MEMBER ASSOCIATED RhfESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 82.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
* ANCHORAGE ARTISTS
UPHOLD TRADITIONS
PACKED THEATRE WITNESSED
MIDNIGHT MATINEE ‘ LET i
ANNE DO IT"
Delayed trains and the exodus oi
travelers aboard the SS Yukon,:
were insufficient to dampen the
ardour oi the theatre-loving crowd
'' which waited up until the hour oi
12:30 a. m. in order to witness the
oresentation of “Let Anne Do It.”!
one of the most refreshing and
engaging serio-comics offered in
Seward since the Little Theatre
Club presented “The Outcast.”
In the comparative sense one is |
not overlooking the audible motion j
picture presentations. And there!
is a reason.
The highly-appreciative and crit- j
ical audience which filled the Lib- j
* erty Theatre enjoyed the stimulant!
of propinquity with the living,
breathing artists who upheld the
dignity and reputations or Anchor
age and its traditions for clever
theatricals and finished artistry, j
The success of “Let Anne Do It”
was predicated upon deft skill and
discriminating theatrical technique
in selecting a cast, each member of
which was endowed w'ith personal
ity and artistic interpretative pow
. ers, which combined with perfect
stage presence left nothing amiss, |
and vouchsafed to the audience |
the satisfying relaxation which ac- i
companies witnessing professional
presentations.
FINISHED ARTISTS
Thus it was that John M. Cook,
as he is known to his legion of
friends, became the living person
ality of Sam Bennett, the head of
an average American household
whose components offered a broad
field for interpretative genius in
translating them into perfect
types, such as one meets in every
day life.
While the theme suggestion car
ried the illusion to '‘Anne,” there
was no abridgement or contraction j
of latitude for individual expres-,
■ sion of each character in the play.
As Anne Bennett Purdy, Verna!
Reed brought to the role that sweet!
loveliness one must naturally asso
cite with the character of a deli
cately sentimental and highly eth
ical maiden, caught in the first
flush of ‘‘that rising sound so soon
to sweep thru the soul to purify or j
to destroy.” Anne was in love—;
the sort of love all ebbulent youth !
dream of, but tempered by such an j
interpretation as Spenser gave to
“The Fairie Queen.”
^ “JOHN BARRYMORE’'
Playing opposite Anne was Hal
ford Noggle, whose personality and
stage presence entitles him to the
distinction of being called Alas-,
ka’s John Barrymore.
It is such a role as Halford loves,!
for it required the minimum of ar- j
tificiality while at the same time |
giving every opportunity for dis
play of his finished artistic talents.
The comedy role fell to Harry K.
Bennett, Esq., the misanthropic
and garrulous bachelor uncle be
longing to the age when relatives
whose presence rivaled the seven
year itch in point of resigned tol
erance, were a part of the house
hold. In this role Harry Seller,
lacking nothing in stage technique,
and hinting at previous profession
al stage experience, literally brot
the house tumbling about his ears.
His comedy was of such rapid-fire
calibre that the audience simply
had to begin a chuckle and sup
* press desired outward outbursts in
order not to miss the next wave
calculated to submerge them.
SKILLFUL TOUCH
In Herb Hardcastle, the budding
Wallingford, always one jump be
v hind Lady Luck with her cornu
copia of dubloons and pieces of
eight, Vern Johnson drew some
thing exacting in what it imposed
in point of deftness and finesse.
In less capable hands the char
acter delineation might have suf
fered the mildew of grotesqueness,
but under young Johnson’s skilled
touch it became a rival for Seller’s
honors in what it won of hearty
laughs and breeziness.
In all families where there are
three eligible daughters it oft oc
curs that at least one picks a lem
in from the matrimonial tree, or
reaches for a luscious temptation
to have the hand come away bear
ing a withered leaf.
It was here that Nina O. Bennett,
<< the victim of man’s forgetfulness,
stood gazing over the brink of the
'sere and yellow leaf” and what
promised to be chronic spinter
hood. Helen Welch made a splen
did Nina O. Bennett, shading the
gradations of temperament and
sentiment with a deftness which
clothed it in a high quality of art
<;tic interpretation.
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TESTED BEER
NEW YORK, April 8,—Out of
curiosity Herbert Schwartz, chem
ist, Friday tested samples of beer
in all the local breweries and
found the brew averaged 3.001 per
cent ranged 2.95 to 3.15 percent.
Not a single sample was found
over the legal 3.02.
MIGHTY STREAM OF
BREW IS COURSING
THROUGH 19 STATES
NEW YORK, April 8—A mighty
stream of golden brew coursed
thru 19 of the United States Fri
day as the Nation welcomed back
legalized beer, missing from the
American scene for 13 years. It
was probably the most remarkable
“Beer Day” in history and hilari
ous scenes were enacted all day
long in the principal brewing cen
ters.
In New York alone, approxi
mately 400,000 barrels of beer were
trundled through streets to hotels,
restaurants, lunch stands and gro
cery stores. Thirty breweries were
operating at full capacity in an
effort to fill the demand, and a
beer famine swept the city before
mid-afternoon.
In every block of Manhattan
could be found the same scene, a
bar jammed with stein hoisting
patrons standing from four to
eight deep and paying 10 cents
for each glass. While New York’s
celebration was delayed by deter
mination of brewers not to start
deliveries until daylight, citizens
of Chicago and Milwaukee began
drinking immediately after mid
night. In Chicago loop streets
were crowded all day. Crowds
were so large at prominent res
taurants that emergency police
iHere summoned to keep them or
derly.
In all major cities police said
they were having little or no trou
ble with intoxication cases. Two
cases of beer were delivered with
great solemnity at the White House
in Washington, under a marine
guard and six Hawaiians playing
guitars.
: BUCK n BILL
MIL FACE BLUE
WASHINGTON, April 8,—Presi
; dent Roosevelt’s support for legali
! zation to reduce working hours
! along lines of the Black five-day
j week, six-hour-day, which has
j passed hte Senate, seemed assured.
Roosevelt, whose position on the
bill has been in doubt, delegated
Labor Secretary Frances Peikins
and Commerce Secretary Daniel
Roper to cooperate with Ijim in a
study of the measure over the
week-end. Unless Roosevelt swings
his big stick behind the legislation
; it became evident that it will face
I a long delay.
UNIT HOLDOUT
SLUES TO SIGN UP
PHILAELPHIA, April 8, —Don
Hurst, baseball’s most adamant
I holdout of the 1933 season, was en
route here to sign a contract with
; the Phillies for his old position on
| first sack.
Hurst accepted an offer of Pres
| ident Gerry Nugent at Hollywood,
where the first baseman had gone
to seek work in the movie studios.
: Terms were not divulged but the
! best guesses were htat Hurst was
1 given $10,000, just $2,500 more than
! he received last year.
LIGHTKUT GIMP
K BUSY SEASON B
PLENTY MONEY, 9
NEW YORK, April 7, —Tony
Canzoneri, lightweight champion,
will meet Barney Ross, Chicago
sensation, in a 13-round title
bout at Wtrigley Field, Chicago
June 22, according to his mana
ger, Sammy Goldman.
The champion will get a flat
guarantee of $30,000 with the pri
vilege of taking 40 per cent al]
over $50,000.
Conzoneri, now training at Pom
pon Lakes, N. J., will engage in
three overweight matches before
taking on Billy Petrolle’s con
queror. Tony fight Wes Ramey
at Grand Rapids, Mich., on Apr!
19, Steve Halaiko at Buffalo on
May 1 and Bat Shore at New Or
leans on May 15.
■IE RUTH JUDD
WEEPING HTSTERICNLLY:
SENTENCE!! DIE APRIL 21
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 3,—“Two,
weeks from today and I will be!
dead”. With that statement Win
nie Ruth Judd, “Velvet Tigress”)
killer, condemned slayer of two
intimate women friends, continued
to weep hysterically in her cell in
the State prison following action
of the State Pardon Board in de
nying her an additional reprieve.
“And next Fridav will be my
wedding anniversary”, she sobbed.
Mrs- Judd is under sentence to
be hanged in the State prison at1
Florence, April 21, for the murder
of her chum, Mrs. Agnes Ann Le
Rci, in October 1931. The bodies
of Mrs. LeRoi and of Hedvig Sam
uelson were cut up and shipped in
trunks from Phoenix to Los An
geles, where they were attracting
the attention of a baggageman,
who saw blood stains and thought
that the trunks contained contra
band venison.
EXCHANGE WELCOMES
ANY INQUIRY CLARIFY
METHODS EMPLOYED
NEW YORK, April 7—Investiga
tion of Charges of alleged irregu
larities on the part of the New
York Curb Exchange got underway
with the examination of Howard
Sykes, president of the market, by
Assistants of Attorney General
John J. Bennett.
The inquiry followed numerous
complaints regarding the Exchange
trading practices in both listed
and unlisted securities. The in
quiry was adjourned until next
Wednesday w&en other witnesses
will be examined. Sykes declared
the Exchange welcomes any in
quiry which will clarify to the
publjp methods employed by the
Exchange.
FIRST READING
LONDON, April 8,—The enabling
act granting the government au
thority to proclaim an embargo
against Soviet Russian goods was
[(|ven its first reading in the
House of Lords.
PREMIER OF FRANCE
WILLING TO GOME 0. S.
PARIS April, 8,—Premier Ed
ouard Daladier was prepared to
proceed to Washington in response
to President Roosevelt’s invitation
to a conference if Italy and Ger
many are represented.
It was said that if Premier Beni
to Mussolini of Italy and Chancel
lor Adolf Hitler of Germany accept
invitations to go to the United
States, Daladier will accept. His
action will depend entirely on the
attitude of Rome and Berlin, it
was understood.
POLICE HUSHED TO
CHICICO SCHOOLS
CHICAGO.. April 7, —New re
cruits were added to the student
strike in behalf of unpaid school
teachers when high school pupils
stormed several grade schools in
an effort to win the youngsters to
their cause.
Police were rushed to half-a
dozen schools. Bands of 100 and200
high school students accompanied
in some ca^es by older persons,
visited unaffected schools and tri
ed to persuade or intimidate pupils
to join the strike.
TOOK OKS DENI
CH, FOILED REVIVE
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 7—Twelve j
days ago Arthur M. Jones sat in a >
dentist’s chair and inhaled deeply
of anasthetic gas. Two teeth were!
. extracted. Last night, more than
270 hours later, Jones still was un
. conscious, a patient in a Phoenix
hospital. “Unchanged” was the
hospital’s description of his condi
tion.
Jones’ case, physicians said, may
be classed as one of the rarest in
medical history. And, they added,
L there is no way known to science
by which the likelihood of its oc
j curring can be determined in ad
I vance.
GOVERNOR APPOINTED
WASHINGTON. April 8,—Presi
dent Roosevelt appointed Mayor
Frank Murphy of Detroit, Govern
or General of the Philippines. The
selection means Homer S. Cum
mings will be retained as Attorney
General. He was originally select
ed for tihe Island Governorship
but was changed to a Cabinet post
following tlje death of Senator
i Walsh of Montana.
HITLER IS CLOTHED
IH GREATER FOBS
DT PASSAGE OF Li
1 BERLIN, April 8,—The German
Cabinet approved a new “Gleich
Schaltung” law clothing Chancel
lor Adolf Hitler with even greater
| powers and virtually dealing a
i death blow to the Reich as con
| ceived by Bismark. It is the most
important constitutional change
I which the Hitler government in
; its brief but dramatic career has
! yet attempted, and confers upon
' the Chancellor power which neith
' er Bismark nor any of the Kaisers
! enjoyed.
Whatever remains hereafter of
; the federal character of the Reich
will be almost negligible. Hitler or
| his aides will control every State
■ in the Federation, with the Chan
! cellor omnipotent. The term
I ‘‘Gleich Schaltung” is untranslata
i ble. It means the proportional ad
| justment of any selective boay in
accordance with the ratio of the
March 5 elections. The Nazi party,
which Hitler heads, won large
majorities then in all sections of
the country, hence the adjustment
will give them full control of all
elective bodies.
The law goes into effect immedi
ately on publication. Both Bismark
1 when he built the Reich and the
| framers of the Weimar constitu
I tion setting up the German Re
public after the World War pro
vided for a Federalist Nation. Bis
mark’s motive was to maintain the
dynasties- The Weimar Constitu
tion, although deposing the dynas
ties, retained the Federal nature
: of the country, depriving States
only of their financial sovereignty.
Under the new law. State legisla
tures will not be able to turn out
their local government, to be ap
pointed by Hitlerites.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 8,—
The administration began a spirit
ed effort to insure effective action
at the forthcoming world economic
conference.
Invitations to come to Washing
ton for personal talks with Presi
dent Roosevelt on economic prob
lems have been issued to heads of
Great Britain, France, Italy, Ger
many, Japan, China, Argentina
Brazil and Chile. They were told
by the State Department that
President Roosevelt would be glad
to receive their premiers or offici
al als they might designate.
RUTH’S SUBSTITUTE
PLAYS GREAT GAME
LOUISVILLE, April 8, -Fred
Walker is making it tougher for
Manager Joe McCarthy to make
up his mind about what reserve
outfielders his New York Yankees
should carry this season.
The former international lea
guer flash subbed for the ailing
Babe Ruth again at Louisville yes
| terday and banged out a triple and
two singles and scored four runs.
It looks now that McCarthy will
just about have to keep Walker
and Sam Byers as the two outfield
replacements.
CONFIRMED
1 THE HAGUE, Holland, April 7.—
The permanent court of interna
tional justice confirmed Denmark’s
title to Eastern Greenland, over
which Copenhagen government
has been incontroversy with Nor
way. The decision was by a vote
of 12 to 2. The decision disal
lowed Norway’s claim to Eric the
Red Land, a §trip 350 miles long,
on the Greenland coast. Prime
Minister Mowinkle of Norway
said in Oslo the government
would respect the World Court’s
; decison. _
RARE PRODUCT—
MILWAUKEE, April 8,—A bottle j
of real beer which has been in ex- |
hibit in the public museum here
was removed. It had been exhib
ited under the classification of
“rare products of Wisconsin”. A
bottle of near beer was put in its
place.
TWO KILLED
DUQUOIN, 111., April 8, —Two
men were killed, an officer was
shot in the hand, and a 14-year
old girl lay near death with a bul
let in her lungs as results of a new
outbreak in Southern Illinois re
current mine war. Killings of the1
two men climaxed a day of guerri-1
la fighting between members of i
the United Mine Wrokers and the J
Prosessive Mine Union. Several ar
rests were made.
ATTORNEYS SELECTED
MOSCOW, April 8—Four defense!
attorneys were selected by the six
British subjects charged with sa
botage and espionage. Names of
the attorneys were not disclosed.
They apparently will defend the
six men jointly. Trial probably
I will be postponed until April 12 to
| give both sides more time to pre
; pare their cases.
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155.MJISKI ElOUTt
SEATTLE, Apr. 8, —The following
passengers left today bound for
Seward via the SS. Alaska of the
Alaska Steamship Company.
R. Rasmussen, S. M. Sells, F. O.
Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Duffy,
H. Lazelle, E. Koebler, Mr. and Mrs.
B. Anderson, J. L. McGinn, L. B.
Wallbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Bartley
Howard, T. Delhie, F. L. Wagner,
Frank Wagner, Miss M. Fraser, F.
Hoffman and J. Linke.
Mis* Doris Bateman and child
ren; J. Jensen, G. Decker, L. Os
| beck, P. Peterson, F. M. Runge, Mrs
! Vivian Johnson and children; J.
Borgeson, L. Doggett. Peggy Down
ing, H. Erickson, J. L. Maxwell, W.
S. Homing, Fred Bender, Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Frieing, M. L. Adams, B.
Fairfield, C. L- Stolberg, Ted Olson,
O. Challman, Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Hyrup.
Thgte are 45 steerage passengers
also on board for Seward.
TEMPERATURES
NEW YORK, April 8,—High 56,
low 42.
STATEWIDE MILK STRIKE
ROCHESTER, N. Y-, April 8,—
A State-wide milk strike until the
Pitcher bill, a measure designed
to afford relief to dairymen, is
passed by the legislature at Al
bany was declared by members of
the Western New York Milk Pro
ducers Assn.
Failure of the legislature to take
prompt action on the bill resulted
in menbers of the association re
suming their strike which caused
two days of violence to the Roch
ester era last week and resulted in
the massing here of State troops.
IDT! ISN'T IS
COUPLE WHO YET?
NICE, France, April 8,—Friends
expect former Mayor James J. I
Walker and Betty Compton to be
married at the Cannes City Hall,
April 13, with Michael Arlen and;
Norma Shearer mentioned as like-j
ly attendants.
Miss Shearer is now visiting at ]
Cap Antibes- Walker has not re- j
vealed his plans, but his friends
point out that unless he is married
April 13, he will be Unable to do so
before April 18, on account of the
Easter holidays.
INTER-CLUB COMPETITION
BERMUDA, April 8,—Bermuda
defeated Long Island Sound
Yachtsmen in an inter-club com
petition, 78, 34 to 30 points when
J. E. Pearman’s “Starling” finish
ed first in the third and final race
of the series. Bermuda also took
second, third and fourth place.
MUSICAL PROMOTER
UNWANTED IN AUSTRIA
SALZBURG, Austria, April 7, —
iJulien Friedmann, an American
musical promoter, who was for
merly director of the Salzburg
Mozajteum and Salzburg orches
tra, has been declared an unwant
ed alien.
Police in all Austrian provinces
; have been ordered to expect him.
The order was based on “many
complaints” of irregular tr ansae -
! tions. Friedmann has appealed
the outcasting and remains here
pending the outcome.
PROTEST RAISING TAX
IN FISHERIES TO $25
JUNEAU, April 8,—A Ithough
local representatives of salmon
packers protested to the Senate
iisheries committee against raising
o: non-iesident and gill-netters
tax along with trollers to $25, the
S nate today tentatively approved
these figures ana added one
amendment to tax non-resident
trap tenders $25 and another mak
ing it compulsory for all persons
engaged in commercial fishing to
first obtain a Territorial license
and limited licenses to American
citizens and aliens who have de
clared their intention of becoming
citizens.
Cannery counsel said the meas
ure would probably be invalid as
it discriminated against non-resi
dents which they claimed is vio
late of the Alaska fisheries act of
1925 as interpreted In the Wood
Freeman suit, a non-resident trol
ler who won a case against the
Territory, overturning the old non
resident trollers license law.
The House passed six Senate bills
all minor code amendments, one
of which repealed 40 sections of
the compiled laws which are either
obsolete or supplanted by later en
actment.
The Senate passed the bill
amending jury law to recruit only
three-fifths instead of four-fifths
the names of voters to be placed
in the jury box in drawing district
court panels.
At the beer hearing last night
only one objection was raised
which was interposed by retail
grocers to the provision that per
mits cigar stores and pool rooms
obtain “beer dispensary” licenses.
The revised bill is to be brought
to the floor tomorrow and maybe
passed the end of the day’s session.
PROSPERITY SEEN III
EOROPE IS RESULT OF
BEPEIL LIPB III II. S.
LONDON, April 8—Return of
beer and light wines in the United
States was regarded by liquor in
terests as the death blow to pro
hibition efforts in Europe.
Failure of this social experiment
in the United States, which was
long regarded as a failure here be
fore beer legally returned, was
considered the most potent argu
ment against prohibition propa
ganda ia the British Isles and on
the Continent.
Beer and wine merchants as well
as distillers foresee a large and
increasing market for their pro
ducts in the United States, and the
resultant return in a measure in
last of prosperity.
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 7, —What
is considered the hardest rjame on
earth to pronounce was announc
ed at KDKA and is suspected of
being the first successful pronun
ciation ever achieved, except by
the Indians who manufactured the
name.
It is Quigwigglogoguskotzucarsk
oftoftutzozbozbutoto. the name of
a lake near Webster, Mass. Origi
nally there were three lakes, each
with a separate name, but when
they formed into a sin gle lake, the
Indians merely combined the three
names and formed the 45-letter
name.
SKILLFUL SURGICAL
FLIT SHED LIFE
TEN WEEK OLD 9W
CHICAGO, April 7.—One of the
most skillful surgical feats in Chi
cago medical history saved the life
of 10-weeks-old Marilyn Zeigmund.
Several days ago as Mrs. Benja
min Zeigmund was bathing the
child, she laughed at the baby’s
antics and dropped an open safety
pin she was holding in her mouth.
The pin fell into the child’s mouth
and was promptly swallowed.
Dr. Gustave g. Herpe of Lake
view hospital, cut an incision into
the abdomen. Taking the stomach
in his hand he deftly manipulated
until the pin was closed. With the
principal danger removed, he re
placed tfye stomach, closed the in
cision and pronounced the baby
out of danger.