VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 92.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED HKtSS
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933. PRICE TEN CENTS
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PURPOSE IS TO CHEAPEN THE
DOLLAR ON FOREIGN EX
CHANGES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 20,—
The United States embarked to
* day on the far-flung policy of
controlled inflation with full real
ization the country is off the gold
standard.
The purpose is to cheapen the
dollar on foreign exchanges, ex
pand credit and raise commodity
prices in a drastic offensive against
deflation.
The first step was taken when
the Presdent, under dramatic
circumstances, announced in his
White House study that licensed
gold exp°rts- except gold ear-mark
* ed for foreign governments and to
meet trade balances, will be dis
continued.
His order had the immediate ef
fect of raising commodity prices
in this country and cheapening
the dollar on foreign exchanges
a result predicted by Secretary of
the Treasury Woodin following a
conference with governors of the
12 Federal Reserve banks. Secretary
Woodin said that under the em
\ bargo the United States is off the
) gold standard.
FIND OWN LEVEL
The announcement of the ad
ministration’s program was fol
lowed by acute weakness in the
dollar as it was left to find its own
level in the foreign exchange mar
kets of the world.
After suspending further gold
exports, the President approved of
$ a measure giving him discretionary
/ power to authorize inflation by the
following three methods:
1— issuance of greenbacks.
2— Acceptance of war debt pay
ments in silver up to $100,000,000
from each debtor.
3— Reduction of the gold content
^ . of the dollar. _
'RITE HR 11MS
LONDON, April 20, —A rate war
among trans-Atlantic lines, it was
reported in shipping circles today,
will probably be the result of dif
ference between members of the
Shipping conference respecting
4. rates for first-class and cabin
class accomodaitons.
According to the current ver
sion here, the Cunard and other
lines complain that cabin class
shipping goes by the United States,
French and White Star lines which
are giving first-class accomoda
tions at lower rates.
' PAYROLL ROBBERS
RET 25 YEARS EACH
TACOMA, Wash., April 20, —
James DeLpng, Frank Butler, Carl
Brehan and Phil Wallace were
sentenced from 10 to 25 years
each in the state penitentiary for
the $4,500 J. S- O’Day payroll rob
bery a month ago.
The men were anested n Port
, > land last week and pleaded guilty.
Prosecutor Bertil Johnson said
charges might be filed against
several women who were arrested
in the roundup of the gang.
UNDISTURBED
SEATTLE, April 20, —Handling
without any emotion the nickel
plated pistol with which he killed
his father last November, Edwin
Evans, University of Washington
graduate, directed a reproduction
of the shooting for the jury which
is hearing evidence in his first de
gree murder trial.
Deputy Prosecutor Lenihan
enacted the youth’s art while
young Evans pretended to be his
father, Tim Evans, Auburn ran
cher.
PARTING OF WAYS
* DERGY, England, April 20.—
The International labor party left
wing voted to severe all connections
with the second Socialist Interna
tional.
A conference of the party leaders
instructed the national executive
of the party to approach Moscow
" " uthorities to ascertain how they
ght co-operate' in putting the
alist revolution into effect in
land. Speakers charge he Sec- :
Interna tonal had “betrayed ]
workers.” 1,
PUZZLEMENT
LONDON, April 20,—Puzzlement,
' coupled with extreme anxiety, was
i the British reaction to American
| imposition of a gold embargo and
the statement from Washington
that America was off the gold
standard. The value of the dollar
immediately took a heavy fall.
BERLIN, April 20. —Dissolution
of all Free Masonic lodges in Ger
many and their reformation on
a "purely Christian basis,” was an
nounced by the National Grand
Lodges.
The term Free Mason is to be re
tained temporarily and the Wells
ritual based on the old testament
after which they will likely disap
pear.
It was decided that the lodges
should be reorganized under the
name “National Christian Order of
Frederick the Great.”
Jews will not be permitted to
join. {
The statement said that ‘‘in def
ference to the times,” the lodges
have decided upon this step.
It is believed that the number of
Free Masons in Germany total at
least 1.000.000. Chancellor Htler, in
his campaign some months ago,
often attacked the lodge.
THE FIRST LEG
BALTIMORE, Md., April 20, —
Col. and Mrs. Chas. A. Lindbergh,
making their first flight together
in more than a year, landed their
Lockheed Vega monoplane at the
Logan Airport here. This stop com
pleted the first leg of their cross
country trip to inspect the trans
continental air transport lines.
mil UN BURS
JEWS CIVIL SERVICE
BERLIN, April 20, —The Aryan
lawr which b§u:s nearly all Jews
from civil service and degrades
them to second-class citizenship,;
is being invoked in all German
universities by Chancellor Hitler’s
cabinet.
Pinal action was postponed until
Saturday because Hitler is re
maining in Berchtesgaden, Bavar
ia, awaiting the personal report of
Capt. Hermann Goering, leading
Nazi member of the cabinet on his
visits with Premier Mussolini and
the Pope in Rome._
BUTCHERS WEIGHED
NANOSJOO MUCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Apri 20 —Six
hundred pounds of meat was do
nated to the soup kitchen invol
untarily by four butchers who plead
guilty to weighing their hands
along with orders, thereby short
weighing customers, but were
found guilty by Municpal Judge
George J. Stieger.
He gave them 30 days suspended
sentences, then ordered the meat
donations, while six others, who
pleaded guilty, received only sus
pended sentences.
BODIES RECOVERED
LIMA, Peru, April 20.—The bo
dies of only nine of the 20 per
sons buried in the landslide at
Chiclayo two days ago have been
recovered, according to advices re-1
ceved here.
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DOUBLY GUARDED
PHLADELPHIA, April 20, —Miss
Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, |
was doubly guarded by police dur- j
ing her vsit in Phiadelphia to pre- j
vent a threatened attempt upon;
her life.
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BEGINS TRAINING
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, —
Mickey Walker will start his local
training tomorrow at the Royal
gymnasium for his 10-round bout
next Monday night with George
Manley of Denver at the Exposi
tion auditorium.
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CHARGES WITHDRAWN
LOS ANGELES, April 20.—A de
fense assertin that Estelle Taylor,
movie actress had been drinking j
before tn automobile crash on;
Christmas Eve of 1931 was with-!
drawn it the start of the trial of
her $15),000 damage suit against
Frank ,*oyce, theatrical agent, and
hs chafieur, Noel L. Scott, for in
juries die received.
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IMPROVED BUSINESS
CONDITIONS REPORTED
OT FEDERSE BINTS
! WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 20,—
j The press was informed that the
I next move contemplated in the
. world-wide money battle is a grant
| to President Roosevelt of supreme
I power to regulate the flow of Unit
I ed States currency.
Legislation to that end has been
discussed at the White House ancl
now is in the hands of the Presi
dent’s advisers.
Other developments in the swift
moving scene were: stocks and
commodities boomed on American
markets in the wildest trading in
months.
The United States decided it
would not support the dollar
abroad through gold shipments.
President Roosevelt was said to
have reached this decision in an
effort to raise commodity prices.
Reports of improved business were
laid before Secretary of the Treas
ury Woodin at his conference of
governors of the 12 Federal Re
serve districts. Mr. Woodin sought
to find out why banks are not more
generous in extended needed cred
it to business.
President Roosevelt was to be
gin conferences with inflationary
leaders on Capitol Hill today.
WICHITA, Kansas, April 20, —
Will Rogers, chief speaker at a
banquet hqje of the International
society of crippled children, kept
his audience in laughter about 45
mnutes.
After taking a crack or two at
Republicans, ncluding Charley
Curtis, he said he was not here to
gloat over the Republicans. “They
are likeable, but dumb. Probably
is surprised at the work he already
has done—Roosevelt. He had no
idea he was that good.”
Considering what the Republi
cans did in the four last ^ears, he
declared he had a lot of respect
for Hoover, but he didn’t know how
to handle Congress, because he
thought they were gentlemen.
He admonished his audience to
watch the Democratic administra
tion, because the Democrats will
get foolish later on
PLOT AGAINST U. S. A.
ROCHESTER, N. Y-, April 20, —
Henry T. Rainey, speaker of the
House of Representatives, charged
in an address here that European
nations were engaged in an organ
ized effort to reduce the United
States to the level of a filth-rate
power.
KIDNAPPED CIO
ON WAY GERMANY
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20, -Bright
eyed little Hedwig Anna Weng
reck, seven years old, was reluc
tantly on her way back to Germ
any yesterday.
Assertedly kidnapped from her
parents in Hamburg, in Feburary,
1932, the German child was in a
party of 30 deportees to Europe.
Included in the group, but riding
in a barred coach, is Erwin Dathe,
asserted abductor of Hedwig. The
child is being returned to her div
orced parents, who may, consular
officals believe, be reunited thru
their joy in seeing little Anna
again.
BULL
PLENTY FIRST SACKERS
BOSTON, April 20, —'The Brook
lyn Dodgers had three first base
men with the signing of W. Blue,
who was declared a free agent by
the White Sox last fall. He pre
viously played with the Tigers and
Browns.
Pacific Coast eLague
Oakland 9 San Francisco 5.
Portland 4, Hollywood 3.
Sacramento 17, Los Angeles 7.
Missions 16, Seattle 2.
National League
Brooklyn 2, Boston 1.
New York at Phillies, postponed
on account of rain.
No other games played because
of damp and cold weather.
American League
Boston at ^Washington, Detroit
at Cleveland and Phillies at New
York, postponed because of weath
er conditio^.
St. Louis 0, Chicago 3.
NEW MUSIC
MILWAUKEE, April 20.—This1
new beer calls for rjew music, in
the opinion of musicians who will;
make the melody in Milwaukee’s!
beer and palm gardens.
It looks bad for the trombone i
and the hot-cha motiff, but the>
dawning of a new day for the
strings and for rational musical!
practice-, says Roland Kohler, sec-'
I retary of the Milwaukee Musicians"
; local.
ALLEGED HIlilST
SOW IDE ERE i
| mo TOE world!
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Aoril 20,
—George Bernard Shaw returned
to England at the conclusion of his
world torn’ convinced that Ameri
' cans know less about their coun
; try than the Chinese do about
, theirs.
Ke- insisted he was sorry he made
' the cruise arj asserted that his
wife had forced.him into it and de
clared he knew more about the
world and its inhabitants before he
circled the globe to study them at
first hand than he does now.
With the exception of his stay in
California the 74 year old dram
; atist, who many claim has the
I mind of an ill-tempered child,
! insisted his first visit to the Unit
; ed States was a disappointment,
1 although he added he was impress
! ed \rith America.
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ROOSEVELT HAS COLD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 20,—
A slight cold today slpwed the pace
of work that President Roose
velt had done day in and day out
since he entered the White House.
SEieilsiCTEf
TWO MILE AREA
ABOARD THE USS PORTLAND,
off coast of Jersey, April 20, —
The Navy still had not found the
bulk of the dirigible Akron but a
group of divers and 20 sea vessels
continued combing the area in
which one side of the control room
and much fabric was picked up.
The search was restricted to an
area of about two square miles ap
proximately 33 miles due east of
Atlantic City and 12 miles from
the scene of the crash of the Ak
ron two weeks ago.
JAKE HIDING HOPING
CHICAGO, April 20.—John “Jake
the Barber” Factor, went into hid
ing to day, hoping to establish
contact with kidnappers of his 19
year-old son, Jerome, held for $50,
000 ransom.
Mr Factor regarded as disastrous
the arrest of six members of the
old Capone gang who were acting
for him to obtain the release of
his son.
Mr. Factor was ready through
his underworld intermediaries to
pay a ransom when the raid upset
the plans. Just how much money
was involved could not be ascer
tained.
CRIME PARADE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20—
Persons of 19 years of age lead the
nation’s crime parade and auto
mobile stealing is their most wide
spread offense, the Department of
Justice announced.
It compired its figures from fin
ger print cards received by the
bureau of investigation for the
first three months of 1933. The
second largest age‘group is made
up of persons between 19 and 21.
ORIGINAL
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20—
The nine-pound son, born April 7
to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Starr, will
not be named “Legal Beer” Starr,
despite the wishes of his father, it
was decided.
Protests of other members of the
family finally swayed the proud
father from his determination to
give the baby a name which would
commemorate the return of the
3.2 beverage.
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS
BUENOS AIRES, April 20.—The
Argentine Davis Cup team, winner |
of South American zone play, will
sail for the United States Saturday
to compete in the North American,
South American and Inter-Zone
matches May 25, 26, and 27, at a
city to be designated later, the Ar
gentine tennis federationdecided.
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j BUSINESS BOOMS
MILWAUKEE April 20,—Federal
I taxes paid to Wisconsin by brewers
! and beer dealess passed the million
! dollar mark Wednesday, A. H. Wil
j kinson, revenue collector, an
j nounced.
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LONDON, April 20, —In swift re_ !
i taliation for the imprisonment of
i two British subjects by a Russian
I court, Great Britain laid an em
bargo against Soviet goods.
Following an extraordinary ses-i
| sion of the Privy council in King:
; George’s audience chamber at
Windsor Castle, the King signed
the proclamation, wrhich will be
come effective a week hence and
will prevent approximately 80 pen
cent of the present Russan imports
from entering England, including
nearly all bulk imports, such as
butter, grain, raw cotton and pe
troleum. The embargo becomes ef
fective April 26.
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BOOM IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 20, —With
latest moves in Washington inter
preted in Wall and LaSalle streets
as indicating determination to res
tore commodity prices through a
managed dollar stocks, and staples
consequently boomed.
With gold exports definitely halt
ed and the dollar declining swift
ly in terms of other leading cur
rencies, there was a rush in the
New York stock exchange, in the
Chicago board of trade and other
domestic markets to convert funds
into shares and commodities.
MY BUM BEETLES
KILL MILLION TREES
MISSOULA, Mont., April 20, —
Winning their war of destruction'
in the Bitter Root and Beaver;
Head forests of Montana, and army;
of bark beetles are moving toward!
the Yellowstone country. |
Millions of trees have been kill- j
ed by the insects invasion. Region- j
al forestry officials report spread j
of beetles has been so fast that;
control measures were abandoned;
soon after starting. The cost of j
combatting the pests is said to be j
excessive.
U. S. MISSIONARY
IN Gift KILLED
PEIPING, China, April 20, —An
American missionary was killed
when a squadron of Japanese air
planes dropped bombs at Miyun
Hsien, War Minister Gen. Ho Ying
Ching announced yesterday.
Th£ United States legation said
it had no record of an American j
missionary at Miyun Hsien, but;
thought it possible Americans .were j
aiding Y. M. C. A. workers in the;
war stricken area. An official in-;
vestigation was ordered.
SEWS FLUSHES
NEARING GOAL ;
QUESNEL, Can-, Apr., 20,—“Slim ’
Williams of Alaska arrived fromi
Prince George enroute to Chicago.
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DIRECTOR DIES
NEW YORK, April 20.—Charles
Murphy, director of publicity for
the New York Curb Exchange since
1925, died.
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MORE CHEER
ST. PAUL, April 20, —President'
Kenney of the Great Northern
Railway said the recent improve
ment along several lines has pro
duced more cheer in the North
west than anything the area has
had since 1929.
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DANIELS IN BAD
| MEXICO CITY, April 20.—Police
collected and destroyed several;
handbills signed by Communists
and denouncing the appointment
of Josephus Daniels as the United
States Ambassador as an affront to
Mexico.
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FLIGHT POSTPONED
AKRON, O'., April 20, —The
maiden flight of the new Navy;
dirigible USS Macon, definitely set
for today, was canceled at dawn
when rgin, combined with a 15-1
mile an hour wind, made flying]
unsafe for the huge ship.
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On INTRODUCTION OF
JUNEAU. Apr.] 20. —Gov. John
Troy went 10 work immediately
after being inducted into office
Wednesday; lie made no speech
but in one of the shortest state
ments on re CO; d, pledged his office
as an instrument cf service to Al
askans and invited suggestions
and asked for cooperation from all
regardless of party.
Former Governor Parks an
nounced he was taking a vacation
for the summer which will be
spent largely in Yellowstone Park
and in travel. He leaves Friday
for Seattle enroute to Denver to
visit his parents. He plans to re
turn here late in the summer to
make his future home.
A flood of measures deluged the
legislature today which is the last
day on which bills can be intro
duced unless rules are suspended;
45 were introduced in the House
and 25 in the Senate, many by title
and most of them are of minor
importance but three are outstand
ing.
Hess introduced one for a gross
sales tax of one-half of one per
cent; Kehoe, another to suspend
certain debt settlements of 2 years
which largely affects mortgages on
homes and other realty, and Hel
lerich and Hofman one each for
creation of a Territorial Depart
ment of mines headed by a five
man board empowered with em
ploying an ep-ineer as executive
secretary; Lomen one to establish
a radio telephone system linked to
the Signal Corps System and car
rying a $10,000 appropriation to be
alloted equally in the four Divi
sions.
ROM ON "LOT"
FOR TOE FIRST TIME
WINDSOR, England, April 20.—
King George and Queen Mary saw
films in the making for the first
time and seemed to enjoy it tho
roly.
The King had given' permission
for the filming of the colorful
ceremony of changing guard on
the lane of Windsor Castle. Cam
eramen set up their machinery,
and the monarch and Queen Mary,
their grandchildren,. Princess Eliz
abeth and Margaret Rose, and oth
er members of the royal family
frequently peered out windows at
the proceedings.
SOME MORE BALOG.YEY
LILLE, France, April 20, —Police
revealed they Jiad received from
a Czecho Slovakian, whose name
was withheld, a deposition saying:
he had information indicating the
first son of Col. Chas. A. Lind
bergh was kidnapped by the son of
a hotel-keeper of Forington, N. Y.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20,—
Legislation designed to fulfill the
President's program of developing
Muscle Shoals is now narrowed
down to amendments.
Democratic members plan to be
gin consideration of the measure
in the House Saturday. The mili
tant committee, voting strictly on
party lines, approved the text of
the 'measure 15-S.
RETURNED
NEW YORK. April 20.—The
World-Telegram says the stolen
manuscript of part of Sir Walter
Scott’s “Guy Mannering,” has been
returned to the Morgan library.
It was valued at $15,000.
The manuscript was stolen last
October whle at Columbia Uni
versity, where it formed part of a
loan exhibition. Miss Bell D.
Acosta Green, liberary director,
was quoted as saying: “No ques
tions were asked.”
MESSENGERS ROBBED
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 20.—
I Two messengers of the First Na
i tional bank were robbed of $40,
000 in currency in front of the
Terre Houte postoffice.
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DEFENSE BASE
TIENTSIN, China, April 20.—Re
treating Chinese troops established
a defense base at Tangshan, south
of the Lwan river and 80 miles
northwest of here- In an area
banned for such purposes by the
advancing Japanese forces to this
point the Chinese were fleeing
i along the railroad before tne vic
| torious troops of Japan and Man
chukuo.