VOL XII
NO.
TAKOI'NA ALASKA. A ri Tl\ 1) A ' . JAM'aIA II .
PRICK 25 CKNSPfc
Passes On
FORMER PRESIDENT, 60, SUC
.SUMPS TO SUDDEN HEART
ATTACK.
BOSTON —The death of former
President Calvin Coolidge occurred
this morning.
After having started his duties as
usual, Mr..Coolidge left his home at
ithc usual hour, yoirjy to ibis law of
fices, where-he '.worked about an hoc,
and then called his -secretary, sayiny
that he was vninp home. The sercre
t. tary accompanied him to his home,
leavinp him at the door. Mrs. Cool
' id ye, returning from a shopping trip,
went to look for her husband, annd
discovered his body at 1:14 p. -iru,
Eastern standard time, in his bed
room. She found the formere Presi
dent lying: otn the floor. He had re
move his coat and vest, apparently
preparatory t® shaving.
The former President had been
dead 'Sfi minutes, accordin, to physi
cians. Mr. Coolidge has been in his
usual good health, so far as his fam
ily knew.
WASHINGTON. — Within a few
minnuteA after the news of the death
of former President Calvin Coolidge
reached Washington all bags over
Government buildings were lowered
to half mast.
President Hoover and President
Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt were
among the first to telegraph their
sympathy to Mrs. Coolidge and his
family.
Both branches of Congress adjourn
ed out of respect to the former Presi
dent shortly after the news of his
passing was received.
President-Elect Roosevelt said: “I
am innexpressibly shocked over the
news. The nation sugers greatly in
the loss of an able American in his
untimely passing. I never shall for
get his generous and friendly tele
gram when he defeated me for Vice
President.”
38 LIVES LOST WHEN FRENCH
LINE RBURNS AT SEA
CHERBOURG, France. — Captain
Schoof, master of the French liner
L’Atlantique, has reported to the
owners that thirty members of his
crew of 206 lost their lives when the
liner was destroyed by fire at sea.
Some of the men were burned to
death, he says, and others were killed
in getting og.the blazing ship. Only
112 of the crew have been accounted
for thus far, but it is believed that
all who escaped from the burning
vessel have been picked up by ships
which went to the rescue. The Ger
man steamer Ruhr has more than
100 survivors aboard.
TThe L”Atlantique was engaged in
the South American trade as a pas
senger Ship and was en route to
Havre for •overhauling when the fire
occurred! 'The vessel was in the Eng
lish channel at the time of the disas
ter.
TARM LIFE DRAWING MANY
"ST. LOUIS.—The two-year-old
back-to-the-farm movement has now
• reached such proportions that Wood
Netherland.-pfgsident of the Federal
Land Bfcnky-ptvdirts another month
will see the farm population in the
' Middle West nearly as great as it
; ever was.
Ask Mail by
Dog Teams
PETITION ASKS RE-ESTABLISH
MENT OF MAIL ROUTE, NE
NANA TO FLAT.
The following petition, ashing that
dog team service .for transporting the
(mail be re-established on the line be
tween Nenana and Flat,, was recentjy
put in circulation here and is be.ng
numerously signed.'
“To Honorable Anthony J. Dimond,
Delegate-Elect to Congress:
“We, the undersigned, residents of
che Interior, desire you to use all hon
orable means, in our hehalf, to have
the mail .carried by dog team, as for
merly up to lttSO, fer the “following
reasons:
“1. By having the mail hauled by
dog teams; the trails are always kept
open between Nenana and Elat, and
other localities
“2. Mail carried by jilane works, a
hardship on trappers and prospectors
in having to break their own trails for
hundreds of miles. Under such con
ditions these citizens are handicapped
and discouraged, and tend to .retard
the development of the natural re
sources of the
“3. People living along the trails
who have established roadhouses,
about every .20 miles, and cleared off
a patch of land, are left practically
isolated. They have to abandon their
business and homes and seek other
fields fpr a livelihood.
“4. Prospectors and trappers, with
cabins along the trails, perhaps hun
dreds of miles from any airplane
landing field, will be without mail for
many months and have to travel to
the nearest postoffice of such landing
field, at a great expense of their.own
time and money. Whereas, with dog
teams, the mail carrier delivers the
mail practically at the cabin, door. In
case of need of provisions or other
necessities they can always send out
with the mail carrier and. have the
same deili.vered to their- place of resi
dence.
“5. Thenati vesoftheed ntryu w K
“5. The naitiv.es of Ihe country, who
catch, prepare ;and sell "fish for dog
consumption, -amounting to many
thousands of dollars annually, are de
prived of this means of earning a liv
1 ing, without which they are practical
ly destitute.
“6. With the mail being carried Try
dog teams nearly all revenue received
from such contract is circulated in the
district, whereas'by plane hardly any
is put back into circulation, in each
respective district.”
ALASKA-JUNEAU PROFITS
SAN FRANCISCO. — Estimated
profits of the Alaska: Juneau 'Gold
Mining Company Tor’, the first 11
months of 1932 are $1,029,700 alter
operating expenses have :been taken
out but before depletion and Federal
taxes. Tee amount is about $400,000
less than the previous; year.
Judge W. A. Ymal;; -former weK
known resident of’ this section, -hut
now located at.Heldovta,wi?o passed
through Seward far ieWr'd^ys,- ago ten
route to the States,on a brief business
trip, reported ttt&X Mds Vfna|,: -whu
passed the crilicdlttvariod *f her seri
ous illness some Weeks ago, is still
!n the hospital at Seldovia on the road
to recovery, although it will be:some
weeks before Mrs. Vinal will be able j
to be up and around again. j
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
SEEMS ALMOST CERTAIN
WASHINGTON.—The quesction of
carlling an extra session of Congress
will be settled definitely on Thursday
when President-Elect Roosevelt holds
a conference with _ Congressional
leaders. Tbe .belief already is almost
general, however, that it will not be
possible to .avoid such a session, and
indications are that the call will be
issued for April. Leaders of both
Senate and House are. convinced that
it will be. necessary, to hold an extra’
session if campaign pledges are to.be
redeemed, especiall yon the question
of prohibition, farm relief and other j
important questions which were out- j
standing features of,, the Democratic
campaignn.
The legislatures, of 43 States will
meet within the next few days, and
their gatherings will . probably spell
an nearly farewell to lame ducks, the ,
odds being that twentieth amendment
to the Constitution, under which epch 1
new Congress-will take office January ;
3 following election, immediate}}
ousting defeated mfembers, will be
ratified before the current.:larr-'e duck |
congress passes out art.xMwtfh 4, Un- j
the" President and Vice President will j
der the provision of.tbe amendment
assume their posts Jannuarjt 20.. Sev
enteen States already have ratified
the amendment, and each’ of the 31
which has arot 'done so will- have »
legislative session this month. Nine
teen more ratifications’ will be suffi
cient to :put biie amendment, iftrt-t
Constitution.
LABOR OUT FOR FIVE-DAY
WEEK AN DSIX-HOUR DAY
WASHINGTON.—Organized labor
favors ® gtoerak strike, if necessary,
said William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, to
bring> abouY the'general adoptk n oi
thte shorter working week in America.
Advocating a bill to. establish the
five-day week and six-hour day for
manufacturing industries, the Fed
eration head declared before the Sen
ate judiciary sub-oommitte« that it is
either a case of the dole or universal
strike or legislative action.
“I shrink to think it necessary to
take such steps,” said President
Green, “but industrial leaders refuse
to take such action for some vb bkk
to take action for some voluntarily
established five-day week, and so iso
lated is the application of the shorter
work week in a few industries that
it has no egect on the general situa
tion.”
HARRY MORTON PROBABLE
JUDCE OF THIRD DIVISION
Harry Morton, well known Anchor
age attorney, will be nominated for
judge of the Third Alaska division,
according to radio broadcase received
here during the week.
Ralph Reed, well known deputy,
will be nominated .for U. S. Marshal
for the Third division, according to
the same broadcast.
FORMER FAIRBANKS MAN
MISSING NEAR TIA JUANA !
TIA JUANA.—Friends of Charles
Fhompson, well known former Fair
ranks man, have asked the police to
insist them in a search for the old
;imer and his wife, who disappeared
December 3. It is reported from Te
:ate, 50 miles east of here, that
fhompson’s automobile was seen
hTee days after the couple aisap
)eared, but they were not in the car.
Thompson is interested in a distil
ery here, associated with Hugh Mc
Temroy.
Lems of Importance
In Recent News Events
VATICAN CITY. —The Pope ex
pressed condolences to the American
people tonight -over toe loss of a
valuable public servant in Calvin
Coolidge. .He visited his private
liapti today to pray for the departed
and ordered..a telegram of condolences
sent. I
SAN DIEGO.—'The:.SanJDjego bsh
!.)„• boat Main, seized b.ya Mexican
pa»i'oi b at December 21 without a
license in Mexican watei'h, escaped
from Fnsoncnrs Bay, in Ennsennada
harbor, Tuesday night and reached
here today.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Four investi
gations were under way today into
he causes .and circumstances of the
disastrous fire which swept the Mac
eth apartments, 765 Geary street,
Yednnesday, killing .four persons and
.njuring between 30 and 40 others.
WASHINGTON.—Further Franco
American ndebt talks will be post
poned until after the Roosevelt ad
ministration enters office was given
out today by Ambassador Claudel of
France, after a talk with Under .Sec
retary of State Castle. The French
ambassador said he did not expect the
subject to arise again for some time.
PARIS.—TheThp turbulent career
i' Jack Pickford, screen star and
brother of Mary Pickford, died with,
his death in the American Hospital
voday, with no one close to him at his
bedside. Pickford died, at, the age of
38, after a lingering illness, express
g toward the end his boredom with
.ft and his wiliing ness, to die.
CHICAGO.—Beer may travel in
glass bottles as large as box cars
when and if the beverage is legalized.
Transportation elegance such as the
product never knew in the ojd days
has been arranged b ymanufacturers
of railroad equipment against the
second coming of legal beer.
Tanks constructed of «teel lined
with glass are ready.to carry beer
from brewers to buyers all over the
country at low temperatures, unnder
uniform pressure, and much cheaper
ban in the kegs jmd cases of former
years.
CHICAGO.—Swooping down on the
Loop district, five masked men exe
cuted a robbery in the heart of the
Loop, grabbing a pouch of registered
mail consignned to the First Na
tional Bank.
It cannot be determined how much
is in the pouch until a check-up is
made, but it may run t oa million
dollars -in securities, most of which
will be "hard to convert into cash.
Off;..id .'aid the pouch was known
to confc. n nswards . of $200,000 in
Securities, run no cash.
WASHINGTON. — A 8110,000,000
agriculture ^Department supply bill i
setting aside only $85,000,000 for
Federal hp>n-.va.v aid during the com-,
ing fiscal year was reported to the
House by ithe appropriations com
mittee.
The bill for next year carries $206,
OOQjftOO less than the appropriations
for i he present year and almost $8,
eCGL.'OdfVb-Sh ■-titan President Hoover’s
hudj*-rr: -v s pojb*i«s.
Ttie saving comes largely from re
ducing Federal highway, forest roads
aijd,. trails, pid. I
MOSCOW.—Nine men were sen
t.need to Heath today in the Soviet
drive against attempts to retard Gov
ernment grain collections. Three are
high members of the communist
party. Three ringleaders of Alleged
sabotage
NEW YORK.—Almost a dozen
ships reported themselves delayed to
day by winter storms sweeping At
lantic steamer lanes. The two largest
vessels en route, the Bremen and the
Leviathan, reported high ■ winds and1
heavy vseas.
LOS ANGELES—Harry Hammond
Beall, film press ag*nt, today sued
the Southern California Telephone
Company for $50(1,000 damages for'
listing his name under the cosmetic
business in its annual directory.
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Arraignment; of
Jobn J. Halloran, wealthy lumberman*
as an accessory after the murder of
Agnes Ann Leroi hy Winnie Ruth
Judd was continued until Wednesday.
BARSTOW, Tex.—A number of.
physicians fought hard today for the
lives of three adults, critically burned
in a farmhouse fird, which already
had claimed a toll of five dead, four
of them small children.
SHELBY, Ohio—A mother and her
five children burned to death in their
home near here today. The father
died in a hospital of burns received in
a futile attempt to rescue his family.
N'EW YORK.—Leading American
tobacco producers? have, announced s
cut from $6.85 to $6 per thousand for
H'e ■ popular thi»ndf of J5 cent eigar
■ -.ttes.
Some of the large 'retail distrib
utor? .have announced that they will
pass the reduction to the consumer,
making the retail price til cents or
two for 25 cents.
WASHINGTON.—French gold re
serves totalin gmore than 170 times
the defaulted war debt payment were
reported by the Federal Reserve
Board.
The Board noted a gain of $25,
000,000 for France in the month pre
ceding November 18. France’s gold
holdings on that date were placed at
$3,266,000,000
in its monthly review..the Board
sail most of the gold gained by the
Bank of France came from the Lon
don bullion market, where shipments
from British India arc South Africa
were sold in large volume.
At the same time England, which
paid a $95,000,000. war debt in gold,
had gold reserves of $678,000,000.
CAMBRIDGE,. Mass.—Mrs. Elmei
Shirley was granted a divorce here
when she complained that while she
was asleep her husband clipped olf
her hair.
WASHINGTON.—Investigation ol
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion; was suggested in the Senate by
Senator Norris of Nebraska just as
the Corporation was telling Congress
how it had pledged more than $1,600,
000,000 in stimulation of business and
for relief of distress.
Norris’ suggestion was based upor
a magazine article which said more
thaft^i4.If tjje the Corporation’s money
adyaEKWjd o railroads hAjt m .. to
'■‘the Morgan, Van Swarijigen #iW
Pennsylvania Railroad iunUirests.”