THE KUSK0 TIMES
VOL Xir NO. li
TAKO'INA ALASKA. fcATLKDAY; APRIL 9 11*32
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; Stimscn to
Go to Geneva
i ®:ague of nations circles
.ENTHUSED OVER FORTH
COMING VISIT.
'GENEVA.—The forthcoming visit
t- -tL Secretary of State Henry L. Stim
son to Geneva was received with en
thusiasm tonight in League of Na
tions eireles, which advanced three
probable reason* for Stimson’s trip:
\ desire to speed up the work of the
disarmament eonfereace; a desire to
kfeep in touch with the preparations
65r settlement of European repara
tions problems; a desire to see that
the League does sot allow the Shang
hai warfare to obscure the important
issaes at stake in the Japanese mili
tary occupation of Manchuria.
The fact that Stimson will not be
come chairman of the United States
delegation to the disarmament con
ference was interpreted as meaning
- that he hopes to keep himself free to
devote time to the Manchurian and
reparations questions. None of the
League or disarmament conference
officials would predict that the Amer
ican Secretary is bringing new repar
ations proposals to Europe, but it
was pointed out that he would have
- an excellent opportunity to clarify
the American attitude on war debts
'before the opening of the Lausanne
reparations conference.
Lindberghs
Still Waiting
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HOPE STILL SEEMS TO CENTER 1
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ON ALLEGED NEGOTIATIONS <
OF 4 NORFOLK MEN. ]
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HOPEWELL, N. J.—A theory that -
th>; kidnapers of 'Charles A. Lind- ]
btrgh, Jr, took the eh 3d aboard an ;
'icvan-going cruiser for the purpose .
of bartering for his release from a i
distance and free from police inter- i
terenee gained credence ever the j
week end. The arrival in England of J
Major Charles H. Schoeffel, of the, i
New Jersey State Police, admittedly 11
working on the kidnaping case, and i
the second mysterious disappearance
from Norfolk of John H. Curtis, who
believes he is in touch with emis- <
saries from the kidnapers, were the 1
outstanding developments. Colonel H. j 1
Norman Schwartzkopf, superintend- 1
cnt of the State police, however, *
maintained his record of revealing '•
only negative news. In his latest 1
bulletin he declared that progress was <
being made on the case. A lead in ’
Atlantic City, which involved a man |
and woman, was investigated, he said, (
and was found to have no bearing on
this investigation. There is no truth
to the report that there is a new rum
ro wangle in the investigation, he
added. Additional precautions against
wire tappers have been taken by the ]
telephone company, to assure Colonel 1
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Alaska Interests At
>i The Nation’s Capital
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By W. A. S.
WASHINGTON, March 3. — The
' Chamber of Commerce of the United
„ States has been cooperating with
Delegate Wickersham in the effort to
secure air mail service from Seattle
to. Alaska, but this organization has
just about concluded that the general
ery of economy in public expenditures
will tend to destroy any hope of hav
ing this new project carried out un
< der the appropriations being made for
the fiscal year starting July 1, 1932.
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The other day Delegate Wicker
sham introduced five bills in the
- House, authorizing the improvement
of Stikine river, Dry Pass, Wrangell
Harbor, Wrangell Narrows, and Ko
« diak Harbor, all of which were re
ferred to the rivers and harbors com
mittee. It was expected that they
will thus be given propmt attention
when a general rivers and harbors
1 bill is introduced. Bills for several
< other projects will als obe introduced
by the Delegate. Hyder, however*
i may be given attention hrst, as taut
i project has been recommended by the
War Department and has been re- :
- ferred to the committe on flood con
trol. The document setting forth the
- i fact for the necessity for this dyke <
• construction is now in the hands of i
the printer, but will not be considered •
by the committee until printed copies <
are avaiable. The estimated cost of :
the project is $63,000, of which sum *
the local interests at Hyder are re- I
■ quired to furnish $7,000. <
J. Lindley Green, register of the 1
1 land office at Anchorage, had no op- 1
I -geaition for reappointment nod. his*
name was sent to the Senate with the J
expectation that confirmation will fol- 1
low very shortly. j *
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The Federal Radio Commission has c
granted the application of the Tele- (
phone Bond & Share Company to con- i
struct a new general experimental 1
station at Ketchikan. The applicant
is a Delaware corporation with assets c
of $42,000,000, and associated with it f
in this enterprise are two Canadian 1
corporations who operate an exten- j
sive network of telephone lines and (
radio telephone stations, including i
one at Campbell River and one at 1
Ocean Falls, both south of the Alaska 1
boundary. The establishment of this 1
service in British Columbia came to11
the knowledge of the citizens of Ket- t
chikan, who asked that radio com- o
munfcation be established between s
Ketchikan and Campbell River, t
should the proposed experiments be t
successful and operation be permitted a
m a commercial basis, the applicant p
tends to pursue only radio telephone v
communication activities and does not c
ntend to make application for au- n
hority to employ radio telegraphy t]
for any purpose. 11
When Delegate Wiekersham intro- a
luced his bill for the creation of a tl
supreme court for the Territory of is
Alaska it provided far a membership ii
■ft the four district Judges and a pre- ai
iiing judge to be appointed by the
Utoraey General. 8ecspse of the ex
> nse of an additional jadge the ju- U
liciary committee did Ji&L favor the
>il. As a consequeanwthfc Delegate
las prepared and infagfctced a new
ill that provides foriueizuimbership
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iiodbej-gk-that tmercwillibe
a private communications. ..■•Patrol!
f Im«ni> n and secret, agents M‘-th<
ompar»y are now . maintained ^aiant
he-route of the special wires'.laid t<
be estate from Hopewell. -Moment
iry excitement caused by -an -.an
louncement Saturday by vOclane
!ebw»rtxkvpf that definite leads hat
levelpped upon which his men wen
rorking, . died dawn- today 'when'-th*
Nothing new” announcement unai
nde. -^Observers in Hopewell weri
:J.. crediting the Norfolk angle ttStl
ircvvidirjg the me at distinct hope of i
olutioa to the kidnaping. . Despit*
be continued refusal of the. State po
ie* tn regard the Norfolk..negotaa
ions as affording any clue, private in
'eetigators insisted that-'the apparenl
aitb in .their clue -by the three-Nor
alk icitirens—Curtis, Dobson, Petcocl
nd Burrage—justified belief that tht
eturn of the 51-months-old baby wae
«ar.
CUTTYHUNK, Mass.—A seaplam
arrylng four men, who said thpj
fere looking for -the yacht Sallie
anded on this island, today and were
idiewd to. have examined or estab
ishad contact a few hours later .with
l yacht off Penikese Island, north of
.ere. Natives said they thought on<
if the men was addressed as “Colo
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jONJBCTURING ON WHAT’LL
HAPPEN WHEN AND IF AL
CAPONE STARTS EOF. PEN
CHICAGO.—Incarceration of AI
ihonse (Scarface AI) Capone by the
''ederaJ Government, as described bj
jmted States District Attorrwi
iearge E. Johnson before a Senate
ommittee, has brought the threat oi
mother beer war which .may surpass
n blood nnd bullets many a previous
truggle for Chicago’s illicit liquoi
cade. When, and if, the “Big -Shot’
& removed from the Cook . County jail
0 a Federal penitentiary to serve the
1-year income tax fraud sentence
acted out to him by Federal Judge
antes H. Wilkerson, authorities feat
nother seige of machine gun mur
ers and one-way Tides, while the un
erworld decides by ballots of lead
fho shall take Capone’s place as
ing-pin of .Chicago rackets.
A skeleton crow now is in charge
f the remnants of the Scarface’s
any. A dozen other minor gangs
ave sprung Up to muscle in on the
rofitable beer and alcohol business
lapone’s underlings are doing noth
ng to suppress the interlopers for
ear of prejudicing his appeal to the
Inited States supreme court. Once
e goes to. prison, however, the word
rQl go out, according to well authen
icated information, to. put the clamps
n the little fellows. The Capone
yndicate will .attempt to eliminate
lie competitors, ikewise will attempt
> eliminate the syndicate, arid each
ther. .High police officials admit
rivately their belief that bullets will
hizz, bombs .will roar and torture
lumbers -will operate much in the
lanner of similar outlawry during
ie merciless beer battles of 1924 and
12$, which resulted in the supremacy
1 Capone. His gang, without him in
:tive commaid, has been likened to
ie beadles horseman. ‘Suave, pol
hed Murray Humphrey is the nom
al head. He didn’t want the.job,
ImiUed he feared for his life.
Mr. rand Mrs, William Duffy and
ro other passengers returned to Flat
couple of days ago with Pilot AI
onsen of the Pacific International.
Henry Martela was a today arrival,
ming from Yankee and-Ophir.
1 Items of Importance
>,In Reecnt News Events
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I ALABAMA TORNADO ,
' TAKES MANY LIVES.
. . . MONTGOMERY, Ala.—A destruc
• tive tornado, which followed within a
}■ few miles the path of the devastating
i storms of a few days ago when more i
than 300 were killed in Central Ala
bama, passed through Chilton, Cham
• bers. and.Tallapoosa counties late to
day. . Seven persons were killed and
at least fifty injured, according to I
early reports. All the dead were in :
. Chilton county, where the twister
struck at. Hemison and Lawley. One i
spot devastated today was within a <
mile of the path of the recent storm.
! -DANVILLE, Ala.—Eight persons '
were injured in a tornado which i
'.passed through- Tallapoosa county]1
• late, today. 1
LAFAYETTE,-Ala.—-At least 30 i
persons,-10-of them whites, were in- 1
jured -by . the tornado in Chambers '
county late today.
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DARROW GETBiJURY TO HIS *
LIKING. IN HONOLULU CASE.
| HONOLULU.—A. jury to try Mrs. j
i Grace Hubbard Fortescue and three']
navy men in the-Honolulu slaying of; (
Joe Kahahavuai,-half-caste Hawaiian,1 j
; was completed .today- It is composed
of seven Anglo.Saxons, or whites, one
Portuguese, two Chinese. ..one Ha-j]
waiian, and -one Chines ©-Hawaiian. ,
Thejury was completed after-almost j
£o.ur days of examination, un which
Clarence Darrow-matchect.brains with
John .Keller, prosecutor.
Darrow-scored-what -was interpret-1,
ed as .a victory over the ^prosecutor
when -he seated six. .whites? iVt Keller -j
and his associate, -Barry. Ulrich, (
fought throughoutifop.a^polyglot.vjur/ (
typical of the Hawaiian melting pot. \
Immediately after the jury was ac- ,
cepted court was adjourned until ,
Monday, ' when opening statements!
will be made.
SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM i1
COLIC, AND WASNST DRUNK.
ATLANTIC -CITY^-Zoobu, 360-Li
pound, $10,000-baby elephant, he the j
first pachyderm-on .record in -America j
to suffer a broken leg'--because, it wasj
said, she was given-a'pint of whiskey'.
for colic. Her trainer, Karl Easquin, j t
confessed he gave his-ailing charge a c
quart of minera loil with the pint of'
whiskey. “Zoohu never got drurih be- i c
fore,” he-said, ‘-iand she wasn't drunk j
this time. She wasijust weak from1E
colic, which Should be a good enough j
story irr any man’s court.” v
JA PAIRPLANES DISPERSE a
4,000 CHINESE GUERILLAS.
TOKYO.—Four thousand Chinese I
guerillas ndar Changchun, capital of I
the netv "Maachukuo republic, were t
dispersed today by Japanese air- t
planes. The headquarters of General t
■ Li Hai Ching, asserted leader of the I
guerilas, was destroyed.
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MOSCOW.—A -eawtmission. of ecn- 8
: struction of the Chelia Binsk Tractor *"
Factory has been Tenth® ri zed to place e
orders for raachinwsu-and equipment n
totaling $2,560,006, ittwaaa disclosed
today. The commission reached New k
York March 24. VWhili the sum is ^
relatively small, tit iia regarded as B
significant, indicating a Sovite will- j,
ingress to do business in the United
States again if reasonable credit
terms are available. |«r
FRANK HAWKS, FAMOUS
AVIATR, BADLY BRUISED.
t WORCESTER—Frank Hawks, in
ternationally famous - aviator, holder
)f many distance flight records, in
duding United States tiaiscontinen
al marks, was injured, possibly crit
cally, in a crash at the airport near
lere today. Hawks had fulfilled a
ecture date before Worcester Boy
Scouts on Wednesday night and had
ntended to return immediately to
view York. He deferred his start
intil this morning, however, because
>f the muddy condition of the field,
de had difficulty in taking off and
vas said to have fallen after having
trisen only a few feee. Hawks was
aken to Memoria Hospital, suffering
vith a fractured jaw. Unconscious,
tnd suffering from severe head and
ace lacerations, the noted airman
vas extricated by airport attaches.
JANDITS GIVE EASTER LILIES,
1ET AW’AY WITH *W,IM>0.
CHICAGO,—-Two bandits carrying
totted Easter lilies in their arms rode
he elevator to the apartments of N.
5. Bensinger, millionaire hilllacdist,
o(lay, and rode down again with
129,000 worth of Mrs. Bensinger's
ewela,
“Won’t Norman be surprised when
le sees -these flowers'!” exclaimed one
>f the riders on the way up. They
jot off at the roof of the Common
wealth Hotel, strolled into the Ben
unger home, and there presented Mrs.
3ensinger with the flowers. There
ipon they pulled out guns,1 herded the
3ensingers and three servants into «
>edroom, and forced Mrs. Bensinger
o hand over her jewelry. They locked
heir Victims in ax closet, rode down
he elevator,, and said, so that the op
rator could hear, “Norman certainly
lid appreciate our lilies.”
MISHAWAKA, -Ind. — When his
jums began to hurt, former Police
nan JosephrWeber took out his false
eeth’and discovered that he was cut
ing his third set of teeth. Weber i*
6 years old.
Peter McMullen in Fairbanks.
Peter McMullen, who hag lived Out
ide for the last four years, returned
o Fairbanks on today’s train. He
ame here direct from California.
Mr. McMullen served for years as
eputy U. S. marshal in the Kusko
;wim, and he will rejoin U. B. Mar
hal Lynn Smith’s force. It was said
oday that it is not known as yet to
/hich district Mr. McMullen will be
ssigned.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
Mrs. Robert Gierke and daughter
lorotby were Tuesday .arrivals here.
Irs. Gierke is on her way Outside to
et medical attention for her daugh
er, who is quite ill. They left for
inchorage Tuesday, goin gout with
ilot H. W. Barnhill.
Hans Erickson and John Stayton
re reported as having arrived at
eward on the last boat, and both are
xpected to arrive here within the
ext couple of days.
Carl I. Carlson, a former well
nown oldtimer of this section but
aw located in the lower Kuskokwint
iction, was & Tuesday arrival with
lot Barnhill, proceeding to Anchor
Ernie Gove and Owen Gray^-laS’
hursday for Little creek