MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 149.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932. 1
PRICE TEN CENTS
BITTER UNDERCURRENT
I1IIIFEST AT OffllNE
DEMG CONVENTION
CHICAGO, June 27, (£>)—Withj
the dominant forces of Roosevelt j
divided quarelling among them- j
selves, the rallying Democratic (
National Convention was called
together for its opening session
amid enmities seldom matched in
party history.
So bitter was the under-current,
of strife that both leaders and del- j
egates seemed almost uninterested
in the actual convention proceed
ings which were confined by cus
tom to the peaceful preliminaries,
such as listening to-the party key
note speech and starting the pre
liminary machinery to work out
the whirl of week-end develop
ments which unquestionably show
ed signs of a swing toward Roose
velt’s candidacy putting him with
ing striking distance of the nomi
nation, unless his organization is
wrecked meantime by the mount
ing disputes over vital issues.
The permanent convention o r
ganization and the rules committee
even phoned to Roosevelt Sunday
night but apparently failed in con
clusive results.
The major split is over the two- ;
thirds nomination rule; the re-j
suits will be close. Indications j
showed more than two score of
planks have been presented besides;
the prohibition repeal amendment
which is bound for a stiff contest.
Each plank, trimmed to a para-'
graph, was tentatively accepted i
The farm relief, unemployment and
war debt planks alone remained
for completion.
Roosevelt called by phone, North!
Carolina’s delegation, and a few
from NewMexico and other States/
pleading v’ith them to be good
Democrats and rally to his support.
VETERANS REVOLTED
TO lICU CSPIIOL
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 27. —
An insurgent band of 500 veterans
revolted against their leaders to
day and marched on the capitol in
an attempt to convert Senators to
the Patman bonus bill.
Thirty-five metropolitan police
hurried to the building to rein
force the regular guard.
The Senate already has defeated
the Patman bill calling for imme
diate payment of the S2.400,000,000
in bonuses.
CURTIS MAKES ADDRESS i
ON‘SECRET OF SUCCESS'
BURLINGTON, Vt., June 27, -The
seeds of success are not contained
in any secret formula but rather in
“those ordinary, plain every day
qualities such as self-reliance, com
mon sense, industry, energy, perse
verence, honesty, sobriety and edu
cation,” Vice-President Charles
Curtis told graduates of the Uni
versity of Vermont.
“Your assiduous care and nurture
of those seeds to the best of your
ability will produce the bloom
which is called success, which all
so greatly desire,” he said. “The
person successful in business is
honest, honest with himself and!
those with wrhom he deals, but hon
est with himself first of all.”
NO SUBSIDY
The Arctic Transport Company
announces the receipt of advices
from Governor Parks to the effect
that there will be no subsidy for
the coastwise service for the Sew- l
ard Peninsula, owing to the deple- j
tion of territorial funds- To pro-!
tect their mail contracts the com-'
pany has entered into negotiations I :
with Howard Lyng to handle the!
mail between Nome and St. Michael,
and between Nome and Kotzebue.
Lyng has chartered the MS New '
York to ply between Nome and St. •
Michael and the gas schooner Bozo
to ply between Nome and Kotzebue.
PERSONAL APPEAL
BERLIN, June 27, (^—Chancel
lor Franz Von Papen appealed per
sonally Sunday to Adoplf Hitler,
to restrain the national socialists
to save Geremany’s negotiations at
the Lausanne reparations confer
ence. One person was killed and j
several injured in Sunday’s politi
cal outbreaks.
BIG WILLOW CHEEK
MINING DEAL SAID
A deal purporting to exceed that
of the Willow Creek Mines Com
pany is reported upon trustworthy
authority to be in process of con
summation. According to this in
now m escrow and the transaction
formation the initial payment is
only requires the clearing of title
to some of the properties involved,
a process which may consume some I
time.
From time to time rumors have i
floated out of Willow creek of this
impending deal, but it was only re
cently that authentic information
could be secured seeking to con
firm the fact that something mo
mentous is impending.
. Rumors connect the name of
the Canadian Consolidated Co.,
in the transaction, but confirma
tion of this cannot be made at the
present time.
Neither has any definite facts
been secured respecting the pover
ties involved, which, according to
rumors involves possibly the Gold
Cord, Fern and other known pro
ducing mines, and a number of
valuable prospects, among which1
is mentioned the Webfoot, owned
by J. M. Conroy and Captain Nick
Gaikerra Whether the Webfoot, |
which lies near the rich Fern and!
the Talkeetna. which has'
produced some remarkably rich
ore. is involved in the major trans
action is not known, but it is be
lieved that any deal involving the
section of Willow Creek embraced
in Fairangle and Archangel creeks,
would logically involve the Webfoot.
A well-placed vein has been opened
in this property.
Like many prospects in their pre
liminary stages, some of the re
search before actual vending may
pass without possible question a
rising.
It is known that as soon as these
legal phases are disposed of the
deal will go thru.
Coincident with the impending
deal Is the authentic statement
that the same negotiations will
have a party in Nuka Bay during
the present summer with a view to
determining its value for mining on
a large scale.
MSB JIH
NETS $131,880 MOV
Alaska Juneau last month netted
a n operating surplus from a 11
sources amounting to $130,900, of
which $130,000 was from the min- I
ing operations and $900 from un- 1
designated operations.
Ore grossed an average of 87.23,
cents per ton for the month. There!
were 333.020 tons of ore mined and
trammed to the mill.
ELY, Nev., June 27, —Dave Mc
Lane and Chris Haller have re
turned from Pioche and Caliente.
McLane reports that properties
in that region look mighty prom
ising. The Horn brothers are fol
lowing an ore body that assays
$80 to the ton and recently ship
ped 40 tons of ore to the smelter in
Utah.
When the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce left Cordova for the
south, they were handed a momen
to by the Cordova Chamber of
Commerce; a black bear cub.
HUSK* DELEGXTION
MSI MGSTION
TWO-THIRDS RULE:
CHICAGO, June 27, (/P)-The
Alaska delegation headquarters,
Emily Hurja, former Alaskan,
drafted Territorial representative
rules. The committee also named!
the delegation, as follows:
John W. Troy, Juneau publisher, I
secretary; he is also a member of;
the resolutions committee.
W. B. Kirk of Juneau, is the dele
gation’s chairman; both are mem
bers of the permanent organiza
tion’s committee.
R. E. Kroutz was put on the ere- |
dentials committee and made hon- [
orary vice-president of the conven- j
tion. i
Mrs. Kirk was named honorary;
secretary.
The Alaskans have decided to ■
cast their six votes for Shouse for j
permanent chairman, and have
lined up against abrogation of the I
two-thirds rule, despite the fact'
they will firmly support the nom
ination of Franklin Roosevelt as j
the party’s presidential nominee. ;
WILL MARRY ON JULY 2
HOLLYWOOD, June 27, —Jean
Harlow, whose platinum blonde
i tresses started a new vogue in mo
; tion pictures, will be married July
2 to Paul Bern, studio executive, j
the couple announced today.
CLAIMS CONVENTION BE
EXTENOEO BY TREATY
MEXICO CITY, June 27, —A two
year extension of the claims con
vention between Mexico and the
United States, will become effective
upon ratification by the Senates
of both countries; it already has
been signed by J. Reuben Clark, U.
S- ambassador to Mexico, and by
Foreign Minister Manuel Tellez.
The extension marks the closing
of 11 months of negotiation by
Ambassador Clark, first with the
Foreign Minister, Genero Estrada,
and then with his successor, Tel
lez.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 27,
—Mining property located in the
Gold Run and Dutch Flat mining
districts in California and owned
by James D. Stewart of Auburn,
has been bonded to Judge Fred P.
Foff of Boston, N. Douglas, Sr., of
Los Angeles, and John Carter An
derson of Hollywood, Calif.
It is estimated that this ground
contains over 90,000,000 cubic yards
of gravel. The property has been
under consideration for several
years by Mr. Anderson and he will
act in a consulting capacity for
the new interests.
• • CURRENT BREVITIES • •
CURTIS ON TRIAL
FLEMINGTON, N. J., June 27, (JP)
I —With Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh in
I attendance, John Curtis went on
j trial. The two men did not look
| at each other. Betty Gow will also
I be a witness.
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GIRL FLIES 174,000 MILES
WASHINGTON, June 27, (JP) —
Miss Beulah Unruh, flying hostess
for an eastern air line, has flown
more than 174,000 miles in her
work.
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MISS EARHART GIVES TOYS
LONDONDERRY, Eng., June 27. 1
(&)—The little Gallaghers* children !
of the farmer sheltering Amelia j
Earhart when she landed in a field ;
after her trans-Atlantic flight, re- j
cently received toys as mement-ds of
their guest, the small boy getting a ,
model airplane
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UNFALTERING VETERANS
DALLAS, Texas, June 27, (JP)—
The California bonus army strug
gled eastward through Texas with
the advance guard of several hun- j
dred, miles ahead of the last rag- j
ged marchers.
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ITALY STORES NAVAL FUEL
ROME, June 27, (£>>—'The Italian
navy is storing fuel oil for an
emergency. Senator De Carretto
reported that 150,000 tons are on
hand and by 1940 will increase to
750.000 tons, about half of what
would be needed in war.
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BOUT TO BE STAGED |
NEW YORK, June 27, —Tony,
Canzoneri, of Brooklyn, world’s j
lightweight champion boxer agreed
to meet Billy Petrolle of Fargo, N.
D. in a 15-round title bout August
eight. The bout will be staged in
Madison Square Garden’s new bowl
Long Island.
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GETS MUCH SUPPORT
GENEVA, June 27, —The Hoover
arms plan had the support, official
or unofficial, of more than 30 na
tions today. The only strong op
position was shown by Japan, and
by France and her allies of the Lit
tle Entente.
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TAKES DECISION
SACRAMENTO, June 27, —Tom
my Paul, 126 Buffalo fighter, billed
here as the featherweight boxing
champion of the big wide world, de
cisioned over Varias Milling, 127
pound Filipino flash, in a 10-round
main event.
VETERANS BIVOUACKED
SWEETWATER. Texas, Jane 27.
I (/P)— California's principal dele
gation of bonus marchers bivouack
| ed here. Commander W. Robertson
; said the forces probably would rest
| until today. Other members of the
I army of 1,200 men were east of
| here.
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PROPERTY CONFISCATED
MADRID. June 27. -Three million
! dollars of former King Alfonso’s
fortune has been confiscated by the
; republican government virtually
1 completing the seizure of all his
real and personal property. About
S2.500,000 in cash and securities and
, objects of art worth about $500,000
! were taken over in this action.
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FAKE COINS IN MADRID
MADRID. Spain, June 27, (/P)—
Casual small change contains so
many lead counterfeits that cafes,
receiving them from regular cus
tomers, try to pass the fake coins
back to newsboys and cigarette
girls on the theory that street vend
ers are the source.
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WEATHERED SINGLES
WIMBLEDON, Eng., June 27, —
Five of America’s six entrants in
the men’s singles competition of the
British National tennis matches,
weathered their third round as
John Van Ryn, of Philadelphia, fell
by the wayside. Fred Perry, Great
Britain’s Davis cup star, eliminat
ed Van Ryn 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.
“GO HOME OR GO HUNGRY”
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27, —
A harsh “Go home or go hungry”
ultimatum was served on the B. E.
F. by Chief of Police Glassford in
starting a determined drive to eva
cuate the 20,000 veterans occupying
the National Capital. The veterans
reiterated their intentions to stay.
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GIANTS SIGN HOYT
NEW YORK, June 27, —The N.
Y. “Giants” have signed Walter
Hoyt, recently released by Brook
lyn. To make room for him, with
23 year player limit in force, Man
ager Bill Terry removed Clarence
Mitchell from the active list but
retained him as coach.
BASEBALL RESULTS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 8, 11, Hollywood 7, 8.
San Francisco 2, 6, Portland 4,8.
SUPPORTING GARNER
CHICAGO, June 27, (/P)—Calif
ornia’s delegation to the Democra
tic National convention arrived to
join Texas in trying to lift Speak
er John N. Garner from the class
of presidential possibilities to that
of a real contender.
LONG COMMERCIAL
HOP COMPLETED BY
MC GEE AIRWAYS SHIP
“What unusual incident happen
ed on the flight?” Pilot E. Call,
of the McGee Airways was asked
by The Gateway upon arriving in
his brand new Stinson, Jr., pon
toon plane on Saturday from An
chorage which city, on Thursday,
marked the end of four weeks of
continuous commercial flying with
two salesman during which time
about 4,000 miles were covered.
“What could have happened?”
Call shot back. “The trip was an
enjoyable one and the ship func
tioned perfectly, as it should, for
it is the newest plane in Alaska
and a wonderfully smooth ship to
handle.”
Though young in appearance,
Pilot Call is old in flying experience.
The following brief log of the hop
is probably without a parallel in
the annals of commercial flying in
the Northland. The only halts
made were to disgorge extra pas
sengers, picked up at the score of
places visited, to permit the sales
men to call on their trade, or to
take aboard fuel.
The salesmen are those two pop
ular chaps, Lyle Hebert, represent
ing the Schwabacher Hardware Co-,
and Mr. Condon, representing the
Schwabacher Grocery Company.
Leaving Anchorage the first of
the month, Call flew direct to Fair
banks, then on to Fort Yukon, Cir
I cle City and Eagle, then back to
Fort Yukon. The next day the par
ty once more flew to Circle and
Eagle, then to a lake below Eagle
two extra passengers who were
landed on a small lake from which
point the two were to begin their
season’s prospecting; then back to
Fort Yukon.
The following day Call pointed
his plane toward distant Beaver.
There he found more prospectors
who wanted to go into the Chan
dalar country, 150 miles inside the
Arctic Circle, so he accomodated
them. But upon arriving at the
lake designated it was seen that
the lake was still frozen over which
eliminated any possible chance of
i setting down. Scouting around Call
finally found a smaller lake which
was open and on this he landed
the boys. On the same day he flew
to Rampart and Tanana.
The next day saw him heading
j for Ruby, the next day to the Koy
! ukuk and Nulato, and the following
: day, the party was winging its way
I to Unalakleet and Nome, soaring
: across Norton Sound.
Golovan was the next stop, then
in turn, Shatulic, Unalakleet again,
' and Anvik, all in one day. Shag
luk was made the next day, and
f then to Holy Cross. Here, another
crowd of passengers boarded the
i plane for short hops, after which
Call took-off for Russian Mission ■
and Marshall. The next day Pilot
Station and Mountain Village
were visited, then back to Marshall.!
The next day saw them at Beth
el; next, Napiamute. Sleetmutej
and then again, McGrath. Iditarod
was called on the following day.
where they remained overnight and '
in the morning, returned to Bethel. |
Medfra was the last stop after
which Pilot Call headed for An
chorage, where, as had been said,
the party returned last Thursday.
The Saturday flight to Seward
by Call and McGee was the first
time the new plane, a beautiful job,
had flown here and, during the
few hours it was setting on the
beach, many took advantage of
the opportunity to inspect the ship
at first hand. Modern instruments,
handsome interior finish, and com
fortable accomodations, were quite
evident- The plane is equipped with
one of the famous Lycoming mot
ors, a motor which Pilot Call en
thused over more than anything
else. It may be recalled that this
is the ship which Mr. McGee flew
all the way to Alaska from Detroit,
leaving the East May 25, and with
the pontoons affixed.
The fliers returned to Anchorage
Saturday afternoon with a load of
passengers for Russian river and
Anchorage.
\
DEM0G1TIC HER
DENOUNCES THE HOOVER
G. 0. P. RDMINISTRRTION
CHICAGO, June 27, (£>/— In a
keynote speech bristling with de
nunciation of the Hoover admin
istration, Senator Alben W. Bark
ley urged the Democratic Conven
tion to favor the vote by the peo
ple on repealing the 18th amend
ment.
He called upon the nation to
turn the Republicans out of office
describing the Republican plank
on prohibition as a promiscuous
conglomeration of scrap lumber.
The Kentuckian said Democrats
should recommend passage of a
Congressional resolution repealing
the 18th amendment, to be voted
on by State conventions chosen
solely for tha£ purpose.
He denounced the Republicans
! and President Hoover for the “ex
horbitant, indefensible rates of the
Smoot-Hawley tariff act” and pro
mised to lift the tariff, making it
above the sordid processes of log
rollers and backscratchers.
He said the Hoover administra
| tion and his Congress took charge
of the government in March, 1929,
I “but every prediction, Dromise and
! assurance made to obtain votes,
| turned to ashes at their hands.
| Every pretense has been exposed
I in all its naked affection.”
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MIOINEIIM01T0RIUM
LONDON, June 27, —Great Bri
tain and the United States have ar
rived at a tentative gentlemen's
agreement “on reparations and dis
armament,” it was said on reliable
authority.
The understanding is that both
will follow the policy that both
agreed that reparations must cease,
altho the agreement is effective
only in the event of failure of the
Lausanne and Geneva conferences.
The agreement, it was understood,
also provides that the United States
shall grant Britain special debt re
ductions or a moratorium to be an
nounced after the United States
elections, if Herbert Hoover is re
elected President.
MUCK VICTORIOUS
THIS QUARTER FINALS
WIMBLEDON. Eng., June 27, —
Despite overcast skies a record
breaking crowd turned out as the
British national tennis champion
ships reached the quarter final
stage.
Miss Helen Jacobs of California
wTon her way into the quarter finals
with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Mrs.
C. H. Jameson of Great Britain.
Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody advanced
to the quarter final round with a
6-3, 6-0 victory over Mrs. L. A. God
free of Great Britain. Ellsworth
Vines. American singles champion,
defeated IwTao Aoki of Japan, 6-2,
3-6, 6-3, 6-2, in his fourth round
match.
GOVERNOR BE IN CHARGE
According to a letter written to
Secretary Wilbur by Senator R. B.
Howell, a copy of which was re
ceived by the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce, Governor Parks will be
in charge of road building activities
of the Interior department if the
Alaska Road Commission is trans
ferred to that department. It is
also announced that it is expected
to operate as much as possible thru
the civilian organization. This
would relieve five army engineers
now paid by the War Department.