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Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 19.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GREAT RED GROSS
DRIVE IS BEGUN
DROUGHT RELIEF
UNTHINKABLE CITZENS A L
LOWED TO SUFFER, SAYS
PRES. HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Jan., 23. (/P)—
2jq an appeal to the American
people to donate $10,000,000 to
the Red Cross drought relief,
over a broadcast of a nation-wide
network, lasting for one hour
last evening, the voice of Pres
ident Hoover led the rest from
Washington.
The President said “It was un
thinkable that any of our people
should be allowed to suffer from
hunger and want and that the
heart of* the nation will not per
mit such a thing.”
Calvin Coolidge from North
amton said American generosity
cannot stand for misery among
its own people.
A1 Smith and Mary Pickford
in New York and Will Rogers at
Little Rock, Arkansas, also spoke.
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ST CROONING BIT
BOSTON. Jan., 23, (.P—Rudy
Vallee, the crooning radio idol',
was greeted with two over-ripe
grapefruits during a performance
-t a theater here last night.
One hit the drummer’s cymbols
end the other splashed with a
cull thud upon the floor.
Three youths in the balcony
-vere arrested and taken to the
police station. Neither the thea
ter nor Vallee would press
• barges against them so they
’were released.
Vallee continued Crooning but
became dignified after the mus
ended and addressed the aud
ience. He said there might be
ome in the audience who en
;yed hearing him.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 23. (/P)_Terry
Druggan, one of the pioneer mil
lionaire bootleggers of the pro
hibition era went to jail again.
Manifestly broken in health he
gathered little sympathy from
•Judge John H. Lyle, whose muni
cipal felony court has become an
unhappy rendezvous for public
enemies. The pleas of his at
torneys were waived aside and
the crusading judge, a candidate
for mayor, pronounced a year’s
sentence on Druggan for con
tempt of court.
HOCKEY SCORES
PORTLAND, Jan., 23, OP)—
!n the hockey game between
Portland and Vancouver the
game ended scoreless though
overtime was allowed. Portland
maintains leadership in the
league.
Tom Babcock, quartz mine op
erator from Nuka Bay who ar
rived in the city the other day,
is reported to have brought in
a cleanup of several thousand
dollars.
IMPT, 1ST. DOLLAR
DESTINE COMFORTABLY
SAN FRANCSCO, Jan. 23. (iT»)—
Resting comfortably is the report
given out concerning the condi
tion of Captain Robert Dollar,
who was operated on in his home
in San Rafael for an acute in
ternal disorder.
The operation relieved the pa
tient, but due to the Captain’s
advanced age, left him in a weak
ened condition.
DEMPSEY MAS
IS THIRD MAN IN
NEW TORI RING
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. (/P» —
Jack Dempsey refereed his se*
icond fight in New York and waa
; involved in his second unsatisfac
tory ending of a ring battle.
The ex-heavyweight champion
iwas the third man in the ring
in the scheduled ten-round bout
between Max Baer, California’s
young heavyweight and Tom Heen
ey, New Zealand veteran at the
Madison Square Gardens.
The fight ended in a knockout
! victory for the lad from the far
i west in the third round and a
lot of excitement, confusion, con
i troversy and argumentive discus
| sion among the 8,000 fight fans,
’.who viewed the spectacle.
That Baer was entitled to cre
dit for a knockout victory was a
disputed point when hostilities ab
ruptly ended.
GREAT SAIT! IS
HUB, FBI m
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. UP)—
Senator Pittman, democrat from
Nevada blamed the fall in silver
prices on what he said was Great
Britain’s policy of dumping In
dian silver on the world markets.
Pittman, chairman of the for
eign relations sub-committee en
gaged in studying the silver de
cline said its report would re
commend an effort to have Great
Britain suspend such activities.
ROB CHURCH
ROME, Jan. 23. (/P)—Thieves
who entered the Church of Santa
Rita, in Naples, stole valu
able jewels and gold and silver
objects, it was reported. The loot
is said to be valued at over a
million dollars. The robbery oc
curred after the rector had taken
special precautions by attaching
an electric bell device to all col
lection boxes and the doors of
the Sacraisty where the treasures
i were kept.
i
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rOUtn DFF!CIflL OF
TIES LIFE
VIENNA, Jan. 23. </P)_Poverty
stricken and forced out of every
job he had held as in Budapest
since his resignation as Minister
of the Interior in 1920, Edmund
von Beniczky, the sworn enemy
of Regent Horty of Hungary, shot
himself to death on a park bench
in Budapest in sight of the palace
in which the Regent rules.
INTIMATE BITS OF
"IT" BIOL m
OUT RECENT TRIAL
FORMER SECRETARY RELATES
ALLEGED LOVE AFFAIRS
OF CLARA BOW
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23. (JP)—
Silent shots behind the scenes
in the life of Clara Bow, flam
ing “It” girl of the films, were
thrown on the superior court
; screen through the asserted con
j fession of Daisy De Boe, ex-sec
Iretary to the film actress who is
[on trial for grand theft.
J Intimate bits of Clara’s doings
l were cut with cameo clearness
in the following sharp phrases.
“One more slam in the papers
; and Clara is through. She was
told to keep her name out of
[the papers. I said unless Miss
Bow came around to my way of
(thinking there might be trouble.
Yes, I asked $125,000 for things
that I know and I think it would
be to her advantage to keep my
mouth shut. Miss Bow was drunk
and if I had gotten into an ar
gument with her she would have
tried to kill me. She had tried
before. I burned love letters from
Harry Richman and Gary Cooper
j because I wouldn’t have them lay
, ing around the house. That is
| the way Clara gets into trouble
iso I took the liberty of burning
them.”
i Miss Bow was not in court dur
ing the reading of the confes
[ sion which was made to Blayney
! Mathews, district attorney’s in
vestigator last November. His
1 stenographer, Miss Dorothy Ad
jams, read the 30 page document
j from the witness stand.
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan., 23,
(iP)—Victor Seymour, farmer, and
western headquarters manager
! for a Republican senatorial cam
paign, at Denver, was charged
| with perjury in an indictment
! returned by the federal grand
jury.
George W. Norris, Brokenow,
I Nebraska grocer, who attempted
| to oppose Senator Norris in the
| Senatorial race, was also indict
ed on the charge of perjury,
j Both resulted from testimony
'given by them before the Nye
| committee.
ROBS FORMER BOSS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. (JP)
—Mrs. Richard Van Hoosear, wife
of the president of the Consol
idated Milling Company was
bound, gagged and robbed of
$8,000 worth of furs and jewlry
in her home at Hillsborough
yesterday afternoon. The perpe
trators were a discharged girl
servant and her boy friend who
had trussed up the family cook
and put her into a closet before
Mrs. Van Hoosear’s arrival home.
BEAN FEED NOTICE
Children under eight years of
age will be charged 25c at the
Bean Feed Saturday night, and
anyone desiring to take beans
home may do so at 25c a pint.
STILL MOTHER FRENCH
naanr ran
i PARIS, Jan., 23, W— The
French chamber of deputies
overthrew, the government of
Premier Theodore Steeg, 293 votes
to 283 and served notice that
France will not pay $2 a bushel
for wheat while the Chicago
price is 80c and at Winnipeg 60c.
The government sought to
stabilize the price.
THOUSANDS HEADS OF
STUCK DOOMED TO
OIE OF STARIIATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (jT*)—
Word has been received that
thousands of heads of livestock
would die of starvation in Arkan
sas unless feed is furnished at
once came to the Red Cross.
| In making public the informa
tion telegraphed by Dr. William
Dekleime, Red Cross medical dir
ector from Arkansas, the Red
Cross said that the final enact
ment of the feed and seed loan
measure came at an opportune
time.
The feed situation for animals
is even more critical than for
humans Dekleine said. In one
small section of one county he
had verified reports of some 2,200
dead mules already.
THE HAGUE, Jam, 23, (/P)—
Anna Pavlova, 45, Russian dan
cer who was born in Denmark,
and considered the world’s great
est ballerina, died this morning
after being ill for three days
with influenza and pleurisy.
She came here on tour from
Paris. Her husband. Victor
D. Apostrophe Andre, was at her
bedside. Pavolva was planning
to return to the United States
after an absence of six years.
BURIED IN AVALANCHE
j MUNICH, Bavaria, Jan. 23. (/P)
—Fifteen members of a ski de
tachment of the Bavarian con
stabulary were buried in an av
alanche as they drilled on the
snow covered mountains near
Bene Dikbeuren. Seven were sav
ed and rescue parties went out
after the others.
DEAREST FRIEND
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23. (JP) —
Arthur Brisbane, noted editor and
columnist was characterized as
California’s dearest fried by Paul
Shoup, president of the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
HOOVER’S STAND IS
OWNING. SAID
WASHINGTON, Jan., 23, (i^P)—
Representative Beck of Pennsyl
vania said that President Hoov
ier “Imperilled his chances for
reelection” by his recommenda
jtion on the Wickersham report.
Rep. Beck, former assistant
attorney general, said that he
had advised the President against
favoring modification in 1928
I but that he now takes the same
[stand is “disheartening.”
I GUST AVIATOR
VANISHES: FOUR
PLANES SEARCH
AIRLINE OFFICIALS BELIEVE
PILOT FORCED DOWN IN
ISOLATED SPOT
—
SEATTLE, Jan., 23, <JP)— Four
airplanes are searching South
ern Washington and Northern
Idaho for Pilot Walter E. Case,
of the Varney Airlines who dis
appeared yesterday flying from
Portland to Pasco.
Case encountered adverse fly
| ing* conditions over Stevenson,
| Wash., and returned to Portland
i but again started for Pasco with
! out landing.
The last heard of the plane
! was over Prosser. Company offi
! cials said that they believed Case
had probably come down in an
I isolated spot and would wait at
| the plane for aid as he carried
I mail but no passengers. Case had
a six day supply of food.
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STSTE TRESSIM OF
C.IUFDRNIA OE M
EOT OP CREST COM
, SAN FRANCSCO, Jan. 23. (/P)—
i Appropriation of over $600,000 from
' the state treasury to be used for
| the survey plans estimates and
preliminary engineering for the
construction of the San Fran
cisco-Alameda county Bay bridge
; will be asked of the state legis
lature and at the same time a
measure be presented by Sen
j ator Roy Fellom, of San Francisco,
the pave the way for the use of
1 state highway funds for the
maintenance of the bridge when
• completed.
By an unanimus vote the
Senate approved a restmlion by
.Senator Fellom, candidate for Con
gress, to pass the Kahn bill
'ECTER TO EXPLODE
| SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. (£”)
I —Mount Kilauea, the fiery vol
j cano of the Hawaiian Islands may
| be expected to belch forth fire
! and lava 4 again at any time now
in the opinion of Thomas A. Al
lien, Jr., former superintendent of
jthe Hawaiian National Park, who
j arrived from Honolulu on the
Matson liner Maui enroute to his
new post of superintendent of the
Zion National Park in Utah.
The gas pressure from the Nov
ember eruption still is present,
said Allen and blue smoke con
tinues to rise from fresh lava.
RECOGNIZE PANAMA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (£>)—
The United States Government
will continue diplomatic relations
with President designate Alfaro’s
administration in Panama on the
same basis that it did with the
administration of former presi
dent Arosemena, thus avoiding
the question of extending new re
cognition formally.
Thirteen blue fox, seven otters,
[three wolverines and 30 mink was
the sum total of fur brought in
from Nuka Bay by Capt. Peter
[ Sather.