by Frank Egan, ex
public defender convicted of her
slaying, for several months prior
to her death.
PLANNING TO WITHDRAW
MONTREAL, Sept. 10, —Nazi Na
tobe, member of the Japanese
house of peers, says Japan will feel
impelled to withdraw from the
League of Nations if the Lyttleton
report of the Far-Eastern situation
is unfavorable to his country.
WILL MAKE ADDRESS
_
To spend a week in the city vis
iting friends and in the interest of
his campaign for renomination as
Delegate to Washington, James
Wickersham, accompanied by Mrs.
Wickersham, arrived Friday from
Anchorage. They are guests at
the Hotel Van Gilder.
On Wednesday evening in the
community building at Anchorage,
Delegate Wickersham addressed a
large gathering of citizens for more
than an hour when he reviewed his
work in Congress and future im
portant matters at the Nation’s
capitol in behalf of the Territory.
Learning today of Sen. A. J. Di
mond’s—his political opponent in
the November general election
injury in Fairbanks Friday, Dele
gate Wickersham immediately dis
patched a telegram conveying his
sympathy and hoping Mr. Dimond
will soon get going again.
Announcement will probably be
made Monday by Delegate Wick
ersham when he will address the
citizens of Seward.
MORE UPRISINGS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 10, —
Reports of uprisings in three oth
I er Brazilian states were received
here as the Federal government
announced it had won signal vic
tories over rebels in the State of
| Sao Paulo.
DOLE AND DATIONS CUE
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept., 10, —
Ninety men, virtually the entire
police force of St. Johns, were rush
ed to the village of Victoria in the
Carbonear district when 200 unem
ployed, protesting against cuts in
the unemployment dole and ra
tions, stormed the court house.
The riot followed the arrest of an
unemployed worker on a charge of
assaulting a police sergeant. The
demonstrator entered the court
house at the beginning of his trial,
interrupted the proceedings and
prevented the magistrate giving
judgement.
LAUGHED AT JINX
DETROIT, Sept., 10,—Kaye Don,
England’s determined speedboat
challenger, laughed at the jinx
which foiled his second attempt
and began his plans for a third
shot at the coveted Harmsworth
trophy for supremacy in boat rac
ing.
NO AGREEMENT MADE
NEW YORK, Sept., 10,—Ancil
Hoffman, manager of Max Baer,
California heavyweight, left New
York for the west coast, without
having come to an agreement with
Jacobs, Max Schmeling’s manager,
for a bout involving the two box
ers.
WENT DOWN THREE TIMES
RENO, Sept-, 10,—Andy Divodi,
164, of San Francisco, knocked out
Augustine Perez, 143, of Porto Rico,
in the fifth round here. Perez went
down three times in the fourth
round.
BUILDING PICKING UP
MOSCOW, Sept., 9,—The Moscow
Soviet, summing up the civic
achievements recently cited that
in six months of this year, 69 new
houses were built and more than
7,000 houses repaired. Construction
of a new water supply station now
under construction, was also men
tioned.
VETERAN SEAMAN RETIRES
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 9, (£>)—
Capt. Henry A. T. Candy, com
mander of the flagship of the Pa
nama-Pacific line’s fleet of ocean
liners, has retired after 44 years,
at sea. He obtained his master’s li
cense while serving in sail, and his
first command was the clipper ship
Iverness.
LARGER GRAIN CROP
WINNIPEG, Sept., 10,—Estimated
at present prices Canadian grain
will bring in approximately $40,
000,000 more than was available
last year, Premier Anderson of
Saskatchewan stated here. Last
year’s crop will be exceeded by
100,000,000 bushels he said.
POLITICAL FITE IF
JAMES J. WALKER
NEW YORK, Sept., 10,—The poli
tical fate of James J. Walker may
be decided within the next 24
hours.
Four of the five Democratic city
organization leaders headed for
Albany with the power of deciding
whether or not Walker will be the
organization candidate at the next
election.
John H. Curry, Tammany leader,
had indicated there will be no for
mal announcement for about a
month. The issue may be thrashed
out, however, immediately.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 10, —A tre
mendous climax developed in the
investigation into the mysterious
suicide of Paul Bern, moving pic
ture producer, when it was discov
ered that a woman, believed to be
the Dorothy Millette, known as the
wife and first love of Paul Bern
for more than 10 years before he
met-and married Jean Harlow, dis
appeared from a Sacramento river
steamer Tuesday night.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
BEGINS WISH. STATE
PULLMAN, Wash., Sept., 10, —
“Babe” Hollingberry, head football
coach at Washington State Col
lege is here to start preparations
for the opening of the football
practice season.
He has been in California for the
past two months. When asked if
he intended to use the “shift” he
tice, Hollingberry said he was un
experienced with in Spring prac
certain. Cougar followers however,
expect to see the 1932 squad using
the new shift.
Washington State is the last of
the coast conference teams to take
up a shift style of offense.
ENTERS BIG SWIM
LONDON, Sept. 10, — Charles
Zimmy Leglis, professional swim
mer of Long Beach, Calif., entered
the English Channel at South Fore
land in an attempt to swim to
France. The sea was calm and con
ditions favorable.
LILY ESTRANGED
DIO DE JANERIO, Sept., 10,—
Lily Pons, Metropolitan opera star,
said she was estranged from her
husband August Mesrite but that
divorce plans were being held in
abeyance owing to her engagement
in the United States.
TENSION EASED
MANCHESTER, Eng., Sept., 10,—
Labor tension in the cotton indus
try eased somewhat when employ
ers in spinning mills postponed a
wage cut which was to have taken
effect today and agreed to resume
negotiations with the spinners
Tuesday.
Two Bureau of Indian Affairs
teachers, Mrs. Ott and Mr. Hunni
cutt, and Mr. Schultz, the latter
having been under treatment in
the Seward General Hospital, left
today for Nushagak, Bristol Bay,
in a plane piloted by E. Call, of the
McGee Airways.
Believe it or not, but it is again
reliably reported that Arthur
Woodley, aviator, who left for the
Interior about a year ago for a two
weeks trip, is expected to return to
Seward soon enroute to Boston.
I
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 10-1; New York 4-11.
Chicago 5; Boston 2.
Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 14-4; New York 13-1.
The first game went 14 innings
and the second five.
Boston 9; Chicago 6.
Washington 6; St. Louis 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 6-5; San Francisco 1-4.
Sacramento 15; Los Angeles 3.
HIM CAPACITY
IS RECOMMENDED
TOKIO, Sept. 10, —Continuation
of the Japanese influence in Man
churia in an advisory capacity has
been recommended by the League
of Nations Inquiry commission, in
its report, it is said in official cir
cles.
The information-is reported to
have eome from Japanese repre
sentatives at Peiping where the re
port was signed last week.
“THE REPUBLICAN CASE”
WASHINGTON, Sept., 10,—Cal
vin Coolidge, former president, has
signified his intention of cam
paigning for the Republican tick
et, in a magazine article entitled
“The Republican Case.”
THUMBING TOURISTS
WILL BE PROTECTED
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept., 10 —
“Thumbing tourists and the flagg
ing of motorists will have the pro
tection of the National Hikers As
sociation, if Raymond Griffith of
Marion carries out his plan.
He has asked state officials the
procedure for incorporating the
association, which, for a small fee,
would issue identification cards in
tended to enable members in get
ting free rides.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. —An old
wooden steamboat exploded in East
River, near Hell Gate, and 165 iron
workers enroute to build prison
cells on Rikers Island, were hurled
into the air. Many are dead and
virtually all the rest injured. The
ferry was blown to bits; 24 bodies
were brought to the ferry house.
SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON, Sept., 10,—Presi
dent Hoover announced that in or
der further to aid employment he
had instructed various government
branches to speed up on the Fed
eral construction program by at
least $200,000,000.
BIG BOUNTY ON WOLVES
BRADY, Tex., Sept., 10,—A $50
bounty on wolf scalps offered by
the McCulloch County Wolf Club
has finally driven the animals out
of the region. Not a scalp has been
brought in for more than a year,
although nearly 700 have been
“cashed” in since 1922. Stockmen
estimate this investment saved
$700,000 worth of livestock.
'SEATTLE LASHED
SEATTLE, Sept., 10,—Although
lashed by a wind that at times as
sumed gale proportions, Seattle and
vicinity escaped serious damage a
checkup by police and fire depart
ments revealed. A freak lightning
display that accompanied the
storm resembling the aurora borea
lis.
MAJOR OFFENSIVE
ASCUNCION, Paraguay, Sept., 10,
—There were indications that Bo
livian troops operating against
Paraguay in the Gran Chaco had
lauched a major offensive after
a period of comparative inaction.
R. C. Gehling, pioneer resident
of the Lake Kenai district, was an
overnight business visitor in the
city, returning home today. Bob
has been spending the summer
prospecting in that area.
QUICK SUBSCRIPTION
IS LOOKED FOR NEW
TREASURT ISSUE
WASHINGTON, Sept., 10,—Quick
subscription is expected of the new
$1,150,000,000 treasury bond issue,
just announced. It was interpreted
as reflecting government confi
dence in the business outlook.
The five year maturity of most
of the issue is the longest of any
offered since a year ago—indica
tive of the government belief that
bankers, who, heretofore have pre
ferred short term issues because of
their liquidity, are now looking
further ahead.
Part of the receipts will be used
to help capitalize the home loan
bank system and for use of the Re
construction Finance Corporation.
B0R1H (ND PINGHOT
OFFERED TO DRY UNITS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10, —
The prohibition head of strategy
was to meet here with a definite
proposal before it that a third par
ty be organized and a dry candi
date placed .in the field.
The proposition has been laid
before the individual members of
the board in a letter by William S.
Chase of New York suggesting that
either Senator Borah of Idaho, or
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania,
be offered the united support of all
dry organizations in the country.
MEET FICE TO FICE
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 10, —Jean
Harlow, screen actress, and Doro
thy Millette, two women who loved
Paul Bern in his life, were expect
ed to come face to face for the
first time at his funeral.
This contingency, admittedly
more than a possibility, arose when
it became known that Miss Millette
who is termed the phantom mate
of the motion picture producer and
who emerged from his past life fol
lowing his suicide, was located here
yesterday.
STRIKERS REMAIN
ON DUTY HIGHWAYS
SOUIX CITY, Iowa, Sept-, 10,—
Although every other highway
leading to Souix City was deserted
by farm picketers, the strikers re
mained on duty near James, Iowa
on highway No. 75, to halt livestock
or grain trucks which might at
tempt to enter Souix City over that
route.
No disorder was reported; most
truckers who ordinarily traveled
that route, made detours over un
picketed highways.
A. J. DIMOND INJURED
Sen. A. J. Dimond, Democratic
candidate for Delegate to Congress,
was slightly injured Friday when
he was struck on a shoulder by an
idling propellor as he stepped from
one plane which had just landed
beside another. The report, heard
over the KFQD broadcast, said that
the injury was not serious and that
Mr. Dimond will resume his cam
paigning in two or three days.
LOCAL GIRL LEAVES
Among the young Sewardites
aboard the SS Aleutian Friday,
bound for Seattle, was Miss Agnes
Anderson, member of the 1932
graduation class of the Seward ,
High School. Agnes, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P; N. Anderson,
will attend the University of Wash
ington.
George Kilroy, the well-known
editor of the Alaska Weekly, fol
lowing a tirplane jaunt to the Bris
Bristol Bay and Goodnews Bay re
gion, left for his Seattle office Fri
day, a passenger on the SS. Aleu
tian. ;