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Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
NEWS FLASHES

The Treasury Department, not the State Department, will handle preliminary debt conversations with Great Britain and other na- tiOnS.
 Figures from the first 57 rail- roads to report for August show an aggregate net operating income of $51 ,054, 4,000 against $25,81OOOO for August of 1882.
 Three sacks of registered mail containing money and valuables valued at $100,00O were stolen at the Boston station by four thieves who made their escape.
 ''Hoot" Gibson, movie actor, claims to have only 95 cents and is unable to satisfy a judgement of S2,5OO. He has been sick and out of work, he told the court.
 Eric Forss, 87, past Grand Pres ident of of the Pioneers of Alaska died at Ketchikan. He was a navi- gator in Alaskan waters before bea- con bouyS and charts appeared. He was born in Sweden.
 Department of Justice agents announced that George Mach inc Gun" Kelly, acknowledged par tlcipation in the Urschel kidnap- ping saying: You got me right" He has agreed to return to Okla homa City to face charges. The agents recovered $73,25O buried un- der a Texas cotton field, Kelly's loot from the Urschel ransom.
 At Chicago former President and Mrs. Hoover ended 9-day visit to the Worlds Fair. Before leaving Mrs. Hoover invited Slim" Will Hams, Alaska dog team driver, to visit the Hoover home in Califor- mia. Wednesday Mrs. Hoover rode about the Fair grounds behind Sims" team.
 Nine Justices will begin Monday on disposition of 500 cases which have accumulated since the recess of four months ago.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
SWEPT OVERBOARD AT SEA, TOM OLSON DIED WEDNESDAY,

Tragedy stalked the waters of the North Pacific again yesterday afternoon when Tom Olson. 47, of Ketchikan and Seattle, lost his life in the swirling waters into which he had been swept from the working deck of the halibut vessel Superior.
 The Superior was fishing at point about 35 miles south of Seal Rock and while the weather was not particularly bad, the tide was running against the wind, making the seas hazardous. Capt. Nels Ford had just gone below to oil the engine when a mountainous swell struck the ship and hurled it so far over on it's side that it was almost unbelievable the ship could or wculd right itself. The crew had gear out and were hauling in the bouy line when the the wave boarded the craft.
 As the giant wall of water came down it smashed the dory on the port side to kindling wood and tore away other gear on the port side of the deck The two men who worked to the rear of the Superior, near the batting table, were swept overheard. Carl Mattson was the second man swept away
 The hatch covers were swept off and tons of water poured into the holds and stood high in the engine room. Mattresses and other arti cleS were swept into the engine room by the coursing waters and stopped the engine.
 On deck all was in confusion. In addition to the two men overheard, several members of the crew were badly hurt Wreckage was strewn over the deck and there was no dory left in which to go after the two men, swept overheard. But one of the men was finally rescued; the other, Tom Olson, was too far away He was seen clinging to a piece of wreckage for several min utes but as the vessel was without power for maneuvering, and dorieS smashed, Olson could not be res cued.
 MT. Olson is survived by widow. He had married three years ago.
 One of the other men was said to have been quite badly injured about the head. He was to be taken to the Seward General Hospital today Other members of the crew were also to recieve medical at tention for lesser injuries.
 The Superior will remain in port for about two days. Tn addition to the crew requiring medical atten- tion there is some carpenter re- pairs to be done on the craft and arrangements for another dory.
 The weather at sea today had moderated considerably, Captain Ford said, soon after his arrival at 10 a. m. He added that it was simple to replace lost gear but terrible thing to lose a man.
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CAN PLAY DRESSEN

CHICAGO, H., Sept. 28, Com missioner K. M. Landis authorized the New York Giants to use Chas. Dressen, infielder, in the world series. Dressen was not eligible to participate in the series, hav- ing joined the Giants too late in the season, but the Washington club had already agreed that New York could use him.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
Gold Regulations
 Copy Receiued

IA copy of regulations, prescrib- ed under the Executive order of August 29, 1883, relating to the sale and export of gold recovered from natural deposits, has been receiv- ed by The Gateway from Anthony J. Dimond, Delegate from Alaska, i, at Washington, D. c.
 Delegate Dimond said that mo doubt the Nuka Bay boys and all other gold producers in your re- zion hailed with joy announce ment that they are to receive the going world price for the metal It ought to make things boom."
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
VETOED TWO BILLS

NEW YORK, Sept. 28, Mayor John P. O'Brien vetoed two pro- posed tax bills which led the New York Stock Exchange to threaten to move to Newark, New Jersey. Richard Whitney, president of the exchange, told the Mayor earl fer in the day that the market would abandon it's plans to move if the tax measures were vetoed. The measures were designed to raise between $12,OOO,OOO and $l5,- 100000 for unemployment and home relief.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
Non-Gold Hoarding
 Order Held Legal

NEW YORK, Sept. 28, A New York attorney, who filed suit to test the constitutionality of Presi- dent Roosevelt's orders against gold hoarding, was indicted by a Federal grand jury on hoarding charges.
 The test suit was filed in Feder- al court against a National bank to compel that institution to re- turn 27 bars of gold bullion the attorney said he had entrusted to the banks care as custodian for hire
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PLENTY OF FIGHT

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, - Shifting Cal Clemens and Bob McNeish, blocking half backs, to the first string team, Head Coach Howard Jones, of the Trojans, has indicated the players will have to show plenty of fight if they expect to get into the games this season.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
WINTER DESCENDS

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 28, - Frost-nipped vegetation in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, and Northwestern North Dakota, was the coldest area in the two States, with minimumS of g de- grees above zero at Sanish and ParShall.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
GAS MASKS LOST

A check-up of firemen's equip ment Tuesday night showed that three gas masks were missing. Any one having them, or knowledge where they may be found, will con- fer a favor by informing the Chief or a member of the department.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28

Ted Hunt, Bureau of Public Roads truck driver from Moose Pass, is due to arrive and join the local work of the B. P. R. pro- ject. One or two trucks from the Pass will also be sent here tenn porarily.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28

Six inches and half of fresh snow up Palmer creek, at the Heaston quartz mine, necessitated closing of operations for the sea- son, according to the local report.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
5000 DROWNED

RANKING, China, Sept. 28. - Floods of the swollen Yellow river in July and August caused deaths of 50,OOO Chinese and reduced l. OOO, ,OOO others to starvation.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
MAY SUCCEED MARTY

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 28, - "Bucky" Harris, who resigned as manager of the Detroit Tigers, may succeed Marty McManuS as manager of the Boston Red Sox.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
BANDITS STOLE S31,491

CHICAGO, Sept. 28, A trio of bandits invaded the offices of the Garden City brewery mad escaped with bonds estimated to be worth $31 ,491.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
BASEBALL SCORES
Tuesdays Games

Tuesdays Games National-Boston 5, New York 3 Phillies 3, Brooklyn 2 No games in American League. Coast-Seattle 5. Portland 3 Oakland 10, Sacs g Los Angeles g, s. F. 6 Missions 6, Hollywood 10.
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E. H. BAKER CALLED

CLEVELAND, Sept. 28, -Elbert H. Baker, 79, chairman of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Publishing Company, died in the Lakeside hospital where he underwent an abdominal operation Friday.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28

MT. and Mrs. Ray Stafford of Moose Pass are building a 20 by 26 log cabin. A cement foundation is now being laid.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
STAGING A COMEBACK

STAGING A COMEBACK
 HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 28, Maybe down but never out-a bit groggy from Hollywood's summer rush to divorce courts-little Dan Cupid is staging a comeback in cinema land, records reveal. The month of September will show a definite turn from divorce to marriage.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
Wednesdays Games

American-N. Y. 7-1, Phillies 0-10 National-Phillies 1-6, N. Y. 80 Coast-Seattle 6-5, Port. 70 L. A. 4, s. F..
 Oaks 10, SacS 8
 Missions 6, Hollywood 5
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AREAS BE CLOSED

SEATTLE, Sept. 28, The Inter- national Fisheries Commission has announced halibut fishing in areas three and four will close Oct. 26.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28
DONATE S25,OOO

DONATE S25,OOO WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2S,- The American Red Cross gave 5000 toward relief of hurricane sufferers of Tampico.
Seward gateway., 1933-09-28

TODAY'S WEATHER Seward A above, Tunnel g above, Anchorage 34 above, Curry 40 above, Broad Pass 30 above, Healy 3 above, snow; Nenana 30 above; Fairbanks 30 above.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
DENVER MAN SELECTED AS
GOVERNORS MESSENGER
Young Denverite Selected For
Important Post
Governor Johnson Names Messenger
Harry Earle Polk, Jr.

Governor-el Edwin C. johnson
of Colorado last week announced the
appointment Of Harry Earle Polk, Jr.
to the important position as messen-
ger to the Governor, beginning with
his Inauguration on Tuesday January
10th. Mr.. Polk has been active in
Democratic politics for the past e v
eral years. He is 81 years Of age
and was born in Denver, the son of
Mr.. H. E. Polk, ST., and Mrs. Lettie
M. Polk, pioneer citizens, who came
to Denver IS years ago from Iowa.
Mr.. Polk has been active in all civic
and social uplift programs in the
State. He was named head of the
department of physical education Of
the newly erected Glenarm Branch
YMCA. in 1926.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
ROARK BRADFORD'S JOHN
HENRY STORIES TO BE DRAM
AFFIXED IN RADIO SERIES

The American Negroes folk legends
will be brought to radio in a new ser
les of sustaining programs based On
Roark Bradford's famous story Of
John Henry" to be presented by the
Columbia Broadcasting System over
a nationwide network each Sunday
night beginning January 18th. The
program to be known as "John Henry
Black River Giant" will follow the ex-
ploits of the fabulous strong-man of
the Mississippi country in dramatized
incidents from Bradford's book. The
radio adaptation is being prepared By
Geraldine Garrick and Juano Hern-
andez, creator of the role of "Crown"
in the New ork Theatre Guilds pro-
duction of "Porgy."
The opening broadcast Of "John
Henry" will be heard from 800 to
8:15 p. m, Eastern Standard Time, on
Sunday, January 18th. The second
episode will be on the air from 8:45
to 300 p m. Eastern Standard Time,
the same evening. Each period will be
complete in itself.
John Henry will greet the radio
audience in the person of Mr.. Hern-
andez, while opposite him will be the
outstanding Negro actress of the A.
merican theatre, Rose. McClendon.
Miss McClendon's talents were hailed
by the critics when she played in
"Porgy", TN Abraham's Bosom.
Deep River, "Never No More. and
most recently in the Group Theatres
production of "The House of Connel-
ly". Miss McClendon and Mr.. Hern-
andez, with a supporting cast of eight
players, will form the permanent
company for presenting "John Henry
The atmospheric music accompany
ing the program will be selected from
authentic American Negro folk songs.
Mississippi" an original composition
by Mr.. Hernandez, who also directs
the music, will be woven through the
score. Original responsive charts
will break into the dialogue quite fire.
quently.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14

"The misleaders of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People says that this outright
murder of an entire family by a lynch
gang vas not a lynching.
can organized murder ring to kill
Negro railway firemen was revealed
when five white men, arrested in
Jackson, Mississippi, admitted that
they were part of a group formed to
murder Negro employees. Cold-blood-
ed attempts to murder Negro firemen
resulted in a reign of terror in the
South in 1882. Seven Negro were
killed from ambush. The murderers
were paid from a pool, on the basis of
$25 to $125, depending on the degree
of their accuracy in firing.
"The NAACP. misleaders say that
these cold-blooded murders were not
lynchings.
"Why?
Whenever a lynching is reported,
the misleaders of the NAACP. get
into communication with government
officials in the state. If these white
government officials can show that
in the lynch-gang there was a man
with the silver badge of a sheriff, or
some other officer of the law, then
the national office of the NAACP. is
satisfied that the -lynching was "of-
ficial." That lynching is then strick-
en- from the list.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
LARGEST Y.MC.A OPENS IN N. Y
FESTIVAL OPENS NEW 1000. 900
YMCA. BUILDING IN HARLEM

New York City, (CNS) The new
$1,000,0 900 twelve story YMCA. build
ing or West 35th street has been op-
ened to the public. A five day festi-
val celebrated the opening.
The initial program conferred about
the delivering Of the keys, Edward P.
Corning, president of the Edward
Corning Company, builder of the
structure, which is the largest Negro
YMCA. in the world, handed the keys
to James c. Mackenzie. Jr., the archi-
tect, who handed them to F. Louis
Slade, chairman of the genearl build
ing committee, and he handed them
to William Workman, chairman Of the
branch building committee. who in
turn handed them to DR.. Peyton +.
Anderson, chairman of the board of
managers.
Then the doors were thrown open
and the public invited to inspect the
building, which includes dining rooms
gymnasiums, a barber shop, a chapel,
a cafeteria, social rooms, a little
theatre, 246 dormitory rooms, offices,
a motion picture outfit, a boys club
room, a tailor shop and Hobbies. The
downstairs ceilings are Of heavy
beamed wood, decorated with scenes
from the life of the Negro, first in
Africa and then in America.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
WET PLEA OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
MEETS DISAPPROvAL IN
WASHINGTON

Washington, fCNS) Senator Hiram
Bingham, Of Connecticut, chairman Of
the Senate Territories Committee, ex-
presses the opinion that the Virgin
Islands recent wet plea will fall on
deaf ears in Congress and that the
islands will have prohibition so long
as it exists in the United States.
Senator Bingham himself q "wet"
expressed the opinion upon being in
formed of the amendment by the Col
onial Council at st. Thomas Of the
local prohibition law and the adoption
Of a petition to the American Con-
gress, asking that the Virgin Islands
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
THE LIFE REPLETE
by r. A. ADAMS

(The Literary Service Bureau)
Fill up the measure of your life
with service let it be replete;
Be strong, amid the constant strife,
In victory or in defeat.
Fill up the measure Of your eyes
Fill them with deeds Of helpfulness;
Be courageous, cen tho appears
Ungratefu those you see to bless.
Fill up the measure Of your days
For JOY is born Of tasks well done;
The idler trust divine betrays,
And will repine, at setting sun.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
BULLET IN HEAD SEVEN DAYS
BEFORE VICTIM GOES TO
HOSPITAL

Brooklyn, NY. (CNS) Frederick C,
Pitts, So year old Negro, an attend
ant at the Pilgrim State Hospital at
Brentwood, Long Island is reported
to have carried a bullet in his head
for seven days before entering a hos
pital for treatment.
William Hardy, 10 a Negro Of East
Northport, was arrested on a charge
Of first degree assault and was said
by the police to have confessed shoot
ing Pitts in a street brawl at East
Northport on Dec. IL.
Pitts had waited until Dec. % be-
fore seeing a physician about a pain
in his head, the police said. He was
taken 20 the Brooklyn Naval Hospital
where he was said to be in a critical
condition.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
Earl Hines
to Make
Tour
KING OF THE worries" JOINS
MUSIC CORPORATION

Earl Hines, nationally popular col
ored orchestra leader, often referred
to as the "King Of the Ivories", has
joined the ranks of Music Corpor-
alton Of Americas orchestras which
includes Americas foremost radio
recording and dance bands. Arrange
ments are being made for a national
personal appearance tour Of the band
under the management of MICA.
Hines, who was born in Duquesne,
Penn, and educated in Pittsburgh,
was discovered by Lois Deppe, noted
baritone of Vincent Youman's "Great
Day" and now Of Comics Inn in
New York. Deppe gave Hines his
first break" as a pianist with Ride
outs orchestra of Charleroie, Penn,
IN 1916 and his sensational plane
playing attracted the attention Of
theatre managers and ballroom pro-
moters.
In 1921 Earl went to Chicago where
he formed his own orchestra and
played in several night clubs. Next
came a vaudeville tour with the
Charleston Revue" and in 1926-27
he was featured with Louis Arm
strong, famous colored %cornetist, at
the Sunset Cafe in Hollywood.
Earl organized his present orches-
ira in 1928 and opened the Grand Ter
race Cafe in Chicago where he has
been featured since that time. The
orchestra has been a favorite with
north shore society for private func-
tons and has also played many pri-
vate engagements at such smart Chi
cago places as the Blackstone, Drake
Hotel, Standard Club, Sherman Hotel,
and the Palmer House.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
TRIO OF WHITES HELD WITH
OUT BOND FOR KILLING NEGRO

Lexington, KY. (CNS)-French Yer
million, Sherman TONNES and Mollie
Caldwell, all white, recently got into
an argument with four Negroes on a
country road near Hazard in Perry
County about 1876 mics southeast Of
Lexington, shot and killed three and
wounded the fourth of the four men.
The shooting Of the men was al
legged to have occurred after they re-
fused to help move an automobile in
which the defendants were said to
have been riding.
Trial Of the two men and the wom-
an came up here last week but was
postponed until the February term Of
Perry County Circuit Court. The de-
PENDANTS are held without bond. Yer
million is in Jail here, while TONNES
and the woman are held in Hazard.
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
Charge N.A.A.C.P. With Suppress
ing Lynch Records.

New York, (CNA) That the offic.
ials of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and Of Tuskegee Institute. in giving
out statistics of lynchings for the
year 1892, followed a deliberate policy
of suppression and deception, is the
charge made in an official joint state.
ment of the international Labor De.
tense and the League of Struggle fo1
Negro Rights. The statement is tc
appear in the February Labor De.
fender, official monthly organ of the
LID.
The League of Struggle for Negro
Rights listed 81 instances, reported in
the press during 1882, of persons who
had been killed by burning, hanging,
shooting, or drowning at the hands OF
more or less organized groups. The
NAACP. later reported only II lynch.
ings for the year, and Tuskegee In
stitute reported 8. That the discrep.
ancy in figures arises from deep.
seated political differences is shown
by the statement of the LID. and
LSNR. which follows:
ITO soft-pedal the crimes Of the
white ruling class against the Negro
masses, to lull these masses into a
false sense of security and thus to
disarm their watchfulness-that is
one OF the chief tasks of the mislead-
ers of the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored People.
"Thus, the NAACP., in it's annual
report on lynchings, deceives the Ne.
gro masses as to the extent of the
present terrible wave Of lynch-terror.
"A startling report of the extent
and nature Of this lynch-terror was
released some weeks ago by the
League Of Struggle for Negro Rights.
In this report, the LSNR. warned the
Negro masses, and the militant white
workers, that every effort would be
made by the reformist organizations
to bring down the true total of lynch
ings, to deny the lynch-character of
certain murders because in the lynch
crowds was a sheriff or deputy. That
this warning was justified it's shown
conciusively in the annual report Of
the NAACP. national office.
Here r some outstanding exam
pies of lynchings which the NAACP.
officials refuse to class as lynchings:
"A lynch-gang wiped out an entire
Negro family of seven in Senatobia.
Mississippi, in September. Accomp-
anied by white men, women, and
children, Sheriff A. C. Williams in
vaded the home of Judge Crawford,
in search Of another Negro, Jesse
Williams.
when Crawford said he knew
nothing of the whereabouts of Viii
liams, he was struck down and then
the wholesale killing Of his family be-
gan. The dead are Judge Crawford,
father; Annie Crawford, mother;
three sons. a daughter and a son-in-
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
LEADING GEORGIANS URGE IN
VESTIGATION OF PRISON AND
CHAIN GANGS

Atlanta, Ga. (CNS) Alarmed at
the unsavory reputation the State Of
Georgia is fast acquiring throughout
the civilized world, many leading
Georgians are outspoken for a full in
vestigation into penal camp t~ortures
and prison life generally throughout
the state.
Sixteen prominent Georgians have
joined in an appeal for a legislative
Investigation into charges of cruelty
in Georgia prisons.
The request has been mailed to in
coming legislators. Photographs of
alleged torture Of prisoners accom-
panied the requests. The General AS
sembly meets this week.
The committee requesting the in
vestigation says charges against the
States prison camps have been given
national publicity and are serious
enough to justify and demand an in
vestigation so vigorous and impartial
as to leave no doubt regarding the
facts and to provide an intelligent
basis for such reforms as may be
found necessary" The committee says
it believes such an investigation twill
be of genuine service to the State and
to a multitude Of its helpless wards"
Some Of Georgia's leaders in relig-
ious, educational, political and bust
ness life are members Of the commit
tee and signed the request. They in
clude:
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South;
Harvey Cox, president Of Emory Un-
iversity; w. F. Furry, president of
Shorter College, former Governor
Thomas w. Hardwick; Colonel A. r.
Lawton, vice president of the Central
Of Georgia Railroad; Rabbi David
Marx, of Atlanta; Mrs. Cirlyn Moore,
Methodist Superintendent of Social
Service. and Mrs. K. T. Weathersbee,
secretary Georgia Humane Society,
Atlanta.
Allegations against the Georgia
penal system, the committee says,
have been made by John L. Spivak,
author Of Georgia Niger" The COM
mittee says Spivak presents alleged
~photostatic copies Of official prison
records, indicating the use of double
shackles, racks, barrels and other
methods Of torture.
"Until %disproved, these allegations
constitute a basis for serious concern
'"'Meantime national publicity re-
garding them has brought the State
into disrepute."
The Georgia Prison Commission
has denied allegations made by Spivak
in his book and charged that some
The Omaha guide., 1933-01-14
Urge Or. VIM. Thompkins AS Haitian Minister
Turner Resigns
Head of k. P.'s
r. L. TURNER RETIRES FROM
OFFICE IN LODGE

At the annual election of the Knight
of Pythias, R. L. Turner who has
been Chancellor Commander for the
past twelve years retired from the
office. He leaves the lodge in a good
financial condition despite the de-
preston.
The cause of Mr.. Turner's retire
ment from the office is that he felt
that he was being over-worked. He
still holds two major offices with the
lodge, that of Deputy Supreme Chan
cellor of the State of Nebraska, also
Brigdier General Of the Uniform rank
department Of the State. Besides this
he is chairman of the finance COM
mittee of the Zion Baptist Church.
a member of the Masonic Lodge and
a police patrolman.