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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 60.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MESSAGE STARTLED CLOSEST
FRIENDS: BRIEF AND 10
THE POINT
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 14.
—President Roosevelt, in a sur
prise move that startled even his
closet friends, sent a message to
Congress Monday calling for the
immediate modification of the.
Volstead act to permit the man
ufacture and sale of beer.
In the briefest message he
has yet submitted to the legisla
tors/ President Roosevelt asked for
immediate action in carrying out
one of his foremost pledges to the
nation. He asked that manufac
ture and sale of beer and other
beverages be permitted in order
to bolster the revenues of the
government.
THE MESSAGE
“ I recommend to the Congress
the passage of legislation for the
immediate modification ot the
Volstead act, in order to legalize
the manufacture and sale of beer
and other beverages of such alco
holic content as is permissable
under the constitution, and to pro
vide through the manufacture and
sale, by substantial taxes, a proper
and much needed revenue for the
government. I deem action at this
time to be of the highest impoi -
tance.—Franklin D. Roosevelt"
US OF TORE. 100m
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14,—
San Francisco returned to bus-j
iness as usual yesterday when the |
Treasury department at Washing-.
ton and the State banking de
partment here officially ordered ah
banks in the city to resume op
erations on a complete basis.
Every national bank and every j
state institution holding member
ship in the Federal reserve sys
tcm, received its license tliiougiij
the Federal reserve bank here
shortly before opening time.
Edward Rainey, state superin
tendent of banking, immediate.t
followed with permits to the non-,
member banks to lesumo com
plete operations.
The terse statements released by
the Federal reserve bank here at;
3-45 a. m. Monday read: "Ah
banks in San Francisco have been;
licensed to reopen Monday. March
13. today.” j
Similar procedure took place
hroughout the nation.
PUT DISCLOSED TO
MOSCOW, March 14.—The Brit
ish Ambassador at Moscow, asked
the Russian Foreign Office for an
explanation of the sensational ar
rests of six British subjects, im
prisoned by secret police.
Soviet authorities replied that
they had disclosed a plot to wreck
every electric power plant in the
Soviet Union and that 25 Russians
and six Englishmen were impli
cated in tie plot. The Englishmen j
have since been released.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 13, —
Ray F. Blades, coach and out
fielder of the St. Louis Cardinals
in 1932, has been appointed man
ager of the Columbus baseball
club of the American Association.
He also will play an outfield po
sition. Blades replaces Billy South
worth, now a New York Giant
coach, who was dismissed as Col
umbus manager at the close of last'
season.
MAKES PREDICTION
LONDON, March 14,—If America
and England would get together
on a real cooperative basis, be
tween them they could restore
prosperity to the world within a
few years and not a single man
would be out of work, stated Sir
George Faith, noted British eco
nomist.
ASSASSINATION PLOT
MUNICH, Bavaria, March 14,—
Police announced yesterday that
Count Anton Arco had been ar
rested and had confessed to pre
parations for an attempt to kill
Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Count
Arco killed Bavaria’s Socialist Pre
mier, Kurt Esiner, in February,
1919.
MUST BE AN END TO ALL SPEC
ULATION WITH OTHER PEO
PLES’ MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 14,
—Permanent legislation to reor
ganize the banking structure and
vigorous prosecution of law violat
ors turned up by the Senate stock
market investigation, was upper
most in minds as banks opened
in 250 cities.
Happy at the public reception
of his plan for progressive resump
tion of banking operations. Presi
dent Roosevelt saw introduced in
the Senate, a bill to do some of
the things he suggested.
SPECIAL MESSAGE
He instructed the Justice De-,
partment to follow evidence taken |
by the Senate committee when it
resumes its investigation and pro- j
secute all law violators.
He is working on a message to
Congress on a banking program
designed to prevent situations!
similar to the present statement, j
“There must be an end to specu- |
lation with other peoples’ money”.
It is not known what his banking J
message will recommend.
A Democratic Senate caucus to
day bound members to his econo
my bill which is expected to be
rushed thru with plenty of votes
to spare.
The beer bill is expected to pass
both Houses and be at the White
House before the week-end.
BEER BILL APPROVED
8¥ SUB-COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C . March 14,
—A 3.2 per cent beer bill was ap
proved last night by a House ways
and means subcommittee, after
President Roosevelt, in a brief and
unexpected message, asked Con-1
gress to legalize beer immediately.
The measure will be laid before:
the entire committee today and
leaders plan to pass it in thej
House before nightfall.
The subcommittee of five mem
bers wrote the bill after Demo-'
erats on the ways and means com
mittee decided on 3.2 per cent as
the alcoholic content.
ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14,—
The San Francisco and Los Ange-1
les Chamber of Commerce have;
sent a joint resolution to Congress
asking that light wines be included1
in the beer repeal bill
U. S. WILL JOIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14,
—The State Department announc
ed its acceptance of the invitation
from the League of Nations to join
the committee of 21 in discussions
regarding the Sino-Japanese con
flict.
LOS?»GENT IN MB
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. —
No depositor has lost a cent of
money in a San Francisco bank
failure in 23 years. Only one Dank
has closed here since the adopt
ion of the new California State
law in 1909.
That was the Canton which was j
liquidated in 1926. It paid it’s de-j
positors ICO cents on the dollar;
and its savings depositors 1011
cents on the dollar.
AMERICAN ISSUES BRISK
LONDON, March 14, —American i
issues snapped forward Saturday j
on tire London Stock Exchange, I
altho the market generally was I
steady. However, they later re- i
ceded to the close of the day be
fore. Am Tel closed at 1031-4,
Steel 29 5-8, and Penna RR 16 5-3.
The New York Stock Exchange
still remained closed indefinitely.
WHEAT, UP ONE CENT
WINNIPEG, Man., March 13—
Wheat increased one cent here to
a new high for the week on buying
by Vancouver and Chicago inter
ests. May wheat closed at 52 3-8,
July 53 1-2.
FOAM-CRESTED
WAVE OF BEER IS
BREWERS STRAINING AT THE
MARK; READY DELIVER
THOUSAND BARRELS
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14, —
A foam-crested wave of beer, a
million steins high, wraited today
to roll over San Francisco 'like a
cloudburst coming down a gorge
in full speed, as soon as Congress
modifies the Volstead act
Although some brewers were still
too conservative to give out fig
ures on the immediate available
supply, their statements made it
obvious they were ready to puli
the bung on at least 25,000 barrels,
31 gallons to the barrel.
They do not intend to wait for
the State legislature to act; they
won’t wait for the regulations; in
fact they don’t intend to wait for
anything.
NO REGULATIONS
All these wont’s because modi
fication of the Volstead act ap
parently must construe beer as a;
non-intoxicating beverage and
non-intoxicating beverages aren’t
subject to regulations of either the
prohibition or internal revenue
departments, they hold.
“We are ready to put beer, five
to six months old beer, on the
streets within twro hours after iti
is legalized,” said Joseph Goldie,i
head of the Rainier brewery, larg-1
est beer-producing plant west of
St. Louis.
The state beer bill probably will,
come out of the House this week
“but we wouldn’t wait. We’d go
right ahead until the legal mach
inery is in motion.”
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MtLLUN 5 UIL mm\
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 14,
—David A. Olson, former Senate
stock market inquiry investigator,
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court yesterday against six offi
cers of the Golf Oil Corporation,
including W. L. Mellon, a nephew
of Andrew' Mellon, former Secre
tary of the Treasury and Am
bassador to Great Britain.
Mr. Olson charges that the Fed
eral government w^as due S5.00U.000
in back income taxes from the
group.
COOPERATION Of 0. S,
PARIS, March 13. Leading Eri
ish and French statesmen agreed;
Friday to 'seek cooperation of the
United States in formulating joint '
policies for easing the world eco
nomic situation.
The agreement was the result of j
conversations between Premier j
Daladier of France and Premier.
Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign
Secretary Sir John Simon of Brit
ain. MacDonald was non-commit
tal as he left the council room at
the French War Office.
ALL FUNCTIONS BANNED
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 14.:
—Formal social functions have
been banned by Mrs. F. D. Roose-1
velt and wives of the Cabinet’
members for an indefinite period.;
They announced that this is not a
time to be thinking of social shows;
in view of the economic and un- i
employment situation.
THE FIRSX TRANSFER
NEW YORK. March 14— Sale;
of a New York curb exchange
membership at $3,500 up $1,000
from, the previous transaction, was
announced. This w,as the first
transfer of a security market
membership since prior to the!
general banking holiday.
APPLE BARRAGE
BELLINGHAM, March 14—Two
men were routed from robbing a
grocery store when the proprietor’s
wife, Mrs. Fred Wright, surprised
them and drove them off with a
barrage of fresh apples.
CALIFORNIA STRIKE
PLACERVILLE, Calif., March 14,
—Discovery of a gold vein with an
estimated minimum of $5,000 per
ton of ore was reported here by
Arthur Seymore, operator of the
Lookout mine, nine miles from
Placerville. • - -
RUTH JUDD MAY
KNOW FATE TODAY
FROM BOARD PARDONS
PHOENIX, AriZ., March 14, —
Preparations to hear the dramatic
clemency plea of Winnie Ruth
Judd, condemned murderess, were
made yesterday by members of the
Arizona Board of Pardons and Pa
rols.
Today they will go to the State
Prison, at Florence, where they
will hear Mrs. Judd’s supplication
to spare her from the gallows. She
is scheduled to hang April 14. Good
Friday.
The Board’s decision is supreme
under law, the Governor cannot
grant her any aid, and cannot act
except to approve the Board’s ac
tion.
Mrs. Judd, basing her plea on
the grounds that she shot Agnes
Ann Leroi in self defense, asks
an outright pardon. If this be
denied she wants prison sentences
of varying lengths.
JAPAN'S REFUSAL TO
RETURN ISLANDS, MAY
RESULT REAL TROUBLE
TOKIO, March 14, —Japan, ac
cording to the Cabinet’s approval
as announced Monday, has no in
tention of relinquishing control of
the Pacific mandated islands when
she formally resigns from the
League of Nations.
The written resignation, now in
the* hands of the privy council,
ignores the 1,600 islands which the
League mandate had stipulated
should be turned back in the
event of Japanese withdrawal at
Geneva.
Japan’s pending refusal to abide
by the treaty- is certain to evoke
the League’s protest with the pro
bability that the United States
may join in attempts to repossess
the Archipelagoes, it is believed.
KETCHIKAN, March 14.—Judge
Harding. Monday, signed an alter
native writ of mandamus, direct-;
ing Governor Parks to sign a con-1
tract with the Journal Printing
Co., publishing the Chronicle, to
print the Territorial session laws
and similar material or show cause
why it should not, by March 25. !
The Ketchikan Chronicle’s bid
of SI.762 was the lowest of three;
bids tendered. Meantime, the de-.
cision as what to do about the ses
sion laws is held in abeyance.
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FUTIIMT NETS
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13,—
■•Baby” Arizmendi, spectacular
Mexican featherweight, has ar
rived in the city for his 10-round
battle with Young Tommy, Filip
ino battler, Wednesday night at
the Exposition auditorium.
Arizmendi will start training
this afternoon at Tausig Ryan
gymnasium, wThere his coming foe
is also going through his daily
grind.
This will be the Mexican’s sec
ond fight in this city. He decision
ed over Archie Bell of New York
in a 10-round bout at the Dream
land arena several weeks ago.
This will also be his second fight
with Tommy, whom he won a ver
dict over after a sensational 10
round bout in Los Angeles which
attracted 9,000 fans.
JUDGE SUMMONED
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14,
—The Senate judicial committee
ordered Judge Harold Loudermilck
of California to appear at Wash
ington April 11 to answer to the
impeachment charges filed against
him in California.
A FEW MILES SHORT
CAPE TOWN, S. A., March 14,—
Victor Smith, young South African
aviator, who sought to lower Amy
Johnson Mollison’s flight, record
from London to Cape Town, was
forced down within 150 miles of his
destination and with a new mark
well in hand.
FACED FIRING SQUAD
LONDON, March 14, —Tian Lan
yan, Manchurian bandit leader
convicted of murdering Mrs. Hel
en Woodruff, wife of a British
American tobacco official, has been
executed by a firing squad, said
an exchange telegraph dispatch
from Harbin, Manchuria.
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POLICE COMPELLED
TOUT BESS
TOO QUAKE ZONE!
RESTRICTIONS LIFTED TEMPO- i
RARILY: VAST CROWDS BE
GAN TO VISIT SCENE
LONG BEACH. Calif., March 14,
—Police lines around the devas
tated area here were again tight
ened last night as authorities
sought to prevent the ingress of
all persons. For a time restrictions
on entry into the city had been
lifted.
People began to stream in by
automobiles and rail, adding to
the task of police to keep crowds
away from buildings and* prevent'
congestion. The united police force j
finally £egan closing the roads
and electric lines against those
attempting to enter.
SURVEY INCOMPLETE
Persons having specific authori
ty from Eugene Biscailuz, Los An
geles sheriff, or Chief of Police J.
S. Yancey of this city, were the
only ones admitted.
Stricken Southern California
today is cleaning up its wreckage.
Continuing shocks of lesser fre
quency and intensity helped to
shake dowp. loosened bits of brick
and parts of torn buildings.
The yet incomplete survey in
dicated 116 dead, more than 1.000
moderately and seriously injured,
some 4,000 or more having had
first aid treatment, and about
$75,000,000 damage.
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SEVERAL INJURED
HAVANA. March 14, —Two men
were seriously injured and a worn-:
an and three other men suffered;
slight injuries, when a bomb ex
ploded in an apartment house on
Calles Aguila Monte late Sunday |
night. The damage was extensive, j
Dispatches from Camaguey re-j
port the bombing of the Camaguey;
hotel where Gov. Enrique Recio
resides; damages were slight and
no casualties were reported.
T
PORTLAND, Ore., March 13. — j
Somewhere along the Willamette
river today an old buck deer main
tained a roving vigil for three
State troopers in a realistic ver
sion of an Edgar Rice Burroughs
narrative. The deer meekly at
tached itself to the troopers after
they rescued it, virtually exhaust
ed, from the river.
The troopers carried it to the
highway and released it. As the
officers walked away the deer trot
ted after them.
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AT A STANDSTILL
HOLLYWOOD. March 14—Mo
tion picture cameras are at a
standstill today and all studios
closed for the day while conferenc
es are being held between all
members and classes of the film!
organization and labor union lead -!
ers.
TWO MEN KILLED
CALGARY, Alberta, March 14,—
A. Yates, building contractor, and
J- Wilson, prominent member of]
the Arctic Brotherhood, were in- i
stantly killed wrhen_ their automo- J
bile crashed into a telephone pole.
Mr, Wilson was a sergeant in the
Northwest Mounted Police in the
early ‘90’s.
MANY SECURING WORK
ST. LOUIS, March 14,—Traffic
was held up in this city Monday
I when thousands of unemployed
| rushed to brewery offices seeking
employment and hundreds wrere
promised work.
EXPEDITION LOST SHIP
PORS ANGER FIORD, Norway,
March 4,—The Arctic expedition
of Capt. R. Larson is reported to
have lost their ship and 50 Eskimo
dogs. Details were meagre.
MEDICAN SITUATION IS WELL
IN HAND AND NO EPIDEMIC
IS REPORTED
LOS ANGELES. March 14, —In
creasing intensity of “settling
tremors” spread fear through
Southern California’s earthquake,
.stricken area yesterday.
Counting its dead at about 120
and estimating its damage as high
as $75,000,000. this section was
further disturbed by heavy recur
/rent shocks. A temblor eariy in
the morning was listed as the
heaviest since the original jolt last
Friday afternoon that spread
death and destruction through a
dozen Southern California cities.
Several wrecked structures fell
in Long Beach when another fair
ly sharp tremblor shook the city
later in the day and still another
early yesterday afternoon.
NEW CRACKS OPENED
The Red Cross posted a list of
approximately 300 names of those
“temporarily missing;” it was ex
Dlained hat the list was made up
by Long Beach people anxious to
establish contact with friends and
relatives.
The medical situation through
out the area is well in hand, Dr.
Carles Decker, Los Angeles city
health officer and appointed co
ordinator for the quake zone, said.
The 5:16 a. m. quake Monday
opened several large cracks on the
ninth floor of the 28-story city hall
in Los Angeles. This is the largest
building in Southern California.
Almost without exception the
residential community w'as en
camped out of doors on front
lawns and parkings. Cots, bedding
and stoves salvaged in cautious
forays into the homes. wrere visi
ble on lawns and between oalm ,
trees everywhere.
Schools of Los Angeles and Long
Beach will remain closed, at least
until March 22. to permit neces
sary repairs to the buildings, the
Boards of education announced.
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
Long Beach has no intention of
canceling any of the 311 scheduled
conventions for this year and in
tends to play host to all of them
this summer
All banks were to reopen today,
the major institutions being but
slightly damaged by the quake.
Mail facilities have been opened
in temporary offices and stamps
were being sold from street booths.
The male members of two local
organizations have decided not to
shave until Long Beach has been
rebuilt.
ALL ARE WORKING NOW
There is no unemployment in
Long Beach; all residents are em
ployed in the work of rehabilita
tion; there is no danger of an
epidemic.
At Sacramento an appropriation
of S50.000 was passed for relief in
the quake zone.
“Old Ironsides.” the gallant
Constitution, rode out another
storm in safety. The previous re
port that her masts had snapped
off during the earthquake, was
said to be incorrect.
THOUSANDS RECRUITED
Thousands of people have been
recruited to the staggering task
of clearing away debris; they are
working in 24 hour shifts in Long
Beach.
Temporary kitchens have been
established; truck loads of fresh
city, 15,000 quarts of milk and a
city, 15.0C0 quars of milk and a
similar number of loaves of bread
are being distributed daily.
Rigid restrictions have been
clamped on radio broadcasts be
cause of previous erroneous state
ments; credit for stamps is given
freely, and thousands of air-mail
letters are now' being distributed
TAPS FOR LITTLE GIRL
LONG BEACH, March 14.—Taps
sounded Tuesday over the lour
year-old Doloris Miller, a victim
of the quake, by American Legion
Posts of Long Beach which accord
ed the girl the honor of a full
military funeral as the organiza
tion’s tribute to all children who
perished in Southern California.
Little Doloris was chosen for
military honors because her moth
er lies critically ill in a hospital
and there are no family funds on
which to draw.
Doloris* was playing with her
dolls when the home collapsed and
when found buried under the de
bris, she had a teddy bear clasped
in Her little arms.