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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 71.
SEWARD, ALASKA, Monday, march 27, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIAM OF GOLD
FROM LEGALIZED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REV
ENUE STAMPS ALONE HAVE
BEEN PURCHASED
WASHINGTON, Marcli 27,—The
beginning of the stream of gold
which sponsors of legalized beer
predicted would result from its
sales, is reported in statements (
from industries in various States,,
also the Federal Treasury.
The principal immediate benefi-.
ciaries are the lumber and bottling
equipment industry. The lumber;
is used for making cases for bot- \
tied beer.
Railroads are looking to beer!
shipments to lielp them out of the
depression. The carriers have pe
titioned the Inter-State Commerce
Commission for permission to cut
rates in order to go after the bulky
business.
REVIVING BUSINESS
Two breweries in St. Louis have i
ordered $1,250,000 worth of revenue ;
stamps which is estimated to last
three months; brewrers of New
York will buy $4,000,000 for barrels
of beer to be produced there duh
ing the first year which will net
the government $20,000,000.
A close adviser of the President,
who declined to permit the use of
his name, said, “We have been on
dead center economically for
months. It is too early to judge
definitely how much money will
flow in from the beer trade but
even a small fraction of national
spending may be the factor neces
sary to start business up anew."
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 27.
—The demand for Congressional;
investigation of the Treasury, the
Comptroller of currency, and the
Department of justice, grew Sat-,
urday with additional disclosures
that the Hoover administration :
delayed a number of other pros- j
escutions than that of the Harri-,
man National Bank which was;
closed recently for asserted falsi
fication of accounts.
The alleged irregularies in this
particular bank were first discov
ered on July 9. but a detailed re
port was not submitted to the
Comptroller of currency by Chief
National Bank Examiner L. K.|
Roberts until December 23.
PRESIDEHTWiirK
GIVEN SWIMMING Ml
NEW YORK, March 27,—Presi
dent Roosevelt will have a swim
ming pool on the White House
grounds this summer, according
to plans of the New York Daily I
News and 43 other newspapers
The News announced that cash
contributions totaling over SI 1.000
have been received toward a fund
for constructing a pool in the
White House territory.
President Roosevelt, an ardent
swdmmer, refrained from having
a pool built at government expense
because of the need of economy.
Swimming is his chief form of ex
ercise.
1CCELEMTF. PfflBTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27,
—Informal conversations between
Secretary of State Hull and repre
sentatives of the major powers
are due to continue here in an ad
ministration move to accelerate
undertakings on war debt and
world economic problems before
the world economic conference
convenes.
Secretary Hull has conferred with
Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British
ambassador. The State department
indicated it was ready to discuss
preparations for the economic
conference with France.
TERMINATED
I
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27. j
—The State Department reported
that an official investigation of;
conditions in Germany indicated ';
that, “Whereas there was for a
short time considerable physical
mistreatment of Jews, the phase
may be considered virtusQlv termi
nated.”
SHAW WANDERS
SAN SIMEON, Calif., March 27,
—George Bernard Shaw, British
playwright, and his wife, wander
ed over the ranch of William Ran
dolph Hearst, publisher, before
continuing to Los Anglees where
they will rejoin their globe-gird
ing ship, the SS Empress of Brit
ain, which arrives at Los Angeles
harbor today. _
QUICK PtEIliT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 27,
—Congress entered its third full
week special session with Demo
cratic leaders threatening to hear
down so as to speed enactment
without wholesale revision of the
Roosevelt farm relief and unem
ployment olans.
They sought to clear the legisla
tive road for the remainder of the
President’s reconstruction program
whch is due to be sent to Captol
Hill.
A rapid fire order for quick
agreement appeared in sight today
Dn the re-forestration employment
program with the objections by
labor, met and revised- The meas
ure, containing the essential fea
tures, is expected to come from the
Semite and Hoilsg Lat>oi commit
tees n time for action this after
noon. . ,
The farm relief measure bogged
despite Wallace’s plea of speedy
action in the Senate agricultural
committee where a hearing is in
[•ogress.
HOCKEY CHAMPIONS
JEW YORK, March 27,—The At
tic City “Sea Gulls”, who al
dv have retained their national
ateur hockey championship,
upleted the championship with
straight victories by beating
Baltimore “Orioles” 8-3 at
dison Square Garden before 60,
fans.
JEWS OHO TO
BERLIN, March 27, —Police in
the palatinate, or Rhinish area,
have ordered all Jews who immi
grated into the palatinate after
1914 to report to police headquar
ters, it was learned officialy.
Many Jews are leaving the
country instead of reporting. In
order to prevent their escaping
financial obligations by flight,
bank deposits are being withheld
and passports withdrawn.
The measures apply only to Jews
disobeying orders to report to the
police/ officials said.
The Jewish war veterans asso
ciations handed the United States
embassy in Berlin a statement
condemning “exaggerations” in
reports on anti-semetic acts here,
and requested that it be cabed to
the United States.
WHOIESALE FEDE1L
REORGANIZATION STMTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 28,
—President Roosevelt drafted an
executive order for consolidation
of several government agricultural
credit agencies as the first step in
a plan of wholesale federal reor
ganization.
The sudden move came as a pre
liminary program to relieve debt
burdened holders of farm mort
gages which will be submitted to
Congress this week and probably
be followed by a program for re
viving the national transportation
systejp.
The President reserved announc
ing details of the consolidation
plan. ___
HOUSTON, Tex., March 27, —
Posses and bloodhounds are trail
ing two negroes who allegedly shot
to death William Porch, 25, and
attacked his companion, Miss Adele
Torian, 24.
The hysterical woman told police
she and her escort, both prominent
families, were accosted by the
negroes who appeared at the side
of the car and ordered them out.
They fired one shot in Porch’s
back, then blindfolded, gagged and
attacked the girl.
SITIIlir, 13 DIED
| OAKLAND, March 27,t—A fast
I moving storm blazed the way for
l a transport airplane crash which
i took 13 lives near here Saturday
j night but only three of these were
j in the plane, including Nobel
! Evans, considered one of the best
j tough weather fliers in the coun
| try.
i The others were gathered as a
happy group in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Arisas who, with
four children, we re wiped out when
the Arisas residence was struck
by the plane, the plane and house
exploding. It was burned and an
other dwelling next door when the
flames jumped into an upstaires
window sprayed with flaming gas
oline.
Those who died in the hospital
were four young men. neighbors
and friends and the Arisas family.
A squall hit the ship and lifted
i Evans the wrong way at the wrong
I time, said President Franklin Rose,
of the Varney Speed Lines.
RECOGNITION SOVIET
RUSSIA IS PART OF
RECOVER! PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.
—Though the White House re
mains mum on the subject, Rus
j sian recognition, it is believed, will
! shortly be accorded by President
Roosevelt as part of his world re
j covery, program.
; Some think it will be done with
! a bang just as he has done with
[ other things without beating
j about the bush.
Senator Borah thinks that is the
, way it should be done. Others be
! lieve an American commission
; should be appointed to meet with
a similar Russian commission, first
to feel out the situation.
Such is Senator Key Pittman’s
: idea, and the Nevadan is chair
■ man of the Senate foreign rela
i tions committee. _
NOGALES, Sonora, Mex-, March
27, —Legalization of beer in the
United States has started Sonora
breweries working night shifts in
order to compete with American
breweries.
The brewery interests have sol
icited Governor Elias Calles in the
competition and the chief execu
tive will undertake a tax reduc
tion in an effort to undersell the
American product. The Mexican
product is said to have a larger
alcoholic content than that legal
ized in the United States.
AGITATION
BERLIN, March 27. -With Chan
cellor Hitler carried to the heights
as all-powerful dictator of Ger
many on the crest of the wave of
Nazism, certain national circles
were agitated by the question of
how long the aged President, Field
Marshal von Hindenburg. will be
content to remain under the shad
ow thrown over him by the former
army corporal.
ICQUITTAL MOONEY
PBEOICIEBIPBIL 28
SAN FRANCISCO. March 27,— I
Acquittal of Thomas J. Mooney at j
his forthcoming trial on a 16-year- j
old murder indictment was pre
dicted by all but one of the form- j
, er prosecution.
Edward A. Cunha, special prose- j
cutor at the original bomb trials, j
declared he was of the opinion
! that Mooney probably would not
be acquitted and might get a
stronger sentence, possibly hang- j
ing, as a result of his trial before:
Superior Judge Louis H. Ward on*
April 26.
TAKE SAME PATH U. S.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 27,'
—Return of beer in the United
States had its immediate reaction
in dry Iceland. Parliament con
sidered a measure introduced by
members favoring abolition of the
; prohibition laws. “We should take
S the same path as the United
States,” a spokesman declared.
BATTLED TO A TIE
OAKLAND, March 27,—Oakland !
“Oaks” and the Chicago “Cubs” |
battled to a 5-5 tie in an exhibi- j
tion game here.
FORMAL RESIGNATION
TOKIO, March 27, —J a p a n’s
Privy Council convened in plenary 1
session at Chiyoda castle to form
ally adopt the Empire’s resignation
from the League of Nations.
* * * *
FEDERAL CONTROL
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 27,
—Federal control of all corpora-,
tions through a system of licenses'
will be proposed to Congress by
Senator George W. Norris, Repub
lican from Nebraska.
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STRUCK AND KILLED
BREMERTON, Wash., March 27,
—John C. Johnson, thiid class
electrician’s mate on the US3 New
York, berthed here at the navy
yard, was accidently killed by a
falling piece of gear equipment.
* * * •
RACES POSTPONED
OAKLAND, March 27, —A u t o
races scheduled at Oakland speed
way were cancelled because of
rain- The next race at the Oak
land track will be the 150 mile
National championship to be run
April 23.
SEARCH FOR METEOR
LOS ANGELES, March 27, —
Searching parties, headed by a
scientist, invaded New Mexico and
Arizona yesterday in an effort to
find thQ main body of the huge,
slow moving meteor which shed
ts fragments over three states.
TRUCKS INTO RAVINE
MEXICO CITY, March 27, —
Twelve men were killen and 20 in
jured when three trucks carrying
70 workers crashed into a ravine
2,100 feet deep on the Laredo high
way. The men were Mexicans who
had been deported from the United
States.
* * * •
OIL MONOPOLY
PARIS, March 27,—The govern
ment is considering establishing a
petroleum monopoly similar to
that recently set up in Spain, it
was learned, on the eve of the
meeting of the world oil confer
ence in which American oil men
are taking a leading role.
* * * *
TSK! TSK! TSK!
CHICAGO, March 27,—The Wo
men’s Christian Temperance Union
began rallying its forces for the
big drive in its war against repeal
of prohibition. Union leaders be
lieve the beer legislation battle
which they have just lost was only
a skirmish. The real wrar they be
lieve is just beginning.
* * # •
MODIFYING PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27,
—The Senate labor committee
met to begin modifying President
Roosevelt’s reforestation army
plan to meet some of the obliga
tions of labor leaders who de
nounced the program last week as
a “regimentation” of American
workers.
HOLPK. Jfl.. GGNOEMNS
PERSECUTION JEWS
SACRAMENTO, March, 27,—Gov.
James Rolph Jr., sent a telegram
to Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York condemning the alleged per
secution of Jews in Germany.
The telegram was sent and was
to be read today at a mass demon
stration in Madison Square Gar
den; its contents read: “We are
protesting against the persecution
of Jews in Germany because it is
there and against them that intol
erance is now rearing its veno
mous head.”
SKELETONS BELIEVED
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Mar.,
27,—Authorities were seeking to
verify an unconfirmed report that
skeletons of two men found on the
western shore of Placentia Bay
were those of Charles Nungesser
and Francois Coli, French fliers
The reports themselves were
confused, another saying the bones
were found on the west coast, in
land from the Bay of Islands.
Representative J. S. Hofman has
sent The Gateway the daily Journ
al of the House of Representatives
and the Senate Journal. Anyone
interested may peruse them at the
office. Today, Cal Brosius is look
ing them over.
DEFENDS FAILURES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 27.
—Acting Comptroller of Currency,
F. C. Await defended the failure ot;
the Treasury Department to ex- j
pedite action against the Harri-!
man Bank & Trust Co. of New j
York after an examiner reported j
irregularities as in the public in
terest.
HUGE ANTI-HITLER
DE1IOT1 HELD
LONDON, March 27, —A huge j
anti-Hitler demonstration of Jews
in the so-called Jewish Parliament
and their supporters was held in
Tavistock Square.
The meeting of the Parliament
itself was secret, the situation in
Germany being discussed behind
closed doors. Only members of
the Board of Deputies were admit
ted and even the wife of President
Neville Laski was excluded.
Laski subsequently announced
the Board adopted a resolution
saying that the Board believes
freedom and justice demanded for
Germany by her representatives
abroad must also be accorded her
own citizens, Jewish and non-Jew
ish and one cannot be allowed with
out the other.
HEAD 07ufI7
DR. SPENCER, IS OUT
SEATTLE, March 27,—The resig
nation of Dr. M. Lyle Spencer as
president of the Unive'rsity of
Washington, which has been in
the hands of the new regents for
two months, was accepted at a
meeting of the Board. A tempor
ary successor will be named im
mediately but no attempt will be
made to fill the vacancy for the
present. j
Spencer requested that he be
transferred to the English depart
ing t but tiyg was declined by
the Board, explaining no vacancy
existed at this time.
GENERAL REFUSES TC
TAKE DOCTOR’S ORDERS
TUCSON, Ariz., aMrch 27, —A
doctor’s order is secondary to Gen- .
eral John J. Pershing when it
comes to greeting former com
rades of the service.
The Commander of the Ameri- (
can Expeditionary Forces during
the World War, despite a throat
infection and disregarding his
physician’s instructions, visited
the United States Veteran’s Hos
pital here to greet the men.
After General Pershing made a
brief speech, one veteran said: j
“The General is not himself.” He
had difficulty in getting his words
out.
The SS. Latouche of the A. S. S.
Co. which left Seattle March 16
for Alaska, is due to arrive in port
with several carloads of powder
for railroad points.
SECRET RAIL MEET
CHICAGO, March 27,—The Ext- j
cutive committee of the Associa-!
tion of Railway Executives, ad-1
journed here after a seven-day j
secret meeting without revealing!
whether they had reached a solu-!
tion of problems confronting the |
Nation’s railroads.
It was indicated, however, that
the 59 transportation executives
devoted considerable discussion to
a downward revision of wages and
taxes.
SO-CALLED PERSECUTION
BERLIN, March 27,—The gov
ernment proceeded with its efforts j
to discredit reports abroad of per
secution of Jews under the Fas
cist regime headed by Chancellor
Adolf Hitler.
While the Chancellor refused to
comment publicly on the reports,
apparently coming largely from
refugees fleeing into France, other
members of his Cabinet made open
statements insisting that the so
called persecution was pure propa
ganda.
SECESSION DOES NOT
RAISE OUESTION OE
PROBLEMS WILL BE MET UN
FLINCHINGLY BY JAPANESE
GOVERNMENT
TOKIO. March 27—The Cabined’s
action in resigning from the Lea
gue of Nations, climaxed 13
months of dispute regarding Jap
anese‘activities in Manchuria for
which Japan was condemned by
the League in February.
The official announcement said
the Japanese government could n>
longer cooperate with the League
but it hoped to continue cooperat
ing with other nations toward
world peace movements.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
The communication, a 700-word
document, asserted the unwilling
ness of League members to grasp
facts in the Oriental situation
which resulted in the assembly’s
report on February 24 which failed
to contribute to the cause of peace
in the Orient, the document added,
which is Japan's primary objective.
The communication did not
mention the 1600 mandated islands
in the Pacific, once the property
of Germany, over which Japan was
given supervisory powers by the
League.
The spokesman said the govern
ment contends the viewpoint of
secession from toe League does
not raise the question of Japan’s
retention of the islands and Japan
will not raise the question. If it
is raised by others it will be met
unflinchingly by Japanese deter
mination to hold the islands.
SHIP GREAT WELCOME
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, —
San Francisco harbor, one of the
world’s greatest, greeted the USS
Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” with
a tremendous welcome. Crowds
gathered on Telegraph Hill and on
high points surrounding the Gol
den Gate to view the arrival of
the historical ship.
A navy tug escorted the crait
thru the Gate, led by a fleet of
yachts and planes overhead. The
arrival w'as broadcast by a small
transmitter aboard a power yacht
in the harbor and relayed to the
larger radio stations and the Nat
ional Broadcasting Company.
The sturdy ship, built in’Boston
in 1794 as a 44 gun frigate but,
was not launched until 1797.
SHORTAGE OF DEED IS
FKCIST 511 MONTHS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, —
With San Francisco officials speed
ily acting in creating a commis
sion regulating sale of beer, brew
ers revealed that the awaited 3.2
per cent beverage would only last
six months because of the heavy
demand.
Thousands of barrels and mil
lions of bottles have already been
brewed, it was stated by Joseph
Goldie, president of the California
Brewers Association, but that the
amount will not be half enoght to
go around.
City officials, at the same time,
were rushing action on municip:,.
regulations.
unFrOT
NEW YORK. March 27. —The
General Aviation Corporation will
become one of the outstanding
concerns in American commercial
aviation as the result of an asset
change agreed upon by directors
of General and North American
Aviation, Inc.
Stockholders will vote on the
plan shortly, but it is understood
the chief stockholders already
have agreed. Certain assets o':
North American will be segregated
into a new company and assets of
General Aviation, with some ex
ceptions, will be acquired in ex
change for North American stock
122 DEATH QUAKE ZONE
LOS ANGELES, March 27, —The
total deaths resulting from the
March 10 earthquake reached 122
when Ernest Barnes, 19 year-old
negro, died in the General hospi
tal. He was struck by falling brick
at Long Beach.