VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 178.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1932.
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SUNDRY'S ELECTISN IN
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RESULT NEW REiGHSHG
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BERLIN, Aug., 1, —Thirty-seven
million German voters were ex
pected to march to the polls Sun
day to elect a new Reichstag from
the different parties in the field
which entred the last day, Satur
day, of the campaign, geared to a
point of excitement seldom equal
ed in a country that takes its poli
tics more seriously than any other
nation in the world.
Saturday midnight a “political
truce” was put into effect to last
10 days. Tire truce was established
by President Paul von Hindenburg
and prohibits indoor and outdoor
political gatherings from July 31 to
August 10.
PAPEN'S NON-PARTISAN
CABINET APPEARS TO BE
BERLIN, Aug., 1, (tf*)—On the ba
sis of 36,000,000 ballots counted in
Sunday’s Reichstag election, the
various parties were assured of
the following seats: National So
cialists 226, Socialists 129, Commu
nists 87. Centrists 75, German Na
tionalists 36, Populists 7, Econo
mics 2.
Continuance of the stern and un
yielding non-partisan cabinet of
Chancellor Franz von Papen and
Minister of Defense Gen. Kurt von
Schleicher in power, appeared cer
tain Sunday night w'hen more
than half of the ballots cast in the
Sunday Reichstag elections had
been counted.
Although Adolpf Hitler’s national
Socialist party was recording a big
party victory, running about two
to one ahead of the Socialists of
former Chancellor Heinrich Bruen
ing. the Hitlerites were far from
their objective of gaining complete
control of the Reichstag.
Out of the 21.000.000 votes count
ed at 10:30 p. m.. the Hitlerites had
obtained about 36 per cent. Social
ists 22 per cent. Communists 15 per
cent. Centrists 12 per cent, Nation
als 6 per cent, and the Bavarian
peoples 1 per cent; the others be
ing split in factions among 21 oth
er parties.
HITLER'S POWER IS
NEARLY DOUBLER AS
RESULT OF ELECTIONS
BERLIN, Aug., 1, —The German
elections Sunday saw the power of
Aldolpf Hitler and his Nazis forces
nearly doubled. Out of a total of
about 40,000,000 votes cast by the
German peoples, the Hitler ticket
received nearly 40 per cent.
By virtue of the election the Hit
lerites now hold 220 seats in the
Reichstag as compared with the 107
which they held formaly. The Hit
ler party is now the largest single
party in Germany. His gains were
made at the expense of all parties
but chiefly at the expense of the
Social-Democrats.
The election does not mean that
Hitler will get the Chancellorship,
which he is after, but it does as
sure that he will get a number of
seats in the cabinet.
A HEAvy GUARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 1, —
When President Hoover left here
Saturday for his Rapidan river
camp he was accompanied by a
heavy police escort of Virginia
State troopers. This is the first
time in two years that the chief
executive has gone with such an
escort.
THE BEST GYMNAST
LOS ANGELES, August 1, —Al
fred Joe him, diminutive Swiss ath
lete of New Jersey, was acclaimed
the best all-round American gym
nast following first trials for the
Olympic Games gymnastic squad.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
JUNEAU, Aug., 1, (A1)—W. L. Paul,
Indian leader in Southwest Alas
ka for several years and president
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
and its present attorney, will run as
an independent candidate for At
torey General of Alaska in the No
vember elections. He had previous
ly filed for auditor. Other candi
dates are James S- Truitt of An
chorage, Democrat; and John Rust
gard of Juneau, incumbent, Re
publican.
SCENE OF POMP UNO
SPLENDOR NON LOOKS
LIKE MERE WORKSHOP
OLYMPIC VILLAGE, Los Ange
les, Aug., 1, —Quite different from
the spectacle and pomp of Satur
day was the atmosphere in the sta
dium on the Sabbath, yesterday.
Now it has the aspect of a work
house. The green infield is littered
with the paraphernalia of sport.
Bunches of white-draped posts
stand at intervals along the run
ning track, the drab surface of
which is now chalked off into lit
tle lanes. Other lanes are laid out
in green grass.
Small platforms, painted a dull
green, are set out on the sward. A
tall, spidery-looking steel structure
supporting a little platform stands
at one end of the field. It is like a
divine platform, only, of course,
there is no divine there. The brisk
young ushers explain that it is for
the judges.
THE FIRST CHAMPION
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 1, (/P)—1The
first champion of the 1932 Olym
pic Games is Rene Duverger of
France, who Sunday night, in the
lightweight, weight-lifting c o n
tests, broke, the 1928 Olympic re
cord by lifting a total of 715 lbs.
KONIGSBERG, Germany, Aug., 1,
(/P)—Bombs burst and guns blazed
on the heels of at least four prom
inently connected communists and
socialist- parties, wounding Walter
Schuetz, communist, who w7as elect
ed to the Reichstag Sunday, his
daughter, editor of the socialist
newspaper, and Herr Saaff, local
communist organization leader.
A group of men forced their way
into the home of Schuetz where
the bombs were exploded.
Socialist headquarters and other
buildings were fired, shops looted
and a chain store broken up.
Ko.higsberg is in East Prussia, in
the territory seperated from Ger
many by the Poland “corridor” ad
joining on East Prussia.
ASSUMES PRESIDENCY
BUENOS AIRES, Aug., 1, —Mar
celo T. de Alvear assumed the pres
idency of the radical party com
mittee following a conference with
| Hipolito Irigoyen, the radical pres
i ident who was overthrown by the
; revolution of 1930.
SAN DIEGO IS SCENE
ANOTHER NAVAL MISHAP
SAN DIEGO, Aug., 1, —In the
second naval airplane accident in
24 hours, two naval officers were
killed and four men injured.
A seaplane from the U. S. S.
Wright crashed near Delan beach,
25 miles north of here. Lieut. D. R.
Bowner and Lieut. Hogan, who was
at the controls, being killed.
Another seaplane discovered the
wreck. Two men had previously
met death when a naval seaplane
crashed into a Coast Guard Cutter
near here.
Jim Bucey, son of the editor of
Seldovia Herald, and former stu
dent in the Seward high school,
was a southbound passenger on
SS Admiral Watson Sunday, en
route to the states where he will
continue his studies.
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BURK 0. F. F. HERO
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug., 1, —
With a bonus army numbering at
least 5,000 men on their way as a
result of an invitation of the may
or to the officers of the bonus army
to come to this city, citizens are
virtually up in arms demanding
their eviction.
The mayor has appealed to the
Red Cross for aid but the organi
zation announced they could not
possibly aid in evicting the veter
ans.
Commander Waters, who is with
the men, has a new plan for a
march on the Capital soon by a
group of the “Khaki Shirts” bonus
seekers. First, however, the army
plans to establish a new camp at
Waterbury, Maryland, where a big
acreage of land has been turned
over to them for their camp. The
march from Johnstown means a
hike of about 200 miles East but
the veterans are eager to go to their
new destination.
Meanwhile, the Legionnaires of
Washington and Chicago, as well
as other cities, are vying for the
honor of giving a hero burial to the
soldier who was shot at the capital
by the police. Chicago is the bonus
marcher’s home but the Washing
i ton Legionnaires want to have the
soldier buried in Arlington Ceme
tary.
COSMOPOLITAN GRIP
RESULTS LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 1, —In an
American-owned hotel with a Fin
nish clerk behind the desk, a Fili
pino bell hop to run errands for a
Polish woman discuss-thrower, a
Mexican fencer, a French swimmer,
a Dutch sprinter, an Austrian high
diver and a Japanese hurdler, the
Chapman hotel here is a ‘no-man’s’
land because women athletes of
the Olmpic Games are quartered
in it.
These same bell hops scamper
through the corridors for Danish
fencers, a Belgian fencer, some
British sprinters and a German
discus thrower.
FRANCE DISCUSSES IIS
AMBASSADORIAL CHOICE
PARIS, August 1, —Appointment
of Louis Germain Martin as Am
bassador to the United States dur
ing the discussion of war debts,
which probably will take place in
the near future, is being discussed
by government officials, it was re
ported today in informed circles.
The socialist newspaper Le Popu
late said Premier Herriot had con
sidered the appointment but that
when M. Germain Martin was ask
ed about it said he had not re
quested the post nor had been ap
proached regarding it.
FLATTENED PAVELEC
WEST NEW YORK, N. J. Aug., 1,
Primo Camera, the fisticana amb
ling Alp, gloated over another kayo.
The ponderous Italian flattened
Jerry Pavelec of New York after 51
seconds of the fifth round at the
West New York stadium. The big
Primo battered Pavelec heavily and
referee Jim Manley was forced to
stop the fight.
(Saturday’s games)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Phillies 7, Cleveland 2.
Chicago 8, Washington 5.
Boston 3, St. Louis 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 7, Chicago 2.
Cincinnati 3, New York 1.
Boston 3, St. Louis 1.
Phillies 7-13, Pittsburgh 4-3.
PACIFIC COAST
San Francisco 7, Sacramento 0.
Seattle 6, Hollywood 4.
AMERICANS FAIL TO
TAKE DAVIS GUP FROM
FRENCH TENNIS STARS
AUTEUIL, France, Aug., 1, —Ro
land’s Garros Stadium; The fourth
American challenge in five years
to relieve France of her record pos
session of the Davis Cup, interna
tional tennis trophy, came to grief
Sunday at the hands of Jean Bo
rotra, the colorful, acrobatic Bas
que.
France retained the coveted cha
lice, setting a new record of hold
ing it for six consecutive years,
when Borotra eked out a win over
Wilmer Allison, veteran American,
by scores of 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2,
7-5.
The match was thrilling and
closely fought, and the recapitu
lation shows tha tboth Borotra and
Allison scored 160 points without
even a one-point margin for the
French victory.
FIVE PERSONS LOST
LIVES OLD Mil SHIFT
MINOT, N. D., August 1—Three
boys who had been told that they
could see the moon in broad day
light if they climbed to the bottom
of an old mine shaft, are dead and
two miners lost their lives trying
to rescue them.
Four youngsters made the exper
iment clambering down a rickety
ladder in an abandoned shaft not
} far from town. The first one down
| choked as gas seeping from the
j walls overcame him. He lost his
I hold on the ladder and dropped
! 40 feet into a pool of water. Two of
the others had started right be
i hind him. They, too, lost conscious
i ness and fell.
AMERICANS CONTINUE
BUENOS AIRES. August 1, —Al
though imports of American pro
| ducts have declined, in common
, with all other imports, direct in
| vestments by American companies
continued.
Tw7o American companies have
recently inaugurated factories in
the province of Buenos Aires for
the manufacture of tires and rub
ber accessories. Today there are
some 30 American owned factories
and assembly plants in Argentina.
I American banking is well repre
i sented.
I TOM MOONEY PUNNING
j lOTHEBflGHTLIBERTY
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Aug., 1, —
—An occasional breeze from San
Francisco bay, perfect vacation
weather, swept over San Quentin
prison. But to Tom Mooney the
weather brought back a vivid mem
ary. It was the 16th anniversary
of his arrest.
One of the world’s most discuss
ed legal controversies was begun
on that day, in 1916, when Mooney,
together with his wife, Mrs. Rena
Mooney,^ was arrested at Guerne
ville, a vacation resort on Russian
river, as the bomber in the Pre
paredness Day blast.
Mooney believes himself the vic
tim of “justice from the courts,
governors and politicians controll
ed by the capitalistic class.”
He is laying plans for another
legal fight for freedom, despite
the rejection of his pardon plea by
Governor Rolph last April.
EUROPE WILL PAY, THOT
NEW YORK, Aug., 1, —Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt believes that
Europe will eventually pay her full
debt obligations to America and if
the United States will only give her
a chance by lowering her tariff
trade barriers, that commerce be
tween the nations can once again
restored.
CURTIS LEAVES L. A.
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 1, —After
having officially opened the Olym
pic Games here Saturday, Vice
President Charles Curtis boarded a
train Sunday evening and left for
his home at Topeka, Kas. The Vice
President is going to his home
state to participate in the Kansas
elections which are to be held to
morrow.
NATION'S CAPITAL IS
PRACTICALLY CLEANED
OF JOBLESS VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 1, —
The national capital was virtually
cleared of every man who looked
like he might be a World War vet
eran out of a job.
New issues raised in the nation
wide controversy over the expulsion
of the veterans from Washington
by gas and flame, included that the J
Hoover administration is deter- j
mined to use every possible means
to prevent the return of the World
War veetrans to Washington, e,ren
though there is no intention to re
sume burned camps.
Just what measures will be tak
en was not discussed.
BREAKS WORLD RECORD j
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 1, —Seven:
Olympic Games records were broken j
in the first day of competition by
male stars but it remained for a
woman to break a world’s record.
; The world’s record for the javelin
| throw was broken by “Babe” Dick- j
erson, of Dallas, Texas. She threw j
the javelin for a distance of 145:
feet and four inches. This is 11 feet
farther than any other existing
woman’s mark.
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 1, —F. Mor
gan Taylor, veteran competitor in
three Olympic Games and world
record holder in the 400 meter
hurdles, was the first to win his
heat in the Olympic Games Sunday.
He merely coasted to victory.
Sten Peterson of -Sweden.* was
second and Man Pikas of “Greece
was third.
S. Cho of Japan and A. Gonzales!
of Mexico were eliminated. Joe
t Healey of New York won his heat
I in 52.2. He came close to Taylor’s
world record of 52.
Ralph Mechlef, giant American
negro sprinter, had no difficulty
winning his first heat in 10.9. Geo.1
Simpson won the second heat
INSURGENTS KILLED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug., 1, —
A brush with Nicaraguan insur
gents in which four of the latter
were killed, was reported to the
Navy by Lieut. Col. Colvin F. Mat
thews, commanding the Nicara
guan national guard patrol com
posed of 10 men attached to the
group at Antigua city near Octoal.!
S None of the guard was injured.
| VETERANS SPENT NIGHT j
SLEEPING DARE EARTH:
CAMP MC CLOSKEY. Pa., Aug.,
1, —Upwards of 5,000 World War
veterans awoke sore and stiff from
sleeping in the chill mountain air
to face a foodless Sabbath.
Such bedding as the bonus army
salvaged from the flames in Wash
ington, was given} to the 350 wom
en and children accompanying the
B. E. F. The food scarcity was acute.
Sufficient rations for the day ap
peared unlikely but supplies are
on their way from other cities.
REVISION OF THEORIES
MEXICO CITY, August 1, —A re
vision of some of the current theo
ries regarding Mexico’s ancient in
habitants may be necessary as a
result of the discovery of stone
urns and unusual jade objects in
the Pedregal lava flow, not here
1 tofore uncovered.
UNITED SUITES STEPS
INTO LEAD FUST DAY
OF OLYMPIC 6AMES
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 1, t/P)—'The
United States stepped out in front
on the first day of track finals to
accumulate 25 points tto 11 of Fin
land, 10 of Poland, 6 of Germany,
4 of Philippines and Czechoslo
vakia, 5 of New Zealand, 1 of Jap
an and Sweden.
Leo Sexton, American weight
star, pitched the 16 pound shot, 52
feet and three and three-quarter
inches, a new Olympic record.
Eddie Tolan, U. S- negro sprin
ter, ran the 100 yard meters in
10.4 seconds; Januz Kusockinski,
of Poland, ran the 10,000 meter, in
30 minutes and 11.4 seconds for a
new Olympic record, minus Paavo
Nurmi mark. The Finns seemed
doomed to relinquish domination of
the distance events.
NEW ENGLAND CONFEREES
MEETING WITH OFFICIALS
ADMINISTRATION, RELIEF
RAPIDAN, Va., Aug., 1, —More
than 100 miles removed from the
scene of last week’s riots when
United States regulars bombed the
bonus marchers out of Washington,
President Hoover elected to stay at
his Rapidan fishing camp Sunday
for an additional 12 hours and not
return until sometime late Mon
day.
The conference that had been
scheduled at the executive offices
early this morning with r e
presentatives af the recalnt new
England conference looking to the
adoption by industry of the five
day week was postponed until to
night.
Meanwhile, the President and
his guests gave themselves over to
a program of complete relaxation.
The President put in some addi
tional work on his speech of ac
ceptance, to be delivered August 11.
A new chapter tentatively was
written in as a result of Washing
ton’s experiences the past week
with the bonus marchers. In effect,
it will deal with the dangers of
communism and point to the dras
tic expulsion of “subsersive ele
ments” as an example of the at
tacks on “ordered government”
that have been brot on by the de
pression.
Early this morning, instead of
assembling at the White House, the
New England conferees on shorter
working hours for industry, were to
meet with Secretary of Commerce
Lamont and Secretary of Labor
Doak.
CARRIED A VALUABLE
SAN FRANCISCO, August 1, —
Seizure of approximately $8,000
worth of opium was effected on the
liner President Wilson, berthed at
Pier 44 by Customs men. More
than 17 pounds of narcotics worth
about $25 an ounce were located
in a false center in a trunk belong
ing to a steerage passenger.
The seizure is one of the largest
made here during the past year.
Captain Harry Ashbury, Customs
Inspector, discovered the cache of
opium while searching the baggage
of Lee Jim Ho, a passenger from
Hong Kong.
Besides the opium, the false cen
ter also contained a collection of
opium pipes, pipe glasses, and yen
shee, or opium ash. The seizure was
similar to a smaller one made two
weeks ago on the previous liner
from Hong Kong.
The SS Denali, of the A. S. S. Co.,
in port for the last two days dis
charging cargo and the big, new
Alaska Railroad locomotive, depart
ed Sunday.