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COVERING
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM NORTH. EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VII.
NO. 1
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
JULY 22, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeai
Coffee Port Closed
By Revolutionaries
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The government of the federal
interventor (governor) in Sao
Paulo, richest and most powerful
of the Brazilian states, was
overthrown and leaders of the
revolution which began recently
had taken over the helm.
Military censorship was im
posed and dispatches of even an
obviously domestic nature were
stopped.
A decree was issued closing the
port of Santos, in Sao Paulo, the
world’s greatest coffee port, to
all navigation.
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Big Herring Run
At Dutch Harbor.
With a thousand tons of Alas
ka-mined coal aboard, the mot
ership North Star, supply ship of
the Department of the Interior,
was enroute to Seattle. The coal
will be distributed among gov
ernment hospitals and schools
in the Arctic on the next voyage
of the vessel.
Under command of Capt. S. r.
L. Whitlam, the North Star is
expected to reach Seattle at the
end of July and then sail for
Point Barrow. 1
The veteran master reported
that Unalaska and Dutch Har
bor were experiencing the great- <
est herring run in history. Scores '
of persons were engaged in pack
ing herring, he said, with the :
abandoned whaling station at
Akutan pressed into emergency (
service.
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Protest Sand Isle
Trap Licenses
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A protest against issuance of ,
fish trap licenses to Ed Foss,1,
Max Berg and the C. R. P. A.J!
covering areas in the river ad- •
jacent to the south shore of
Sand Island, was filed with the
state fish commission in Port
land. The protest was signed by
Arvid Mattson, secretary of the
Columbia River Fishermen’s
Protective union.
The accompanying letter stat
ed that issuance of the licenses
anplied for would contravene
t he prior right of fishery held by
the gillnetters and would work
an economic hardship by eli
minating several fish boats, each
of which supports at least one1
family.—Chinook Observer. i
A POOR JOKE
Fa cundo Bacardi, president of
te f*rm which makes the faa.ou:
Bacardi Rum, was in a serious
condition, last week from an ac
cidentally inflicted bulie; wound, j
While joking with a policeman 1
the officer’s gun exploded,
wounding Bacardi in the stom
ach.
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Attorney H. L. Faulkner, re
presenting Miss Pauline Craig,
has entered suit in the district
court to recover $2,500—three
years’ wages she alleges as being
due from Charles Craig her
stepfather. Services she states
was rendered while Mr. Craig
was interested in the Yukon Fur
Farms which interests he has
since disposed of.
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Out of 18,000 bills introduced
in Congress, 500 were enacted In
to law.
Making Jobs For
Unemployed
Declaring that nearly two
million men can be provided
with jobs under the $2,122,000,
000 jobless relief bill, Senator
Wagner, Democrat of New York,
senate leader in the fight, last
Tuesday, called on the Recon
struction Fnance Corporation to
speed distribution of the vast
fund. The measure was on
President Hoover’s desk for
signature. Already demands for
funds under the bill are before
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration. Wagner expressed the
belief that conditions through
out the country can be material
ly improved If the money is put
to work at once. Nearly $1,800.
000,000 of the fund is provided
to finance projects which will
employ labor, including high
ways, rivers and harbors, slum
removing projects, bridges, tun
nels, docks and similar works.
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Butler Addresses
Bonus Force
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With the Anacostia River for
i sounding board and a flaming
sunset as the background, Major
General Smedley D. Butler,
roared encouragement to the
mny of veterans in Washington
seeking the bonus. “Every man
vho ever wore the uniform of,
the United States is different
:rom other people; you are bet
ter,” he shouted. The ragged
rrowd yelled it’s approval. But
er took off his coat and rolled
:p his sleeves and opened his
collar while he was being in
troduced by Walter W. Waters,
commander. I
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Acting immediately on the re- (
commendation of the President (
to Congress, the Senate banking
md currency committee voted,
to recommend adoption of an ,
amendment to the relief pro-(
?ram dropping the governor of
Lhe Federal Reserve Board and
the chairman of the Federal
Farm Loan Board from the Re- 1
construction Finance Corpora
tion and increasing its member
ship from seven to eight.
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“What a Man” Is !
Now “What a Flop”
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Mrs. Minnie “Ma” Kennedy
Hudson, mother of Aimee Sem
pie McPherson Hutton, the!
evangelist, last Tuesday, had on \
file a suit to divorce Guy E. I
“What a Man” Hudson, whom
she married a year ago in a
romantic setting on the shore of
a lake in Washington. Mrs. Hud
son charged that Hudson drank
excessively, was cruel, and used
abusive language and profanity.
He was “What a Man” when T
married him, but I really should
have called him “What a flop,”
declared Mrs. Hudson. She said
that in thei year of married life,
Hudson borrowed $4,450 from
her. “And he hasn’t a cent now;
and he hasn’t got a job,” she
declared. “He never came home
except to rest up after a drunk
and to borrow money,” she
added.
Miss Lillian Swanson is leaving
for the States where she will
spend her vacation with friends
and relatives.
“Appearances are that there will be fewer fiishermen operating in Alaskan
waters this year than ever before. This doesn’t look so good on the surface, but
as a matter of fact, it’s good thing for the future of the Rseing industry. It s a
form of conservation.” - - - Under the O’Malley hypothesis warring nations
would conserve life by eliminating rifles and using machine guns. Alaskans are
aware of O’Malley’s dishonest regulations.
liiilllL'ilOllllIH
HUlil'i!
300 Grand For
Useless Paper
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The American delegation to
the Geneva Conference on Dis
armament will sail homeward
next week aboard the Leviathan
after spending three hundred
thousand dollars to secure a
carbon copy of a piece of paper
that something may be a step
toward eventual limitation of
armaments. The “Big Four”—
Great Britain, France, Italy and
the United States—last Tuesday
night agreed to three of the
controversial points in the text
of the resolution presented to
the general commission, yester
day, and which will be adopted
after two days of speech making,
permitting the conference to
begin its summer recess to
morrow.
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Court Refuses to
Dismiss Loan Case
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A plea by Jay S. Moltzner,
former president of the Guard
ian Building & Loan Association
of Portland,' that indictments
charging him with unlawful
loaning of funds of the associa
tion without security be dismiss
ed was denied by the State Su
preme Court. He had appealed
on grounds that the indictments
were not tried within the next
term of court as provided by law.
At the same time a writ of
mandamus was denied Carl H.
Johnson and C. A. DeGrace,
former officers of the Prudential
Savings & Loan Association of
Portland, indicted on charges of
devising a scheme to defraud
through the sale of stock.
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Doctor Eugene J. Wheeler who
has been visiting with his mother
and relatives in Wrangell is due
to arrive in Petersburg today.
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Operations at the Scow Bay
cannery are said to be moving
along rather slow—not many
salmon coming in as yet. Pre
dictions are that there will be a
very late but heavy run of salm
on this year.
Oregon Cities Make
Exchange Foodstuffs
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Astoria had a surplus stock
of salmon and Salem was in a
long position on fruit, so the
two cities got together on the
idea'of lending variety to re
lief food supplies.
Confirming arrangements for
an exchange of 3,000 one-pound
cans of salmon for an equal
number of cans of Salem fruit,
an order was received from the
Astoria Red Cross for 1,000 cans
of loganberries. The rest of the
3,000 cans involved in the trade
will be ordered later.
Canada Taxes
U. S. Lumber
Lumber imports from the
United States have become sub
ject to a special 3 per cent excise
tax, said a circular issued re
cently by the Department of Na
tional Revenue, Ottawa.
The circular pointed out that
under the new Section 88 of the
special war revenues act, ef
fective April 7, 1932, a 3 per cent
excise tax was imposed on duty
paid value of goods imported,
but this tax did not apply to
(certain articles, including lum
I bert when imported from a
country which admitted free of
duty similar lumber imported
from Canada. .
“As the United States,” the
I circular continued, “effective
June 21, has imposed duties, or
so-called excise tax in effect
duty, on all lumber imported
from Canada, all lumber im
ported from the United States
from date became subject to the
said special excise tax of 3 per
cent.”
Mr. E. L. Keithahn, principle
cf the government school at
Kake, is a local visitor.
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Mrs. Louise W. Williams, Na
tional President of the Ameri
can Legion arrived in Petersburg
on the Northwestern and wa
met by a committee from the lo
cal organization.
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Tacoma Cuts
Property Values
A blanket reduction of 15 per
cent in the assessed valuation of
all improvements in the city of
Tacoma was voted by the board
of equalization. An attempt to
get across a similar motion to
affect the entire county was de
feated.
The cut follows a 15 per cent
reduction in valuations of all
land in the county, except re
valued lands made last February
by Assessor Norton.
Members of the equalization
board pointed out that the cuts
in assessed values do not neces- |
sarily mean corresponding cuts
in tax bills. Once valuations are
fixed, the determining factor in
the amount of taxes to be col
lected will be the size of the
levy necessary to raise the mon
ey fixed by budget needs.
Spokane County lost $3,305,
050 in taxable value of personal
property since last year, H. L.
Kingsland, assessor, reported.
jThis year’s valuation was given
at $13,493,955, compared with j
$16,799,005 last year.
Wrestling Match
To Be Fast Go
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Next Thursday evening in the
Sons of Norway Hall will be held
a wrestling match between Roy|
!Anderson, Minneapolis and Jack,
Ryan, Chicago. Anderson will |
eJiter the ring at 190 pounds and
Ryan will tip the scales at 212.
j Anderson wyestled here on the
Fourth of July against two men j
taking the decision but will have!
a much harder tussel with the
I‘ fighting Irishman” of theChi *
cago.
j Anderson is working out every
evening in the Sons of Norway
Hall and the public is invited to
watch the workouts.
! The match is being staged by
the local post of the American
Legion.
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Governor Roosevelt met with
Smith leaders as a result of
which the Democrats maw show
a united front next November.
Another Crack
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At Al Capone
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A new indictment designed
to crush the Capone liquor syn
dicate will be brought in a fed
eral grand jury investigation
this week, it was learned, last
Tuesday. Al Capone, his brother
Palph, and perhaps two hundred
others will be charged with a
$100,000,000 beer and liquor run
ning conspiracy as a result of
an under cover investigation by
fifteen special agents. The syn
dicate’s operations are said to
have extended throughout
Illinois and into Wisconsin, In
diana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, New York and Florida.
The investigation covered opera
tions of the syndicate since 1921.
During the best of those years
Capone’s “cut” is said to have
been between five and six mil
lion dollars. The indictments are
expected to be returned shortly,
while Al is serving an eleven
year sentence at Atlanta and
Ralph a three year sentence at
McNeill Island for income tax
violations.
HOUSE POSTPONES
TREASURY INQUIRY
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The House rules committee
postponed action o nthe propos
ed investigation of the Treasury
and Federal Reserve Board until
the December session of Con
gress.
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Unpaid Teachers
To Lose Property
Several hundred teachers and
other Chicago public school em
ployes—unpaid for many months
—face the possible loss of their
homes through foreclosure by
the city which can not pay their
salaries.
It was disclosed in court that
the indigent city has sued many
of them for judgements on taxes
long overdue because they have
received no money from the city
to pay them.
More than 200 such cases were
before County Judge Edmnd K.
Jarecki, but he deferred judge
ment.
Norse Flag In
S. E. Greenland
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The Norwegian government
occupied Southeastern Green
land lastweek, bringing to a head
the dispute with Denmark over
possession.
The dispute has been put be
fore the World Court at The
Hague, which has not acted as
yet.
Denmark always has claimed
full sovereignty over the island.
Last year, however, a small
Norwegian expedition raised its
flag in Eastern Greenland, and
later the action was upheld by
the King and the Norwegian gov
ernment. After an exchange of
notes, it was agreed to submit
the dispute to arbitration at The
Hague.
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Born to Doctor and Mrs. Ben
son, July 21st, two baby boys
each weighing 7 y2 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Anderson
and Mrs. Mathisen of Fanshaw
are visitors in town.