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NATION ELEBBATES RETURN 1F~BH»
GERMAN SOCIETIES
TOAST PRESIDENT
UNDATED. April 7. (A’)-—With
beer, the German societies of St.
Paul toasted the President and
'^wished him happy days. H. L.
Mentken, an author and beer ex
pert tasted the new hrew and pro
nounced it pretty good, —-not bad
at all. ■; , i
Mt8, Ella Boole, head of the
W.C.T.TT declared that beer vio
lated the eighteenth amendment.
She said "that wheu the hysteria
posses, the people will awaken to
the fact that the liquor traffic can
not be controlled by reason of its
inherent nature." Forty thousand
got jobs in Illinois as the result
of ..beer, and in the flrsQ few hours
of sale, the state of Minnesota
garnered one hundred thousand in
revenue.
The prices varied in New York.
Beer sold at two dollars a ease
of twenty-four bottles; at fi\e,
ten and fifteen cents a glass. Al
Smith told the foes of prohibition
that he found Himself in the cen
" ter of publicity with the brewers,
they having sent him their first
cases *
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NEW TOTAL HARBOR DISASTER
_I
ABERDEEN, April 7, (JP)—The
new total on the Grays Harbor
Ashing flee t^ disaster reached twel
ve boats lost and twenty men
■drowned.
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MISSOI’Rl PACIFIC
OJS RAN K It I PTC' Y
ST. LOUIS. April 3. (/P)—The
Missouri Pacific, one of the* lagest
<*t America’s railroad systems,
took advantage or the bankruptcy ,
law. The road is said to owe
more than forty millions and was
without funds r<>r thirty days to
meet obligations.
The present dianagemeut will
continue to operate the road till
further orders of court. Edward
J. White, general solicitor, said
that lie would be a7»le to reorgan
im the structure, jiow that the law
permits the road to operate with
out going into receivership.
The company controls more t^an
ten thousand miles of truck in the
South-western states. The bank
ruptcy petition also effects subsid
iary lines of the company.
COMING TO STUDY CRATER
NEW YORK, April 3, (A3)—
Father Bernard J. Hubbard annou
need that he would make another
exxpedition to Alaska next month,
leaving Seattle. May 16. +he major
purpose 'Is to study the verater of
Mount Veriaminof/ heretofore un
explored. He also will excavate on
the site of prehistoric villages of,
the Aleutians.
Accompanying him will be Rod
erick Chisholm, Professor of Santa
Claara University, George Peterson,
Alaska guide and Edgar Levin ",
student of Stanford University.
LEADING STATESMEN
MAY CX>NFER ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, April 5th. (A3)—
Leading statesmen of France and
Great Britain will come here soon
to alt with President Roosevelt to
talk over the economic Ills of the
world, unless arrangements now
being made in Europe by Norman
Davie, Special Embassador at
Large, fall* through.
DECLARES WAR OX JEWS
BERJUX. April 1. (/Pi—Nazi
storm troops cleared the Berlin
law courts of Jewish judges and
attorneys. Among those ousted
was Chief Justice Kurt Soeling.
Reports from the United States
that Hitlers party might be per
suaded at tne la<*. miuutfi to re
frain from launching drastic econ
omlc waT against Jewry seentea
only to add fuel to the fire.
The new proclamation defined
the action as the beginning of war
on the entire Jewish race not only
in Germany but thruout the world.
They say the fight will keep up
until “yjctory is ouhs "
The Jewis are with their backs
to the wall, and their appeals foil
on deaf ears as they /toualized
their financial ruin and their u’
timate isolation trim Germany
cities.
Elaborate plan? d'-e ICng mad-,
beginning at ter enpirmv, for i
nation wide boycott: »r all b.ni
r.e.sees an<i proffestsiDns conducts 1
I) Jews, even ,.— t-i; -.nan Jew •.
T. v re is no m isr -nt u.ophole le‘‘
for a retreat ?r rn tie- pi opaganct.:
routed through tv rv available
ilMi'nel to stir up na'hual feeliae
an inst what no N i- 'ns cal'.el
“the international conspiracy of
J>'W ry.”
Hitler's old battle cry that the
Jows and stock exchange^' started
the World War was revived in to
days proclamation issued by the
central boycott committee.
U:\DKRN CONFER WITH
HK< 'RET A RY PER KINS
WASHINGTON. April 3. (Ah.
Emergency unemployment relief
and a long time program to lm
prove labors lot were up for dis
cussion in a conference between
labor leaders and secretary of
Gabor Perkins.
The conference came tile day
after the Senate gave over appro
val to1 Roosevelt's second unem
ployment relief measures by ap
propriating' half a billion for di
rect federal grants to the states
helping iinemloyinent. The hill
went to the House today for ap
proval which is immediately ex-1
ported.
Roosevelt’s signature on the
reforestizaition bill is expected to- -
day. putting the machinery in the
labor, wai*" agricult ure and inter
ior departments into gear to rush
the plan which is expected to be
in full swing by midsummer.
HOLLYWOOD. April 7. UP)—
Barfhara Benneta wife of Morton
Downer the singer was here.today
for a visit. She was accompanied
by her adopted son Michael, three,
and by her own son, Morton Jr.,
three months old. Downey will
arrive soon. Miss Bennet was
greeted at the train by her father
Richard Bennett, and by her sis
ter, Jan.
DEBT GREATER THAN
NATIONAL WEALTH
NEW YORK. April 7, (£>)—-J.H
Rand, president of the Remington
Company, released a research re
port from the company's statis
tical department showing the total
• .. -ft.
Interest bearing debt,-Of the United
States is now greater than our
national wealth. The debt is one
hundred forty-one billion, nine hun
dred and twenty-four million. Our.
wealth is one hundred thirty-eight
billion, the research shows.
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BOARD REFUSES
FURTHER REPRIEVE
PHOENIX. April 7. Al
though her moments of histeria in
creased as the date set for her
|execu(tion nears, Ruth Judd held
, new hope in the motion filed by
her attorney asked for a now trial.
jThe motion is set for hearing Mon
da?. — It is accompanied by the af
jfidavit of her attorney to the effect
''that the Jury which convicted her
, of murder, s&ught by conviction
| to “make her talk.’’
The motion was filed shortly
I after the board refused her anoth
!er reprieve from the gallows.
ORDER* REDUC ING
I VETERANS BENEFITS
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WASHINGTON, April 4, pPi - -
Iii brief, Roosevelt's order reducing
jveleians benefits by four hundred
million a year provides for the |
payment of pensions authorized i
i veterans disabled by disease of in- j
jury incurred or aggrived in the |
line of duty in actual service.‘"Pen 1
sions authorized widows, children. j
and dependam parents of veter
ans who died of disease of injur- \
ies incurred in actual service, the
rates continue as present. " Pay
ments authorized nonservice men
connected with disabilities or dea
ths of veterans who served ninety
days in the Spanish American
War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine!
Insurrection or World War. pro-:
jvided the disability was total and
not due to personal ' misconduct,
will be allowed.
Later allowances will not be
made to unmarried persons with
an income of more than one thou
sand a year, or any married per
son or one with minor children
whose income exceeds twenty-five
hundred annually.
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NAZI STILL AFTER .JEWS
BERLIN. April 4, (£>) The gov
ernment announced that the anti
seinetic boycott would not be re
sumed Wednesday but the Nazi
party warned that it would get re- j
instated even to the extent of an
"atrocity campaign.'’
It is rumored abroad that the
police aided the :Nazis in raiding
Jewish quarters and closing streets.
Houses were searched for weapons
and papers, and worshippers leav
ing synagogues were searched.
Those not carrying double ident
ification cards were arrested.
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ELEVEN FISHERMEN
JX>SE LIVES
i -
HOQl'IAMApril 6, </P) —The wr
eckage of numerous small fishing
boats at the entrance of Grays Har
bor is scattered, along the„beacn!
as the result of a sudden squall
which took the lives of eleven fish
ermen, attempting to cross the tr
eacherous Grays Harbor bar.
The storm struck the trolling
fleet with savage fury as they were
putting out to sea from Westport.
The little craft were buffeted and
tossed and seven capsized hurling
their crews into the water. Aibout
fifty of a hundred boats made
[their wav across the bar while
jthe others^ turned back to West
port. T,wo bodies were washed a
shore while the coast guardsmen
searched the wreckage for bodies.
Six boats were piled upon the
Ibeach badly smashed and damaged.
SOURDOUGH.. STATIONERY FOR
lAliB AT THE NUGGET OFFICE.
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BEER RECEIVED WITH JOLITV
♦> -
UNDATED, April 7. (/P) The
thump of bung starters, on >count
less kegs, drummed the long lost
beverage back to Amerha, the
scene of
The jubilee of jolity was wide
spread among the frefndsof the
beverage in a territory populated
by about seventy million, as nine
teen states and the District of ('ol
um'bia lifted the thirteen year ban.
Its vented uncensored criticism and
warning.
Two cases of beer weje taken to
the White House immediately af
itt^r midnighf, the hift of the
brewers to the President.
On Broadway, poraders marched
behind a hearse labeled, “Near
beer is dead.” The band in bright
uniforms, played dirges and drink
ing songs.
Chicago's celebration was sur
prisingly good with one to two
thousand barrels there speeding to
places where beer is lawful.
A.MIlFll FLlll) FLOW FREELY
a
INDA.TED, April 7. (TP) \ great
amber wave washed out a po'h .:n'rl
broke* in silver foam on the lunch-'
cut tables of the nation, coj i my
ii« restaurants and cafes, but not
(i nld have it with sandwiches »i
drug stores, soda fountain.* i
bet dog stands at corners. There,
Is ample evidence of enormous con
sumption.
■Although hilarity ran high, ar
rests wore few for intoxication and
most of them were caused by im
patience which caused the drink-j
ers .to start celebseting on home
brew before the isua' beer" was ‘av
ailable.
Trucks, and pin ups droned out
if, brew cities to arid spots’ but
still there were numerous instanc
es of inability to meet he demand.
l.’.WN FltV FLEET CIIAKTFRKI)
SEATTLE. April 7. ,/Pi The
Pacific American Fisheries Com
pany. of. Bellingham, chartered the
entire cannery fleet of more than
sue ty vessels of the North-western
Fisheries Company. Eight vessel
are now here, and more than sixty
are in Alaska belonging to the
North-western firm, .which , recently
announced that it would not_ojt,
erate in Alaska this year.
ARMY RECRUITING
('AMPS HEADY
WASHINGTON. April 7. (/P>
Army recruiting camps in seven
teen of the East and Middlewest
are ready for the first men select
ed for the forestry- conservation
corps, with plans complete for re
moving large numbers to condition
ing camps by night fall- The
first contingent -of twenty-five thou
tiand will he fully mobilized by
Saturday.'
OAPE MAY April 7, i/Pi—Ten
Navy planes soared away from
here this morning to renew their
dogged search for traces of the
airshff! Akron and Its missing men.
They headed for the area off the
Delaware ;wid Virginia shores.
Coast Guard officers said Naval
and Coast Guard vessels were cruis
ing in strategic positions in this
area tt> cooperate in the search.
Coast Guard pilots stood ready to
t ly at a moments notice in case
of an emergency. Dr. Robert Kil
duffe an authority on drowning
casee, said he believed the bodies
would appear today.
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l'KR’E.OF (GERMAN REBELUO
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BKIU/LV, April 7, up, —Hitl*
red the price of Germany's r< .*
o«. ilion at three hundred and thii
ty persons slain, forty thousan
wounded, and one hundred thou
sand*-driven from commercial lift
He made this declaration • outrigh
in the presence of an audiem;r
composed of calbi net members, di
plomats and newspaper correspom
ents.
IUSINE8S STILL EXPANDIN'!
NBW YORK, April 7. Ac
cording to Dun-Bradstreets Week!)
Review, the volume of business ir
some lines expanded to new high
levels. Retail sali^s this week
vere stimulated by Eastern de
mand. The merchants in leading
centers report encouraging con
sutncr responses- to their increased
Ju.
newspaper advertising lineage^
which in some instances, is run •
ning nearly doulile. to that of a
year ago. ' ““
The survey stated: "Plans for
expansion are now beihg complet
ed on every side, as faith to the
soundness of the country's finan
cial structure, which is stronger
now than any time in its history.
Retail salt's last week made the
best showing since September
"<nid aftermath
of the most devastating N financial
crisis the country was evy sub
ject to. is still in glowing evi
dence, it is certain that these caiV't
be endured with more equanimity
than continuous distrust and un
certainty which exerted such a
. • if”
blighting influence upon business
for more' than three years." v
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LATE SPORT NEWS
NKYV YORK, April 7, (/P) ---Tony
Ottnzoneri. lightweight champion,
will m^et Barney Ross, Chicago
sensation, in ii ten round title
bout "at W rig ley field. Chicago.
June 22. according to his man
ager, Sammy Goldman. The champ,
ion will pet a flat guarantee of
thirty thousand dollars with the
privilege of taking forty percent
of all over fifty thousand dollars.
Canzoneri now training at Pomton
Lakes. New Jersey, will engage in
three... overweight matches before
taking on Billy Petrollles, conquer
or. Tony fights Wea Ramey at
Grand Rapids oji April 19. Steve
Halaika , at Buffalo on May first
and Bat Shore at New Orleans on
May 15.
libs ANGELES. April 7 .(£>)—
Pete Reillv manager of Fred Mil
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lef world’s featherweight champion
reported today lie had rejected an
offer of twenty five thousand dol
lars from Al Jolson for Miller's
contract “I wouln't sell Miller
for one hundred thousand dol
ls rH’’ Reilly said.
CHICAGO, April 7, <>P>—With
Kiki Cuyler definitely out of the.
| lineup until July, reports were
I strengthened today . that the Cuba
[were out to buy an established
'outfield regular for immediate de
livery. , Cuyler preceeded the Cuba
to Chicago yesterday and was In
formed by Dr. Edwin W.. Reyeroon
that the bone in hiB right leg was
badly broken and that the best be
could hope was for around July
4th. Vinoe Baton, reserve Cub
outfielder,1, also arrived.
SOURDOUGH.. STATIONERY FOR
SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE.