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^eiuarii Datlu OSatnumj
MEMBER ASSOCIATED RK'ESS
a VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 208.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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PRES. deCESPEDES
NO LONGER RULES
CUBAN REPUBLIC
HAVANA. Cuba. Sept. 6. —The
:hree weeks old government of
President Carlos Manuel de Ces
oedes was overthrown yesterday by
a revolution. First the entire cab
.net resigned and then the presi
dent submitted to the revolution
{ ary movement, the backbone of
which is the enlisted men of the
army. It was equivalent to a re
signation. but de Cespedes did not
submit a formal one, merely sub
knitting to the movement’s force
and stepping out of the Presidency
in that manner.
( When de Cespedes stepped out
five civilians became the heads of
The government and Fullgencio
Batista became the commander of
* The army. The execution of sev
eral former army officers was ex
pected as the enlisted men revolted
not only against threatened loss of
wages but also against being ruled
by colonels from the former re
gime.
The attitude of old guard politcal
parties toward the Emergency Jun
ta, which was brought about in a
swift and comparatively peaceful
cop de etat has not been defined.
Qualified observers, however, pre
dicted an early move toward con
ciliation.
Top Sergent Batista is known
as one of Cuba’s best court steno
graphers and is a square-jawed
loud-voiced individual. The emer
gency government has compelled
its soldiers to maintain order in the
republic under all costs.
The United States ambassador
has declared that the United States
will not recognize the new gov
* ernnrent. An interchange of mes
sages between Americans in Cuba
and the State Department yester
day resulted in the dispatching of
four destroyers to Cuba. The de
stroyers were the Richmond, Mc
Farlane. Bainbridge and Sturde
va4nt. The vessel carried United
States Marines and it was indicated
that they might be landed in Cuba
k if the necessity arose.
In sending the American navy
vessels to Cuba Secretary Hull de
clared that the United States was
not intervening or interferring in
Cuban domestic affairs. The ves
^ sels were only sent as a precau
tionary measure.
One of the privates in the Cu
ban army said that the presence
of warships in the harbor was
largely the reason that the Cuban
soldiers had been given such strict
orders to maintain quiet, and had
induced the army without com
missioned officers since the coup
to “show its mettle.”
The presence of the warships al
so served to lesson the enthusiasm
0 which the younger radicals receiv
ed the news of the rebellion.
• American resident of Havana
have banded together and have
declared the National Hotel as
American Territory. They have ap
pealed to the American Emassy and
the Stars and Stripes were hoisted
and the residents under the flag
have been unmolested.
RECOMMEND BOYCOTT
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 6.
—An official boycott against Ger
many or the Hitler government
y was advocated at the Zionist con
’ vention here because of Hitler’s
Nuremburg speech in which he de
clared that the German people
should continue to fight the en
emies of the nation. Hitler has
denounced the Jews as enemies to
Germany and has waged a merci
k less fight to drive them out of the
* German nation.
WILL TOUR U. S.
TOKYO, Sept. 6. —Toshio Shira
tori, one time spokesman for the
foreign office, plans to sail for
VancGttver, September 15, and will
impend about six weeks touring the
United States before continuing
to Stockholm to assume his post
as Japanese ambassador there.
VERMONT JOINS
24 OTHER STATES
IN WET COLUMN
MOUNTPELIER, Vt., Sept. 6. —
Vermont became the 25th state
!to vote for repeal of the prohi
bition amendment when voters of
! that state cast an almost 2 to 1
vote yesterday in favor of rati
fication.
Vermont has long been a rock
bound prohibtion stronghold but
(Showed little hesitancy in joining
the parade of states favoring re
peal and continued the line of con
secutive states to record against
prohibition.
The vote in metropolitan areas
rail considerably higher than 3 to
1 and aided materially in giving
a statewide wet sentiment as the
rural sections showed considerable
dry strength.
Complete returns for Tuesday’s
, special repeal election fro m 248
towns and cities gave 41.279 for re
peal and 20,572 against repeal.
Vermont was considered as the
most doubtful state yet to act.
At least two of the State’s 14
counties, Lamoille and Orleans, vot
ed for retention.
Rural votes are still creeping in
for counting but they are not of
a sufficient number to have any
i effect on the outcome.
ISLAND PEOPLE
WANT MAKE RUM
ST. THOMAS. Virgin Islands. ’
Sept. 5. —The inhabitants of the I
Virgin Islands, rendered destitute |
by four years of serious economic
setbacks, are now living in the
hope that early repeal of Ameri- j
can prohibition will once more per- i
mit them to gain a livelihood by |
the production of the once fam- 1
ous Santa Cruz rum.
The Islanders are said to be j
preparing their rum distilleries for 1
immediate use.
ATE ANT POISON
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5. —Ant
! poisoning was blamed for the death
of Edwin Arnold, infant son of Ju
lian Arnold, writer and grandson
of Sir Edwin Arnold, author of
j “Light of Asia,” and other books.
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A NEW RACKET
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5. —Citi
zens of this city, as well as other
| towns, are being warned of a new
racket. Groups of individuals were
reported canvasing consumers and
selling N. R. A. badges for $1 and
even $1.50. Officials point out that
no money should be paid for the
badges. They are given free of all
j charges in exchange for a pledge.
! LEAGUE STANDINGS
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■ SEATTLE, Sept. 6. — The stand
ing of the leagues in percentage
| follow: Pacific—Hollywood .601, Los
i Angeles .595, Portland .577, Sacra
; mento .538, Oakland .468, San
'Francisco .430, Missions .418, Seat-'
| tie .372.
American—Washington .651, New
York .587, Cleveland .533, Phila
delphia .496, Detroit .489, Chicago
.455, Boston .427, St. Louis .368.
National—New York .616, Boston
.563, Pittsburgh .555, Chicago .545,
St. L o u i s .526, Philadelphia .419,
| Brooklyn .416, Cincinnati .385.
LOCAL CITIZENS
URGE BUILDING
ROAD TO KENAI
A circular to petition the Alas
ka Road Commission to make 1
every effort to procure funds, or
appropriate funds now available,!
for the completion of the Highway j
from Mile 29, on the Alaska Rail- j
road to Kenai, on Cook Inlet, is:
being circulated locally and al
ready bears the signatures of many
who are vitally interested in see
ing such a project fulfilled. More
than a score of persons, all resi
dents of the Kenai Lake have
signed the petition.
The petition will urge the begin
ning of construction cf the road ;
immediately or as soon as funds
are made available and organiza- j
tion completed. It is recommended !
that local labor be used on the pro
ject and partcularly those persons S
most in need of work.
The text cf the petition follows: |
WHEREAS, the navigation is clos
ed to the residents of both Kenai!
and Kusilof from early November!
to middle April, and
WHEREAS. Ninilchik is at times
closed to navigation and exports i
considerable quantities of furs |
through Kenai. and transacts con-j
siderable business during the win
ter months, and
WHEREAS, the population of
Kenai. Kusilof. and Ninilchik is
approximately 350, 60. 200 respec
tively, and
WHEREAS, there is a consider
able number of Fishermen, Home
steaders, and Fox Ranchers dis
persed along the East shroe of
Cook Inlet from Point Possession
to Anchor Point who transact con
siderable business in Kenai, and
WHEREAS, Kenai being in the
median of the East shore of Cook
Inlet, is a center of distribution,
and should have better communi
, cations with the Interior and
| steamship terminal in Seward
' throughout the entire year, and
WHEREAS, appropriations from
time to time have been expended
I in constructing a Highway from I
! Mile 29 on the Alaska Railroad to- i
j ward Kenai, and a considerable !
j portion of that Highway has been
j constructed, and
i WHEREAS, the said Highway
j will have little benefit to the resi
! dents of the West side of Kenai i
'Peninsula until completed, and
I WHEREAS, the said Highway, if i
j completed NOW, will not only be a
j worthy project of the Alaska Road
! Commission under the N. R. A., but
I will be valuable asset to the whole
' of Kenai Peninsula, to the Alaska
Railroad, and to the development
of the Territory;
NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the
undersigners, and residents of Sew
ard petition THE ALASKA ROAD
COMMISSION to make every effort
to procure funds, or appropriate
funds now available, for the com
pletion of the Highway frm Mile
29 to Kenai;
To begin construction at both
terminals immediately, or as soon
as funds can be made available and
organization completed;
To employ local labor, ,and p^
ticularly those who most need help.
DIPLOMATS IN HUDDLE
LONDON, Sept. 6. —Sir John Si
mon, English representative at the
League of Nations, got into a hud
dle with officials of the British
government to discuss B r i t a i n’s
policy in dealing with the Hitler
government of Germany.
SOVIET ACES KILLED
MOSCOW, Sept. 6. — Two Sov
iet aviators were killed in a crash
yesterday 70 miles from Mos
cow.
SCOTLAND YARD HUNTS
LONDON, Sept. 6. — Scotland
yard operatives conducted an in
tensive search of criminal haunts
in southeast London at midnight
following receipt of information of
a plot to assassinate Lord Tren
chard. Chief Commissioner of Po
lice.
TWO BALLOONS
STILL IN AIR;
NOT REPORTED
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. —Two bal
loons of the Gorden Bennett race
still remained in the air last night
or were unreported down in some
remote locality.
The balloons were the Poland
entry and the Goodyear entry.
Comdr. T. W. G. Settle, pilot of the
U. S. Navy balloon, was forced to
come down yesterday afternoon at
sPine Orchard. Conn.. 11 mles north
of New Haven, when wind threat
ened to blow the inflated craft out
over the Atlantic. One of the rules
of the race is that the balloonist
must drive a stake to mark the po
sition where his craft comes down
to earth. Obviously a water land
ing would not be considered.
Settle was approximately 700
miles from Chicago and it is a
possible winner of the race.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Sept 6. —The Stock
i Market showed a decided trend
downward when it opened yester
day after the long week-end. A
majority of the issues closed lower
at from fractions to more than six
points. Golds were the only issues
which had any support in the day’s
trading but even they showed
losses when the close came. The
chemical group, repeal issues and
auto groups all closed lower.
Dow Jones averages were indus
trials 100.22, off 3.44; rails 54.44,
off 2.14; utilities 29.88, off .98; and
bonds 87.16, off .01.
Some of the latest quotations are
j Alaska Juneau 2934, Am. Rad. 16.
| A. T. and T. 12618, Chi. Mil. fpfd)
! 1312, Chrysler 43%, Gen. Mot. 32.
Kennecott 2114, New York Central
48. U. S. Steel 53Westinghouse
44"s. United Gac 4.
ROLPH BETTER
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6. —
Gov. James J. Rolph, Jr., seriously
ill with pneumonia, was reported
“considerably improved,” though
not yet out of danger, at St. Fran
cis hospital.
SPY EXECUTED
HAVANA, Cuba. Sept. 5. —Jose
S o 1 e r Lezama, accused of spying
while a member of the ABC secret
revolutionary organization, was ex
ecuted Monday night by a group
of persons identified as students.
Eighteen bullets were fired to pat
tern a cross on the body of the
spy. It is understood that Lezama
was given a trial by the execu
tioners.
BASF BALL SCORES
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 16-5, Missions 6-1.
Seattle 9-3, San Francisco 5-0.
Sacramento 3-2, Hollywood 2-3.
Los Angeles 12-1, Portland 2-5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 8-5, Chicago 0-4.
Cleveland 3-2, St. Louis 2-0.
New York at Philadelphia, and
Washington at Boston, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6-5, St. Louis 4-2.
Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 0; sec
ond called on account of rain.
Philadelphia at New York and
Boston at Brooklyn, rain.
TEXAS SUFFERED
GREATLY FROM
TERRIFIC STORM
EDINBURG, Tex., Sept. 6. — 32
persons are dead, approximately
1500 injured, and an unestimated
amount of damage is the known
toll of the hurricane which deva -
stated this prosperous lower Rio
Grande Valley of Texas and Mex
ico, yesterday.
Advance warnings on the pro
gress of the storm saved many but
fears are held that many others
may be dead or injured. Communi
cation lines were torn down and
full information has not been re
ceived from the stricken areas.
Ten are known to be dead in.
Brownsville and vicinity, ten in
Harlington, two in Roihonde and
many small towns and communi
ties are still unheard from.
Calls for food, drinking water,
medical supplies .and housing have
been made be hard hit areas. In
seme instances federal troops and
police have declared martial law
Five relief trains, hastily equip
ped with supplies to battle disease
and supplies to allay thirst and
hunger, threatened by the tempor
ary destruction of power plants
and food reserves, are being rushed
to the storm country as soon as
track conditions are straightened
out.
A later message from Harlington
said that 53 persons are known to
have been killed and hundreds in
jured. The property damage will
run into the millions. Scores of
rescue parties were fighting their
way through flooded streets and
roads .
Thirty persons were killed in one
building here when it collapsed
Practically all resdents were de
stroyed. Buildings were twisted and
the water stood several feet deep
' in the streets.
There were no lights, but flick -
j ering candles showed where rescue
parties worked.
: Eleven persons were killed at
I Benito, at least three in San Ber
i nardino.
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NAZI DOGMA MADE
A CHURCH LAW
j BERLIN. Sept. 6. —Nazi dogma
jWas made church law in Prussia
las Nazi-German-Christians attend -
j ing a general synod, pushed thru
J motions barring non-Aryans from
| the churches of Germany.
I The session was real stormy as
| Nazi pastors smothered the oppo
sition in their demands. Bishop
Mueller said that members of the
opposition who “spread calum
ny abroad that the German gov
ernment is violating the church,"
would be put in concentration
camps.
Nazi storm troopers stood beside
J the church alter during the divine
service.
VINES BE A PRO
PARIS, Sept. 6 —Sporting circles
here carry word that Ellsworth
Vines, ace American tennis player,
has signed a professional contract
with a Paris manager and that he
and Bill Tilden will make a tour
through Europe this winter.
STILL PROTESTING
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 5. —Thir
teen independent motion picture
producers have protested the clause
in the proposed motion picture
code which prohibits the showing
of double features in theatres. The
announcement was made by the
producers that they would cease
.all production within two weeks
if this clause was included in the
,final code.