VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 38.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TOWN IN THE WORLD PUBLISHING A DAILY PAPER!
THE SMALLEST
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
EXPECTED IN 48
BONUS PASSED SENATE BY A
LARGE MAJORITY; VOTE
72 TO 12
WASHINGTON, Feb., 21, (/P)—;
The bonus bill allowing loans up j
to half of the face value of the
compensation certificates at the
rate of four and one-half per
cent, passed the Senate 72 to 12.
The Senate rushed the passage
without a change in response to
get it before President Hoover
ahead of the period preceding ad
journment in which have been
left to its own devices and a leg
islative death without it being re
turned to Congress.
Word passed around the Senate
that Hoover would veto the bill
within 48 hours.
Senator » Harrison, Democrat
from Mississippi, predicted that
enough States would over-ride
the veto.
Thirty-four Republicans, in
cluding Watson of Indiana and
McNary of Oregon, party lead
ers, supported the measure.
All voting against were Repub
licans; Borah. Fess, Hastings, Her
bert, Metcalf, Morrow, Moses,
Phipps, Reed, Smoot and Wal-'
Cott.
MRS. EUGENE DUPONT DEAD
TWO HOURS WHEN FOUND
IN STUDIO
WILMINGTON, Delaware. Feb..
21, </P>—Mrs. Eugene Dupont, 45,
wife of the director of the Du
pont Company, died from gas
generated by an automobile.
Mrs. Dupont was found in a :
small studio above the garage
where she had left her car writh .
the motor running. Her husband
was almost overcome when he j
entered the studio.
Mrs. Dupont had been painting!
a chair when she slumped to the j.
floor. She had been dead two j
hours when found.
Mrs. Dupont was greatly inter- ;
ested in art collections and and!
antiques. Mr. Dupont is also pres- j
idet of the Delaware Motor Sales
Company.
UNIQUE PLAN
PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb., 20, (JF)
—Three thousand employers of |
Alleghany County have adopted a j
unique plan to provide jobs for';
family heads, city relief funds I
having been exhausted. They will j
contribute to a million dollar fund j
to be spent entirely as wages. It ,
will be administered by an em
ergency association which has
just been formed.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Washington—a fixed star in the firmament of
great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration,
will clear, beneficent light, —Daniel Webster.
TEN PER CENT DIVIDEND
BERLIN, Web. 21 {JP)—Ford
Motor Company intends to de
clare 10 per cent dividend for
1930 on capital of 33,600,000 it
has been learned. Profits for the
year of 1930 are given as $912,
000.
CHICAGO, Feb., 21, (/P>— Don
ald B. MacMillan, explorer, an
nounced plans for an expedition
to the North Polar region in Baf
fin Land.
The main objective will be to
study glaciers to determine the
possibility that another glacier
age existed.
The expedition will be in three
sections the first sailing from
Wiscasset, Maine on June 20, fol
lowed by Dr. Alexander Forbes of
Boston and Sir Grenfell of Lon
don.
Three airplanes will be includ
ed.
WINS FIRST LAP
QUEBEC, Feb., 21, j/P)— Emil
St. Goddard won the first lap of
40 and three-fifths miles in the
Eastern Canada dog derby in
three hours, 45 minutes and 40
seconds. Leonard Seppala, Nome
racer, finished second in four
hours, two minutes arid 50 sec
onds.
CSY AFTER BILL
[COMES S LI
LOIS WILL SIT
REGIONAL OFFICES ORDERED
TO PREPARE FOR BIG
TASK
WASHINGTON. Feb., 21, (/Pi—
If the veterans loan bill passed by
the eSnate becomes a law, veter
ans may be able to start borrow
ing half of their compensation
certificate’s value the day after,
Veteran Bureau officials said.
The chief problem will be en
larging the personnel of the loan
machinery in 52 offices, accord
ing to Administrator Hines.
President Hoover has indicated
that he will veto the measure
within 48 hours after receiving
the bill which must be signed by
Longworth before being present
ed to the White House.
The finance division of the
bureau reported betw'een $25,000,
000 to $35,000,000 is on hand to
start lending and said the first
loans will be on the way the day
after the bill becames a law.
Regional offices have been or
dered to prepare for the task.
FORBADE SALE
BERLIN, Feb. 21. (/P> — German
| Ministry has forbidden the sale
| of Vernier's “Coffuettee” in a
| museum at Brunswick for w^hich
a dealer named Schaeffer has
offered about $643,000.
DELEG ATE-ELECT GOES
! JUNEAU, Feb., 21, (/P)—James
I Wiekersham, delegate-elect from
; Alaska to Washington, U. C.
| sailed for Seattle enroute to the
; Capital to take his seat March
1 -i. He is going East via California
j where a visit will be spent with
; a son, a retired naval officer.
DIAMOND MERCHANT
DISAPPEARS: Pill?
FEARS IS SHIP
NEW YORK. Feb. 21. (JP)—
j Abraham Levy, diamond merchanl
I of established reputation in the
| diamond trade has disappearec
! with $25,000 in loose diamonds anc
his family fears that he maj
have been robbed and slain.
Levy owned the stones out
right and they were not insured
According to the best informatior
obtained, the jeweler, after mak
jing several appointments bj
telephone, left his office shortlj
before noon Saturday. He made
one call and sold $5,000 wort!
of gems. He then disappearec
and 36 hours later had not beer
heard from.
Detectives were assigned t(
trace him.
NOMINATION REPORTED
WASHINGTON, Feb., 21, (£>)
The Senate judiciary committee
reported favorably on the nomi
nation of Albert White as Unitec
States Marshal in Division No. 1
Alaska.
ISMS LASHED
! EUROPE: VESSELS
COLLIDE. DISTRESS
HEAVY FOG SPREAD OVER
ENGLAND: TRAFFIC DIS
RUPTED
LONDON, Feb., 21, (iP)—- Winds,
accompanied by rain, sleet and
i snow, lashed Europe disrupting
j traffic and communications,
j A heavy fog spread over En
; gland but started to clear up at
; midday.
Spain, France, Belgium and
Northern Italy, Germany and
Scandinavia were hard hit.
The trawler Maria Vanatteni
sank but its crew taken aboard
the German freighter Annie Hu
! go Stinnes, off Denmark.
The British steamer Chedale
I and the Danish ship Fonia col
| lided in a heavy fog and the
| Chedale badly damaged, was tow
I ed to Cux-hven. The Fionia was
| slightly damaged.
; The SS Mauretania was re
floated after several hours
j aground off Southampton.
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I Craigie, British naval expert now
• in France conferring with Rene
| Massigili oi' France in an attempt
! to reach a settlement of the
French and Italian naval dif
j ferences, has suggested a new
j plan whereby the problem may
I be ended.
With neither Rome nor Parts
showing the least disposition to
yield, Mr. Craigie is urging France
to lay down a clear program
the scope of the London Naval
Treaty, framed in such a way,
that portions fixed at London
would not be disturbed between
now and 1936.
Such action would then put
upon Italy the bonus of disturb
ing proportions fixed at Lon
don should she try to take up
naval construction. It is not yet
known if France will accept Mr
Craigie’s proposal.
HOCKEY SCORES
; PORTLAND, Feb., 21, (/^—Van
couver 3, Portland 2.
ENGINEER DROWNED
WASHINGTON, Feb., 20, (/P)—
Ronald Stevens, Department of
- Commerce radio engineer, was
3 drowned when a plane he was
- testing fell into the Potomac
1 River near the Anasostia naval air
, training station. His wife was
watching.