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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 528.
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ARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1930.
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BUTTLE GROUND
REBELS GATHER IN SMALL
. FORCES ALONG A 200
MILE FRONT
MONTEVIDEO, Oct., 14, </P)—
Brazilian rebels in a five-hour |
fight near Carlopolis, in the j
Parana-Saopaulo border area,
were routed by a large Federal |
lorce inflicting severe casual- i
tes.
The insurgent announcement j
said the battle was the hardest
fought so far along the 200-mil#
front. A battalion of rebels at
tacked the Federals yesterday
near Affonson, Camargo and
Carlopolis. Federals left the
dead and wounded behind as
■well as supplies, as they fled j
toward Carlopolis.
Another encounter took place I
along the front near Carlopolis
and the revolutionists claim to;
have captured 35 prisoners, a1
large quantity of supplies, am
T&unition, machine guns, etc.
Small rebel forces, aggregating
thousands, are spread along the
front and are advancing as they
•can into the Caopaulo coffee
growng section into which the
.’overnment is pouring troops.
Federal sources claimed ad
vances in the Minas-Gereah area
where they are attempting to
reach Bello Horizonte to relieve j
'■he Federal battalion which has
applies for 30 days.
Rio Janerio claimed capture of
'Jberaba the key to the trian
gular western portion of Minas
Gereas and during the fighting
captured an armored train, sev
eral rebels and supplies. The
government said they had cap
tured several plotters in the
r.ity who were attempting to
:reate a disturbance.
BOLDEN SITE HIKE
PI! SELF, n TEK
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14. i.P) —
At a Chamber Commerce meet
:>t the Hotel William Taylor, the
following facts were brought out
in regard to the proposed Golden
Gate bridge.
It will pay for itself within 16 to
20 years, depending upon what toll
is charged. It will give from three
to four thousand men employment
for four or five years. It will re
quire 200,000 tons of structural
steel, to be fabricated in this re
gion.
SILVER TO RESCUE
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 14. (JP)~
A flood of silver from the United
States and other world powers to
:alm the civil strife in China, feed
her starving millions and re-es
tablish her foreign trade, was sug
gested by Senator Key Pittman of
Nevada in an address before the
Salt Lake City Chamber of Com
merce.
RAISES HIS FLAG
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Oct., 14,
■UP)—Admiral J. V. Chase, in a
brief ceremony, markd chiefly
by a 17-gun salute, formally
took charge of the battle-fleet
by raising his four starred ban
ner on the battleship Texas. He
4 succeeds Admiral W. V. Pratt,
who is now chief of naval op
* f rations.
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BAD SALESMANSHIP
LONDON, Oct. 14. (^—Inaugura
ting Anglo Spanish and Spanish
American Institute of London, the
Prince of Wales said that the Bri
tish must overcome bad salesman
ship if markets in South America,
are to be captured from the United
States.
RETURNS GOBI DESERT
SHANGHAI, Oct- 14. (/P)—Dr. Roy |
Chapman Andrews returned to Pei- !
ping, China, after an extended trip 1
into the Gobi desert. He had unus
ual success in his fossil hunting,.
bringing back not less than 75 dif- |
ferent species.
GANGSTER SHOWS WHITE
CHICAGO, Oct. 14. (/P) —Indica
tions that pressure against Chi
cago’s gangland is at last bring
ing results were seen in the offer of
an A1 Capone gangster to surrend
er. Officials refused to accept his
conditions.
BANS THREE BOOKS
DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Oct.
14. (/P)—This country banned three
books on birth control, although all |
three are works of physicians. The '
books are-‘Wise Wedlock,’ ‘Truth
About Birth Control,” and “Why
and How of Birth Control.”
ABSTAIN LIQUORS
LONDON, Oct- 14- (/P)—Henry
Ford announced all employees in
the new Ford factory at Dagneha,
England, will be expected to ab
stain from all intoxicating liquors
in the future. He would not say
how the company will enforce the
ruling.
SAILORS INTOXICATED
NICE, France, Oct. 14. CP)—Re
ports of serious trouble aboard his
Majesty’s cruiser Revenge were of
ficially denied. Several men, who,
during shore leave on shore, be
came intoxicated and failed to re
turn to the ship on time, were
punished.
RINGSIDE SEATS
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 15. (/P)—Ernest
Lubitsch, film director, had a fight
with his divorced wife, Helene and
her dancing partner, Hans Kraly,
at a dance given by Douglas Fair
banks. Lubitsch hit Kraly on his
chest and Mrs. Lubitsch slapped
the director.
BIG BUSINESS
NEW YORK, Oct- 14- (/P) —With
the aid of a radio detector, Fe
deral agents located and raided an
illegal radio station in a hotel at
Highlands, New Jersey. The station
| was one of several used to guide
rum runners past Coast Guard
boats. The rum ring is said to be
doing $1,000,000 business monthly.
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COMMUNISTS BARRED
NEW YORK, Oct, 14. CP)—A party
; of 18 women and two men, all of
| them communists barred from
| entry into the United States, after
they arrived on board he steam
ship Majestic. American passen
gers asserted the Reds ha dspread
propaganda aboard the ship.
“INSIDIOUS CAMPAIGN"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. CP) —
| The Federal Trade Commission will
| investigate the charges that pri
i vate grain organizations are carry
| ing on an “insidious campaign”
! against the Federal Farm Board.
! Sam McKelvie, member of the
j board said that the charges have
| already been placed before the
j Trade Commissoin.
Sin RESCUED FROM
STUMS ABOARD
YACHT IN SHU
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. UP) —
With only two pounds of rice and j
a, half gallon of water left, six
nearly famished persons aboard the !
British pleasure yacht Lady RoyaL
were on the point of killing a pet
Airdale for food, when the Mat
on liner Wilhelminia hove in sight
and rescued them, acording to de
tails of the incident brought here
when the liner docked.
The distressed pleasure vessel,
which was 71 days out of Balboa, C.
Z., and far off course was sight- j
ed 600 miles west of San Fran
isco, when the Wilhelminia caught
her distress signals.
She was flying a flare made from
an old tar bucket and bits of wood
chopped from the deck Three ships
had passed the yacht up, not re
lizing her plight.
FORD TELLS ENGLAND
WHAT'S TIE MATTER
LONDON, Oct, 14, UP)—Henry
Ford strongly criticized the Brit
ish for “making too much of
your troubles” and taking pains
to give the world wide publicity
to unemployment which creates
the wrong impression.
He urged the nation to pay
great attention to agriculture
saying, ‘If you can have your
factories adjacent to farms,
there will be no difficulty in
adjusting your labor.”
The Stock Market
Int- Tel. . 27
American Can .... 119
Stand. Oil., N. J.57
Richfield . no sale
Zellerbach 6
LeHigh . 8
Juneau . 8
U. of California . 32
Goldman H
Ban Corporation .28-29
Steel . 148
Radio . 24
Cons. Gas.. 98
| Carbide . 64
| Motors . 38
Cities . 25
Kenecott . 27
Durant .-. 1
BASEBALL
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 9, Hollywood 3.
Missions 8, Frisco 2.
Night games:—
Seattle 1, Oakland 6.
Portland 5, Sacs 15.
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KM ON THE JOB
BERLIN, Oct., 14, pP)—1Tues
day brought more rioting in
Berlins fashionable s h o p pi n g
district where fascists bands
wrought destruction marking
the opening of Parliament.
Rowdies saw an opportunity
to pillage while theater goers
crowded the scene of the fas
cists night demonstrations.
Police said that only the fas
(cists were involved in the early
f riot, smashing windows in Jew
| ish owned stores.
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WINNER NOBLE PRIZE
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 14- (/P) — T.
Dreiser, Am e r i c a n novelist, is
named by Swedish newspapers as
he possible winner of this year’s
Noble prize of literature.
GIRL CONFESSES
CAMDEN, N. J. Oct. 14. (fP) —
Mary McClyment, 19 year old girl,
onfessed to shooting Edward Ni
holson, 33, to death, at a gay party
n a farm near Blenheim.
GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT !
BERLIN, Oct- 14. (/P)—There are
more than 3,000,000 jobless men
and women in Germany says i
official statistics.
COAL MINERS STRIKE
PARIS Oct., 14, (/P)—Coal min
ers went on a 24 hour strike in
protest against employers refus
al to grant a two weeks vacation
with pay
BY LESS FOREIGN
MONTREL, Oct., 14, UP)— Local
newpaprs are carryng advertise
ments by the Federal govern
men urging Canadians to buy
less foreign made goods.
STOLE §5,000 SILVER
KILLINGLY, Conn., Oct., 14,
UP)—Five or six gunmen held up
a truck driver, bound and gagg
ed him and and escaped with j
silver valued at $5,000.
CONVICTS STEAL AUTO
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Oct.,
14, UP)—Unobserved by guards,
two convicts. members of a
road crew, of 20, stole a parked
automobile, four miles north
east of the prison and escaped.
SLIGHT EARTHQI AK6
BERLIN, Oct. 14. Up) —A wide
area of southeni Germany was
haken by a slight earthquake. The i
Blocks were most severe at Mun
| n where inhabitants were jolted
ut of their beds.
ANCIENT CARVING i
JERUSALEM, Oct- 14. f/P) — A
i small crouching lion, dating about
I 00 B- C. and carved in haul limc
s one, was discover* here It is one
f the finest specimen- of ancient j
c trving ever uncove ed
' ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT
ASHINGTON, Oct. 14. (/P) —The
trend toward economic improve- i
ment in many countries in Europe
and the far East is indicated by
special advices received by the De
partment of Commerce.
SOVIET’S MIGHT
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14. (JP) —
! Communists, supplied with at least
20,000 smuggled rifles, are ready to
seize the American government
agencies in the name of the Soviet.
leaders, it was testified. Accord- j
ing to Lt. Col. R. F. Smith, the
| witness, the coup was set for
| November 24.
SHOT TO DEATH
LONDON, Oct 14. (/P) — Harry
Rich, rugby captain and former m
ernational polo star, wno played on
he English team against America
1 at Hurlington in 1909, was found |
mysteriously shot to death at h:s j
home.
SENDS DOG BY AIR
NEW YORK, Oct. 14. (JP)~John j
Hay Whitney, Jr., capitalist j
nd sportsman, got lonesome for!
his pet Airdale on the fami-;
1/ estate in Virginia, and wired to j
t Roosevelt field to have the pup j
smt to him by special airplane. j
IILLEBS ■ LIFE
12 HUS FOLLOWING
GSPTORE BT TROOPERS
CENTERVILLE, Mich., Oct.,
L4, (/P)—Slightly more than 12
hours after their capture for
killing state policeman John
Burke, and robbery of the Bat
tle Creek bank, Thomas Martin,
30, and James Gallagher, 28,
were sentenced to life imprison
ment in Jackson prison.
Burke was shot when he over
took the pair as they drove to
ward Indiana after the robbery.
They were captured later near
Indiana, by other troop
ers after their automobile be
came over-heated and they
were forced to walk.
MONTEVIDEO, Oct., 15, (/P)—
Brazilian Federals claimed stea
dy advances for the army on
three fronts in two sections at
Minas-Geraes and that the reb
els are retreating in two col
umns on the 200 mile Saopaulo
and Parana front.
They have forced the fighting
away from th eSao Paulo bor
der. Insurgent quarters are si
lent on the Federal claims but
insisted that the Rio do Sul
cowboys are still advancing and
claimed victory at Carlopolis in
the Jacarezinho sector; this, the
Federals dispute.
FORMER SOLON 15
HID ST STILL
BATIMORE, Oct- 14. (TP)—Manuel
Herrick, former congressman of Ok
homa was arrested along w
wo other men in a Federal raid
n a still in Maryland.
They were convicted of manu
acturing and being in possession
p.as working as a $15. a week handy
f liquor* Herrick, clad in overalls,
nan at the still, the dry agents
eclared.
On the stand he testified that he
*as getting evidence for the pro
hibition department, ’ but the jurv
refused to accept the tale at its
face value.
WIFE CHARGES HUBBY
WANTS Tl KILL D
SEATTLE, Oct., 15, (/P)—Floyd
Morton of Fairbanks arrested
on complaint of his estranged
wife who said he had pursued
her from the North for the pur
pose of killing her, has been
sentenced to 30 days in jail.
In Fairbanks, when he beat
her, she fled here and moved
three times in one week when
she learned he was looking for
her.
She aske dthat he be held un
til she can obtain legal action.
KILLED BRIDE
CHICAGO, Oct. 14, (/P)—Po
lice are searching for George
Perry as the murderer of “Want
Ad bride”. He married bigam
ously. Perry is believed to have
killed his bride on a honeymoon
and stole her car, later joining
his first wife.