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VOLUME NO. VI.
NO. 49
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, JUNE 24. 1932
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Beer On Tap j
At Convention
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Chicago’s speakeasy propnet- >
ors were prepared to reap the !
golden harvest they hope the'
Republican national convention
will bring.
In fact, a tour of well known i
liquor dispensaries indicated the,
harvest already had begun.
A mushroom growth of
“branch” speakeasies has sprout- i
ed along West Madison Street, I
the route visitors follow to the j
Stadium convention from thej
Loop. !
And downtown the 500 regular j
speakeasies that closed briefly j
last week to avoid last-minute
raids opened their doors and re
vealed stocks of refreshmens laid j
in specially for the visitors.
Mingling in the crowded hotel
lobbies and sauntering along
Michigan Boulevard were sales
men of the “delivery” bootleg
gers passing out their cards and
assuring delegates a supply of
anything alcoholic awaited their
telephoned request.
A tour of speakeasies showed
there had been no casualties
among the well frequented
places despite recurring threats
of Prohibition Administrator Ma
lachie L. Harney to use his 137
agents to “dry up” the city for
tne political conventions.
One federal deputy explained
his attitude thus:
“Why should I get myself in
bad by raiding a place now when
seme senator or political figure
Ls liable to be there? And I’m
not going to frisk anyone for a
bottle or go looking around
hotel rooms for liquor. A lot of
agents feel that way about it.”
Gold Coast speakeasies, just a
brief stroll from the Drake Hotel
where many visitors are staying
were thronged. The favorite
drinking place of Chicago and
Illinois politicians is a block from j
the City Hall and the latch
string is out.
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Demos Feel Need
Salvationist Prayer
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Commander Evangeline Booth
of the Salvation Army will de
liver the invocation opening the
Democratic convention in Chica
go, today.
She telegraphed her accept
ance to Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross,
ex-governor of Wyoming and
member of the personnel com
mittee for the Democratic con
vention.
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3,000 QUARTS IN ‘CATCH’
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When a fishing net caught in
an obstacle under the water off
Nieuport, Belgium, recently, the
fishermen angled for the ob
stacle and brought up many cans
tied together and wrapped in a
fishing net. The cans contained
more than 3,000 quarts of alco
hol, which is believed to have
been awaiting shipment to Bri
tain by smugglers.
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Edward Haynes, recently in
carcerated in the local federal
jail for violation of the game
laws, walked out of the jail this
morning without a by-your
leave. Deputy Marshal Hans
Wick made report to the Mar
shal’s office, Juneau.
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Marshal Albert White, dele
gate to the G.O.P. convention is
returning on the Evans.
Alaska’s Development Blocked By Bureaus
Tacoma Negro Athlete
Winner of Award
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The highest honor ever paid a
Negro student in the Tacoma
public schools was given to Jess
Brooks. He was chosen as the
outstanding boy among the 482
graduates of Lincoln High School;
and as such won the Richard
Graff award.
Brooks had a high scholastic
standing and in addition was a
football star and an all-around
athlete. The Lincoln High Scnool
faculty made the choice of
i Brooks.
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Victory Gained By
U. S. Dollar
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The American dollar glistened
! in victory last week while the
financial metropolis hailed the
end of Europe’s long drain on
American gold.
The Bank of France converted
the last of its dollar balances in
to gold for eventual lodgement
! in its own vaults. That meant
| America had successfully met all
I foreign demands on its gold
.supply, bankers said, and that
: the dollar had emerged a win
ner from the severest pressure
ever imposed on a currency.
Thereupon there occurred in
! the foreign exchange market the
.scrongesUbull movement in dol
lars seen in many years.
The Bank of France’s with
drawal from this market of $55,
000,000 balances ended what was
described as one of the most re
markable achievements in fin
ancial history—the repayment
by the United States since 1929
of all but $700,000,000 of the $3,
000,000,000 of short-term funds
lodged iff this market by foreign
central banks, governments and
private interests.
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Bonus Army Bomb
Is Empty Dud
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Investigation disclosed that a
“bomb” found near a billet of
the bonus army, Washington ,D.
C., was an old Mills hand grenade
: from which the powder and cap
had been removed.
Police said they thought it was
a war relic brought along out of
sentiment by one of the 12,000
i who have come to Washington
to demand payment of the bonus
City Council Takes
Up City Problems
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The City Council met in the
Fire Hall on Monday night, last
with four members of the coun
cil present and the Mayor in the
chair. The proposed ordinance
governing the running of dogs
at large was given a second read
ing. A letter from the Fire De
partment was read recommend
ing the construction of a street
from G to H to obviate fire haz
ards in that section of the town
No assessments will be charged
to abutting property owners and
the work will be done at the
pleasure of the Street Commis
sioner.
A telegram from Delegate
Wickersham was read in which
he advised the council that a
till was passed by Congress and
signed by the President of the
United States authorizing a
bond issue in the sum of $10,000.
Mr. Jack Isom, representing
the School Board advised the
council of an overdraft in the
sum of approximately $200,
which including purchase of a
new horn for the school orches
tra. Payment authorized.
Painting, priming coat, on the
school gymnasium was author
ized to prevent unnecessary de
terioration of the building before
completion. A further issue of
liability insurance was ordered
^covering the work on the gym
nasium.
Complaints by property owners
was entered calling attention to
I the stealing of plants from
flower gardens. The council de
cided that this is a matter hard
| to regulate and that the only
■thing to do would be to appeal
'to the pride, civic and personal,
• in order that the town may be
more beautiful.
Mr. Mackechnie has taken the
big transformer down to the
hydro plant at Blind Slough for
installation. The Mayor called
attention to the fact that under
the new law a tax of three per
cent must be added to the bill
jfor electricity used by consum
ers.
The next meeting of the Coun
cil was ordered for the 5th of
July—a sort of hangover meet
ing, said one of the councilmen.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those
who need it most, like it least.—
Johnson.
Frank Breed Kills
Geo. Dick of Sitka
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George Dick, native of Sitka,
was fatally shot last Friday
night by Frank Breed outside of'
the Breed cabin Dick who an in
timate friend of Breed’s had
been drinking in Breed’s cabin.
After having gone home to his
family, he returned to Breed’s
cabin. It is said that Breed fired
tiie fatal shot from within his
doorway, Dick dying the next
morning. Staggering home, Dick
told his relatives that “Frank
shot me.’’ There were no witness
to the shooting and Breed is not
talking so that the case against
him is not so airtight.
Breed is held pending meeting
of the next grand jury.
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Offer Fine Trip
Up Stikeen River
A letter from the Barrington
Transportation Company of
Wrangell was received by
Charles Greenaa in which the
company offers a fine round trip
fiom Petersburg to Telegraph
Creek, B. C., at a very fair rate.
Those wishing to make this trip
should indicate their reservation
to Mr. Greenaa before the Fourth
of July.
The new ship “Hazel B. No. 5”
will call in Petersburg on the
18th of July and leave the fol
lowing day for Telegraph Creek
direct returning to Petersburg on
Saturday the 23rd. The total
cost of the trip will' not exceed
$8 per day, including meals and
berths and is a wonderful trip
regardless of the cost. The ac
commodations on the ship are
very good with plenty of room
for a large crowd. The balance
of the crowd necessary to make
such a trip will probably be made
I up at Wrangell.
DOCTOR OPERATES TO SAVE
LIFE OF CONDEMNED MAN
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Medical science was called
upon to save the life of a con
demned murderer.
Dr. L. L. Stanley, prison phy
sician announced he would per
form an appendix operation on
Charles S. Walden, 44 years old,
received last June for the mur
der of Henry Schmidt, San
Francisco grocer.
Walden has appealed his
death sentence.
Veterans Sing
National Anthem
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I A pathetic but proud army of
20,000 World War veterans took
defeat with a grin and the blow
cn the chin without a quiver.
The defeat of the bonus bill by
the Senate killed their hopes of
relief from Congress.
Commander in Chief Walter
W. Waters bore the fateful news
to the 15,000 veterans who were
massed at the capital steps and
their answer was to stand un
covered and sing “My Country
’Tis of Thee” with an abandon
which reminded one of those
soul-stirring days when in smart
khaki uniforms the men swung
down the broad streets to the
transports which took them;
across “to make the world safe
fot democracy.”
| After giving three rousing
i cheers for their commander and
!i'or Chief of Police Glassford.
1 and a storm of boos for Presi
dent Hoover, the men formed in
an orderly fashion and marched
back to their billets with the
avowed purpose of staying in
Washington until they got their
bonus.
Addressing the Bonus Expedi
t'onary Force, Waters said: “Now
boys, in spite of this temporary
setback, take it on the chin like
real Americans. Show these guys
in Congress you are real Ameri
cans and can take it. Leave
quietly for you billets, but don’t
leave for your homes. This fight
has just begun.”
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Shortly after this the Marine
Band concluded a program :n
the great plaza and the last
piece they played was “The Star
spangled Banner.” The many
spectators stood about indiffer
ently watching the bonus boys
who immediately upon the first
strains of the martial air, snap
ped to attention, shamed into a
respect, by the beaten bonus
|0.rmy in its moment of great
i bitterness. The bugle sounded
| assembly and the ragged column
started back to their billets in
'columns of twos. Commander
Waters announced that recruit
' ing officers would be sent out to
bring several thousand more
veterans to press for the bonus
legislation.
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TENINO’S WOODEN CASH IS
POPULAR WITH CHICAGOANS
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Wooden money is being used in
Chicago.
Certificates in denominations
of 5, 25 and 100 cents, printed on
strips of spruce by the Chamber
of Commerce of Tenino, Wash .
made their appearance at the
Republican national convention
headquarters. They were brought
i to Chicago by Mayor James W.
Davis of Bucoda, Wash.
Many persons bought some of
the wooden cash, and some mer -
; chants accepted the certificates
| as souvenirs in payment of small
i bills.
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Rich Placer Strike Is
Reported in Caribou
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A reported rich placer gold de
posit strike in the Caribou dis
t:ict by Bill Hamilton, an itin
erant prospectbr, aroused pros
pectors. Coarse gold in good sized
| nuggets was reported found.
I .The strike was said to resem
jble that made at Cedar Creek
I ten years ago.
Convention Slaps
LaFollette Men
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A resounding rebuke to nine
I.aFollette members of the Wis
consin delegation and settlement
of four vigorously debated south
ern contests ended the work of
the credentials committee of the
Republican national committee.
The charge against the La
Follette faction was that the
nine committed a form of party
treason by keeping their seats
on the convention floor at the
mention of President Hoover’s
name and also during a parade
cf flags.
Sixteen conservative members
of the Wisconsin group, gladly
presented a resolution censuring
the progressives for their action,
Frank J. Schneller of Neenah
being the spokesman. It was ap
proved unanimously.
National Committee Upheld
In two other full state contests
the credentials committee sus
tained the national committee
in seating the Georgia delega
tion headed by James W. Arnold,
national committeeman, and the
Louisiana delegation captained
by Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant
secretary of the Navy and na
tional committeeman.
Throughout the eight-hour
argument in the stuffy, smoke
filled committee room in the
Congress Hotel, the quadrennial
cry of “lily-whiteism” was rais
ed by the Negroes involved. The
whites responded with pleas for
southern party harmony and
denied any effort to freeze out
the “black and tans” from party
activity.
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Candidate Brands
G.9.P. Mollycoddles
Challenging delegates to the
Republican national convention
to be “leaders and not molly
coddles,” Attorney-General Gil
bert Bettman of Ohio, Republi
can noihinee for United States
senator, denounced a resubmis
<icn plank as falling short of a
real stand on the prohibition
question.
“A plank calling merely for re
submission of the Eighteenth
Amendment will not go far
enough,” Bettman declared.
‘ The party, if it stopped there,
would be taking a stand, not on
the prohibition question, but
upon an obvious question of
government.”
“The Republican Party should
take its stand against the Eigh
teenth Amendment and boldly
tell the people how they should
vote when the question is sub
mitted to them.”
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IT’LL COST MORE
FOR AMERICANS TO
DRINK IN MONTREAL
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Thirsty Americans from the
states will have to pay more for
their liquor, prices at the Com
missary stores advanced as much
as 800 per cent since the first of
June.
The price boosts increased the
cost of brandy from 5 to 40
cents; rum, from 5 to 15 cents,
imported gin, 10 to 25 cents,
Scotch wiskey, imported, 15
cents on 26-ounce bottles and 25
cents on 40-ounce bottles.
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Delegate Jas. Wickersham is
returning to Alaska for the sum
mer. He was reported in Seat
tle this week.