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YOLUME 34. No. 45 % O M K . ALASKA SATURDAY', NOVEMBER 11, 1933 Pen- Copy 35ct,s. Per month $1.25
37 STATES VOTE WET—NO SALOONS
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UNDATED, Nov. 7, (AP)—Vot
ers in half a dozen widely scatter
ed s'ates aire inscribing the ans
wer as to whether thirteen years
of Prohibition shall end next
month.
Of alnftnvt equal importance to
u large portion of the electorate
is New York's three way mayoral
contest in which Tammany's long
reign is at stake. Elsewhere, on
the off year November election, the
horizon is dotted with scattered
city and state elections. Observ
er r hope, to gauge the sentiment
campaigns nhxt year. Confidence
is felt that the balloting in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, North and South
Carolina, Kentucky and Utah will
climax the administration’s cam
paign to restore liquor, as was ex
pressed by Farley, who brought
the Rational Administration a bit
closer to the New York race with
a Iasi minute open appeal for the
election of McKee. .
Anti prohibition majorities were
predicted by wet loaders in three
sfcNrt.es. That is all that is necess
ary for the repeal. Actual rcnc U
w 11 materialize In the first week
In Decom-ber, if this proves true.
TAMMANY SAYS
LAGUAHIMA ELECTED
NEW YORK. Nov. 7. (API —
Tammany fiaM concedes the elee
t ion ivf La Guard in us mayor of
New York when half the voes
were counted tonight. The Re
peadists admitted defeat in North
Carolina hut they are leading
aliglrtly in South, (Sirolina, Ohio
and Pennwylva n'h are piling up
big wet majorities The Kentucy
vote will not be rounded until to
mtirraw. No returns from Utah
yet.
DKMOI 'RATS ELECT
MAW* MAYORS
UXPATBI), Nov.; 8. (AP)—The
Democrats loot control of the may
or*;! pos's in New York end Cleve
land but made ofT setting gains in
ether cities.
Firellb H. LaGuardia, independ
ent? republican, running on a fu
sion ticket, won New York
City by a large majority. In Cleve'
land, Harry Davis, Republican, won
over Ray Millar, Democratic locum
bent. Frederick Mansfield, Demo
crat, was elected mayor of Bos
ton in a six sided race. The Dem
ocrats made striking gains up
state in New York. Buffalo elect
ed a Daimocratlc mayor for the
first time since 1914. Rochester
elected a Democrat for the first
time in thirty years. Poughkeep
sie, the nearest city to the hams
of Roosevelt, eleced a Democratic
mayor for the first time since Its
incorporation thirty-dhree years
ago. Jasper McLevey, a Socialist,
was elected mayor of Bridgeport,
Connecticut and the majority of
the Council are also Socialists.
Thla is the first time In the his
tory of the state.
UTAH LAST STATE NECESSARY
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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 7. (AP)
— Utah tonight became the thirty
sixth state and last state necess
ary to repeal the 18th amend
meat.- John F. Boman, head of
the coalition of prohibition forces
in Utah, at midnight conceded that
Utah join the ranks of repealist
states.
REPEAL LEADIXO IX
THREE STATES
| SEATTLE. Nov. 7. (AIM—Early
| returns show that repeal is w!n
j niiig in Utah two to one. It is
I lending in Pennsylvania six to one
and four to one In Ohio. Wet
leaders conceded defeat i.n the
Carolinas, but the vote in South
Carolina is close.
LaGnardia’s lead over McKee is
approximately two hundred fifty
|thousand. O'Brien is third.
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Sl’RVKYS WRKtKAOK
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NEW YORK, Nov. 9, (API —
j Ti;« rauiinin> tiger surveyed t lie
wreck.igo (arsed by Mayo.- La- i
'Jmi'r (i i's smashing fusi > i vie- j
i r\ an I marshalled its scatter- !
ed * •, see if Lvnigel
could be repaired.
The prospect of a biber tight in
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l he ’city's democratic ranks is
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seen in the statement by John
Tarry, Tammany chief. accusing
Farley of disfinpting the party in ;
(lie city, and asserting that if Far- j
ley remained in the party and in
office, the democrats could not i
look for victory next year in the j
elections. In the meanwhile, the
fusionfsts are preparing to streng
then their positions by forming I
permanent organizations.
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XX’ANTS FKUKRAL
CONTROL OF LIQVOlM
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, (AP) j
—President Roosevelt ‘wants tlrm j
federal control of liquor when pro- ;
hibition ends.. He plaits to keeb ’
taxes down to make boot-legging j
up profitable. He Intends to bring
■the industry under the govern'
ment's program of control o? pro
duction and distribution that np- i
plies to other industries.
The head of the American Fed
eration of Labor, Green, sees the
need of laws barring the old tims*
saloon to keep imbibers from buy
ing more than they can afford, or
snore than they can drink without
getting drunk.
DYSENTERY EPIDEMIC
UNDER CONTROL
OHDQAiGO. Nov. 10, (AP)--The
Board of Health gave assurance
that the outbreak of amoebic dy
sentery, recently discovered, to
which fifteen deaths were attrib
uted, Including Mark Reed, of
Seattle, was completely under
control and there is no need for
further alarm.
Editorial
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PROHIBITION
j Motb psychology instituted Pro
Jliibitton, and the experience of 14
'years of disillusionment got us
|out of il and dethroned that iu
i famous institution. We use the
i word infamous advisedly, when we
'contemplate the train of evils
(that followed in Prohibition's
| wake. We have but to animad
vert upon the nefarious acts of
j gangdom, the baneful‘‘influence of
I the speak-easy, the assassination &
j corruption of public officials, the
sale of oft-times poisonous liquor
at staggering prices, the wanton
sacrifice of numerous human lives,
It lie arrogent attempt of these law^*
breakers to dictate the personnel
of law enforcement and other pub
lic “servants, and the unholy alii
unee between the bootlegging ele
ment and the Anti-saloon I.eague,!
and kindred organizations, lie real- |
ize that Prohibition was truly in- ;
famous. All of these evils are j
the legitimate children of thut in-j
stitution. ^ ,r
Now that "“the great experi
ment" is about to go into history
as the ‘‘great American blunder,”
and. that distilled, malt and vinous
spirits may be lawfully manufac
tured and sold, it behoves us to
legislate with the utmost caution,
in order that the moonshiner anil
the bootlegger, w'th their conco
mitant evils, shall be no-more. It
is only too true that we have lost
millions in revenue through Pro
hibition; that we have spent mill
ions more, jn a pyrile attempt at
the nipossible—enforcement; that
we are in sad need of funds to j
replenish the National treasury,— ,
but what we need more than any- j
thing else under this new situa- j
tion is law abiding sobriety, and |
taxes and liquor sales should be j
regulated accordingly. 1
With the repeal of the 18th
aittendment, the old tax of SI. 10
per gallon will go into effect un
til Congress passes new legisla
tion on the subject, which will be
about a month hence: The new
tax will probably depend upon how
much revenue is needed to bal
ance thp budget. In order, how- |
ever, to make it 'unprofitable for j
the moonshiner to supply the boot
legger with his impure flow of
nntaxed “squirrel whiskey’’ and
to put the bootlegger out of busi
ness, the Government must, at all
hazards, place the tax so low that
thfey cannot compete with the legi
tlrtiate tax-paying distillers. This
being done, from a financial stand
point, the government will be
money ahead, as there will be
little need for the otherwise large
corps of revenue officials to watch
for illegal distillation.
The sale and disposition of liq
uor is also a matter of major Im
portance.. That the old time
saloon will not return, is a fore
gone conclusion. Many European
countries have handled the dis
pensation and sale of distilled
spirits to the end that temperance
and sobriety prevailed. „ We can
and will do likewise. It would bo
a sad commentary on American
intelligence and ingenuity were it
otherwise.
SUBSCRIBE! FOR THE NUGGET
LIQUOR PROBLEMS —
ENGAGE ROOSEVELT
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, IAP)—
Roosevelt is turning his attention
to liquor traffic problems, now
that thirty-seven stales, one more
than necessary, voted to take the
eighteenth amendment from the
constitution. Kentucky, was the
last to join the parade. In the
vote's counted yesterday, repeal
was leading by twenty-one thou
sand, with only one fifth of the
tvotes counted. The race was nip
and tuck in the rural districts. If
the wets continue their lead, re
peal will be accomplished op Ree
ember fifth, otherwise on the sixth.
A program of tax legislation to
he submitted to Congress, along
with the repeal of the Volstead
Act. to permit the sale of distilled
liquors in the District of Colum
bia and the Territories, will bp
considered at a meeting of the de
partmental representatives Friday,
at the White House. Th's program
includes plans to keep arid those
states not voting to ratify re
peal. They may revive. the much
feared prohibition revenue aeent
'n the moonshine area.
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XIXETKE'X STATUS
UNDATED, Nov. S. (API The
eighteenth amendment was voted
out of the Constitution in an off
year election, with liquor being
legal in nineteen stales, when he
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last steps in repeal will he !>•*•- '
ember fifth or s'xth. Ohio. Penn
sylvania and Utah voting repeal, j
were the ha sis of the early returns j
thus lined up the needed thirty- :
six Mates needed to kill the 1S'!i
amendment. No>rth and South
Carolina, the former by a heavy
vote, were the first to step out of
line in the wet parade. Tile latter
state's margin was small
The cotihting of 'ballots in Ken
tucky begins at ten a.m. today in
accordance with state laws. The
repealists are confident that the
Blue grass State lias joined their
ranks. Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Utah will hold ratifying conven
tions Decebmier fifth. If Ken
tucky voted repeal. National Pro
hibition ends on that date, because
the states convention is on Novem
ber twenty-seventh,.-^therwise re
peal will he delayed until Decem
ber sixth, when Maine ratifies.
The Dry leaders conceded defeat
in Utah before half of the pre
cincts were heard from. The
wetB made gains later, giving the
state the distinction of being the
thirty-sixth to ratify. The state of
Ohio plied up a majoriy of over
six hundred thousand for repeal,
and voted out the state constitu
tion prohibition amendment. Al
though the birthplace of tfie Anti
saloon League, the state of Penn
sylvania gave a six to one vote for
repeal. In all other than nineteen
states, where liquor may lawfully
foe sold, either constitutional or
statuary provisions are in force.
Thirty-three states were dry when
prohibition-was adopted; now only
twen y-ntne will be dry. ,
SUGOKfcT RUNS! A-JAPAN
GET TOGETHER
TDK VO. Nov. 11. (AP)—Sug
gestions that Russia and Japan
should get together and agree to
eease all military activities along
the Sibwrian-iUanchuria.t border,
were made Friday by foreign min
ister Koyi Hirotu.
Although thn newspapers inter
preted the statement as ironing
out the Soviet withdrawal of troops
concentrated on the border. Hirota
said they w^re - misguided! He,,
merely wished to indicate the de
sirability of mutual abstention of
any military actiou which would
he likely — mistrust. J
REPI’IILH'AX LEADERS
HOLD CX»NEERENVES
WeVSiHlNOTO'N. Nov. 11. (AP)
-Republican leaders''began a ser
ies of conferences Friday to pre
pare for the eongress'anal elec
tions in lh:i4, in which chairman
Everett Saunders said lie hoped to'
capture the House.
Criticism ftf the recovery admin
istration was first voiced in a "
pllamhlet isided ten days ago. iu
which the President was charged
with breaking his campaign pledg
es. This is indicated as the line
of strategy the republicans will
follow. *
One of the first problems is to
clear away the deficit of approx
imately one hundred and seventy
live thousand, from the 11*.12 cam
paign.
VOI,STRflft> IS A “DIE H A KIP’
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.\riNNBAP0ETR7 Nov." 11. ( AIM
Andrew J. Volstead, co-author
of the dying prohibition laws,
broke his science respecting Pro
hibition repeal Friday, in1 a public
letter to local newspapers, declar
ing: “The Wets won through pol
ities, the lavish use of money, the
rankest kind of propaganda, and
brazen nullification of the Con
stitution.’’ He said that the Dry*
were over confident. The letter
Was sent from Granite Falls,
where Volstead practices law. He
said only one fourth of the vot
ers cast ballots for repeal.
He reminded the Wets that they
have to live up to their promises
that such things as saloons shall
not come back. He added: “In
the near future, another campaign,
outlawing the traffice in liquor is
probable.’’
MONETARY WAR
MAY' BE AVERTED
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10, (AP)
—U. S. gold policy officials say
that the polity Is narrowing the
trade benefits of other countries
by reason of the depreciated cur
rency, but there tit ill is hope that
a monetary war will be averted.