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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
KANSAS PRISON
 CONVICT AGAIN
 IN LA WIS AR M
Frank Sawyer, Bank Rob- Der, Caught After Ab-
 ducting Two Persons
COLLEGE GIRL PUTS
 UP COURAGEOUS FIGHT
Two Escaped Prisoners Are Under Arrest = Notor-
 ious Outlaws at Large

CHICKASA, Oklahoma, June 5. Frank Sawyer, aged 33, bank robber and killer, who escaped from the Kansas Penitentiary with ten other prisoners on Memorial Day, was captured Sunday after Kidnapping number of motorists and forcing them to drive him along the highways.
 Sawyer is the second of the es- capped convicts to be captured. Lewis Bechel, Kansas bank rob- Der, having been captured Friday.
 The most notorious outlaws are still at large, however.
 Abducts Two
 Sawyer abducted Bob Goodfel- low, County Clerk, and his 22-year- old sister, Lois. and directed them to drive him to Oklahoma City.
 Lois, a coed, who was driving the car, ran the auto into a ditch and her brother attempted to seize Sawyer's pistol The move failed and Sawyer attempted to get out of the car.
 Officers Arrive
 Sheriff Horace Crisp and a de- putty drove up about that time and Sawyer seized Goodfellow and used him as a shield when the officers started to fire. Goodfellow was wounded in the exchange of shots.
 Goodfellow's sister tried to pull Sawyer's hair but it was too short, then she choked the convict, giving the officers an opportunity to close in and capture him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
LOCAL PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY
 w 0RK OUTLINED
Merritt Reveals Scope of Program 250 Men Tn
 Camp Before July

Before the end of the current month, some 250 men will be in Emerg Construction Work camps scattered from Hyder to Kenai Peninsula, and this number will be increased to 325 as rapidly as camps can be established and men equipped for field work, it was announced today by M. L. Merritt, Asst. Regional Forester, who re- turned Sunday after an absence of several weeks.
 Several camps are already oper- ating and others will be opened within a few days, he said. Camp equipment, clothing, tools and oth- Ter supplies, are arriving from the south and much of it is alrS ady available. MT. Merritt spent some time in Portland and Seattle pro- curing needed supplies of all kinds, and enroute north visited Ketchi- kan, Wrangell and Petersburg, ar ranging for camp establishment.
 40 at Ketchikan
 Two crews, numbering 40 men, are already working at Ketchikan. Fifteen are engaged in clearing ground at the Forest Service Ma rine Station on Gravina Island. Later this crew will do improve ment work on the station itself and install water supply system. A 25-man crew has been moved into camp at Herring Cove at the end of Tongass Highway. Ten of these are occupied in clearing the right-of- way along the highway, and IS are cutting out wood road leading from the highway to free use area set aside for use by the residents of Ketchikan by the For est Service.
 A 1O-man crew is in camp at Wrangell. It will brush out along the Wrangell Highway, establish a public camp ground and build a half-mile stub trail near the town.
 Late this week, a 10-man crew will s-art to work at Petersburg. It will put in a plain trail from the town to Sandy Beach, two miles south and extend it to the Boy Scout camp. It will also establish public camp ground there.
 Organize Crews Here
 Five additional men were sent to the Aux Bay crew from here to- day, making a total of g in that and the Montana Creek camp. A crew will be organized here to re- habilitate the Perseverance trail and the Granite Basin trail. A small crew will also be organized locally to do minor improvements work on local public buildings, MT. Merritt said.
 Three camps will be put on Ad- miralty Island to do trail work. One of these will be located at Windfall Harbor and another at Mole Harbor. Both will build trails leading into the Lake Hasselborg district. The third crew will be sent to Bear Creek to build trail up that stream and probably back to the lake out of which it flows. A camp will be established at Windham Bay and a crew sent there to build mining develop
 Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
Young Woman Jumps 85 Feet to
 Water to Sober Up

TACOMA, Wash, June B. Marie Lavergne, aged 24 years. jumped from the Eleventh Street Bridge down S5 feet into the sound and was pulled out by seamen of a ship.
 She said boys accompanying her and girl friend dared her to take the leap. She was book ed for intoxication.
 The girl said her boy friends said she did not have nerve to jump. but she said: "I did and I am glad I did for it is, a good way to get sober"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
TO
 LIFE, SMILES

SEATTLE, June 5.--Edwin Evans, aged 26, University of Washington graduate, smiled last Saturday as he was sentenced to life for the staying of his father, Timothy Ey- ans, Auburn ranchsr, during an ar gument over finances for a post graduate course.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
R. R. MEASURE
 PASSES HOUSE

WASHINGTON, June 5. = The House has approved another na- tional recovery proposal-the Ray burn measure to improve the con- dition of the nations railway sys- tenn. The bill now goes back to the Senate for adjustments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
INCREASE FOR
 VETS OPPOSED
 BY ROOSEVELT
President Gives Warning to Congress Concern
 ing Proposed Move ADVANCE WILL MEAN
 INCREASE IN TAXES
Chief Executive Says Bud get Must Be Balanced
 He Means It

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Presi- dent Roosevelt has served notice on Congress that if it insists in increasing spending on veterans, new taxes must be raised to keep the Budget balanced. Upon this ultimatum the House leaders de- cided to postpone action on vet erans' increases made by the Sem ate in the Independent Offices bill until the country's reaction is reached.
 May Issue Statement
 Members are also hoping Presi- dent Roosevelt may direct a state ment to the public
 Calling fifteen House Democrats to the White House last night, President Roosevelt stated in no uncertain terms he wants Congress to adjourn Saturday but he is pre- pared to stick it out here all summer and keep the Budget bal anced
 Held that Budget
 The President also passed on to the recalcitrant Senate command for balanced Budget.
 Representative Shell, Republican leader, indicated little help could be expected from his party in an effort to reject the amendment uping the veterans amounts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
TEXAS AVIATOR IS IN MOSCOW
 WITH ONE STOP
Encounters Fog and Storm Loses Way then
 Goes to Oslo
FORCED DOWN BUT
 LANDS IN SAFETY
Damages Wing, Makes Re- pairs and Is Off Again
 Short Rest

MOSCOW, June O.-Jlilllily Mattern, Texas flier who hop ped off from the Floyd Ben nett Flying Field, New York City, last Saturday morning at 4:20 o'clock, Eastern Stan dard Time, on solo flight around the world, arrived here at 7:57 o'clock this morning, Eastern Standard Time, from Oslo, Norway, which he made in a nonstop flight from New York.
 Mattern arrived here in 5l hours and 37 minutes out of New York. It took Post and Gatty 54 hours and 34 min utes to reach here.
 Two Hours Rest
 Mattern expects to rest two hours, less than Post and Gatty did, and then resume his flight to Nome and Falr- banks, enroute back to New York.
 Mattern left Oslo at 12:45 o'clock, E. s. T. for here. He landed at Oslo at 4:15 o'clock yesterday morning. He found himself off his course over Scotland and decided to con- tinue to Oslo instead of Paris.
 Fogs and Storm
 Mattern ran into fogs and storm. He damaged one wing slightly in landing at Oslo but was able to make his repairs himself. He had nothing to eat but oranges.
 Ice on the wings forced him down from an altitude of 5000 feet almost into the sea but he landed on a beach covered With stones. Witnesses to the landing said it was a marvellous feat.
 Mattern is the first flier to make a nonstop flight alone from New York. to Norway
 Reaches Moscow
 Mattern swooped down on a muddy Moscow field out of a dark ened. cloudy sky. He did not leave the airport here and only wanted two hours for sleep and bath.
 Soviet officials have supplied the flier with necessary information re- garding weather along the route. The plane was serviced here for a 4.30O-mile journey across Russia. Air officials will route Mattern via Kazan, Averdlovsk, Amsk, and Novoskhaborvsk, vetoeing the di- rect route via Orkutsw because of absence of landing and fuel facili- ties in that area.
 Mattern landed. here dog-tired but feeling fine.
 Half a dozen Soviet aviators nodded to him several times in the air and he was given the most enthusiastic reception ever accord ed an American aiman here.
 Weather conditions are not the best from here but the flier said he would push on and hoped to hop as far as Novosibirsk, which is 1.7OO miles from here.
 Mattern disappeared from the American shore late last Saturday and was sighted over the Wadham Islands off the extrtme northeast ern coast of Newfoundland.
 French authorities looked for him in Paris Sunday noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
vESUvIUS IS
 AGAIN ACTIVE

NAPLES, June 5.-The lava wave from Vesuvius has halted a few fest from the edge of the Val ley of Inferno and 1t is believed the threatened danger to the town of Terzigno is over. The fireworks display still continues however.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-05
Taoo-Cent Letter Postage Is
 Predicted Soon

GROVE CITY, Penn., June }. Postmaster G eneral Farley fcrecaats return to two cent postage en letter mail within the next few weeks, saying he expects the President to sign the postage cut bkl.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
INCREASE IN BEER
TAX RECEIPTS SEEN
Dr. Doran Expects Larger
Revenue With More States
LegaIizing Sale.
With beer sales increasing, with more

With beer sales increasing, with more
States going wet, so beer may be sold,
and with the prohibition repeal move
ment rapidly growing, by a vote OF 16
States wet and none dry, DR.. James NJ
Doran, commissioner of industrial al
cohol, foresees big increase In the
Federal tax receipts on beer.
The May beer tax amounted to $12,-
100000. If multiplied by the II months
Of the year this would total s144,0O0.-
600, as contrasted with the original es-
innate Of $125, 100000 yearly.
The number of States where beer
may be sold has increased rapidly since
the Federal beer bill became effective,
April 7. There are now SO States
where beer may be sold. with others
coming into the beer column soon.
Beer may now be sold in the follow
ing States: Arizona, California, Colo
RADIO. Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia. Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland.
Massachusetts,, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nevada. New
Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio. Ore
gon. Pennsylvania Rhode Island, South
carolina, Tennessee, Vermont. Wash
tngton, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
Wyoming, Idaho.
Among these States is Kentucky,
where the Court of Appeals recently
held that the prohibition law of the
State does not apply to 80 per cent
beer. which. it found, was non-intoxi-
eating in fact.
The Nebraska beer law becomes effec-
tive August 9 and the New Mexico act
September 10. North Dakota passed a
law authorizing the sale of beer through
municipal stores, which would have
been effective July l, but the act has
been suspended on a referendum petit
tion. Oklahoma has passed law which
will be submitted to the people on ref
erendum on July II, provided sufficient
funds are donated to pay the expense Of
the election, no appropriation having
been made therefor from the State
treasury. In Texas, the House has
passed bill calling for an election on
August 26. In Utah, local brewers may
manufacture beer for out Estate con-
sumption. A special session has been
called in Virginia for August to deal
with both beer legislation and a con-
vention for repeal of the eighteenth
amendment.
The number of breweries making beer
has increased from 125 licensed when
beer sales started April Z, to 349, &C
cording to a revision by the Govern
ment up to July l.
Many more breweries are understood
TO be organizing, or planning to open.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
ORPHAN BOY, 13, IS WELCOMED
BY WEALTHY FOSTER PARENTS
Jersey Couple Adopted Youngster Because of Resem'
blance to Their Dead Son.

boy would have had" Strengs said He
is even going to have my own boys
room, and hope he will be happy
with u.s."
The Strengs lost their own son,
Harry, 16, in March, 1882. He was
drowned in an ice-boating accident.
Recently Strengs happened to see in
the monthly journal Of the orphanage
a picture Of the lad He remarked to
his wife the resemblance Of the orphan
to their dead son. Then they decided
to adopt him.
A week from tomorrow, Peters 14th
birthday anniversary will be celebrated
by the Strengs at their Summer home
at Lake Hopatcong, and Peter. among
other things, is going to get his first
speedboat lesson.
Strengs is a wealthy silk mill owner.
Evening star., 1933-07-09

italian embassy. Further details will
await the pleasure of Gen. Balbo and
q definite program will not be worked
out until after arrival Of the squadron
in Canada or the United States, 1t was
indicated at the Italian embassy.
Flight Plans.
The crack Fascist squadron under
Gen. Balbo's command is expected to
be at least five days in transit from
Reykjavik, Iceland, to Chicago. Their
schedule calls for flights from Reyk-
javik to Cartwright, Labrador, q dis
tance Of 1900 miles; Cartwright to
Shediac, 800 miles; Shediac to Mont
real, 500 miles, and Montreal to Chi
cago, $40 miles.
1t was regarded as certain that Gen.
Balbo will leave some OF his command
Of 95 men at New York when he comes
to Washington. He probably will leave
q force of the flight mechanics to assist
the mechanics now at the New York
base and also may leave some Of his
officers there to superintend inspection
and overhauling of the big seaplanes.
Arrangements for the visit to WASH
Evening star., 1933-07-09
MAN is MURDERED
New York Youth Is Held in Death
of Tucson Auto Dealer.

NOGALES, Ariz., July 8 CP).-The
mobile dealer. shot near the heart, was
found today in canyon IL miles north
Of Nogales on the Nogales-Tucson high
way by posse of so officers and civil
1ans
George Shaughnessy. 18, hitch -hiker
from New York, was arrested and au-
thorities said he had confessed.
Sheriff n. ]. Brown said New York
authorities informed him Shaughnessy
had escaped from the Boys Training
School in Warwick. N. Y, June "a.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
.BA[BO AND HIS men
MAY VISIT DISTRICT
italian War Minister and
Personnel of Armada
May Come Here.

Gen. Italo Balbo, Italian war min
lister, and officers and men under his
command now en- route to the United
States through the subpolar regions,
probably will visit Washington for two
days after their visit to Chicago, 1t was
learned here last night.
The officers and men who are now
engaged in the making Of aviation his
tory under leadership Of the fiery Balbo,
woh within the past three years has be
come one of the most colorful figures IN
the flying business, are expected to ny
to Washington from New York in air.
planes of the United States Army and
Navy, leaving their "a big twin-hulled
flying boats at New York undergoing
overhauling in preparation for the re-
turn fight to Italy.
Three Days in Chicago.
Under the present tentative program,
it was learned, Gen. Balbo and his men
expect to spend three days in Chicago.
On the fourth day they will fly to New
York, where Italian army mechanics
have set up a base for overhauling Of
the big planes. On the fifth day after
their arrival in the United States Gen.
Balbo and an as yet undetermined
number of his officers and men are ex-
pected to fly to the National Capital as
guests of the Army and Navy.
While no definite plans have as yet
been made for their visit here, the Off
cial program will include a reception at
the White House and reception at the
Evening star., 1933-07-09
RAINEY DRIVING HOME
Speaker Begins 1,OOo-Mile Trip te
Carrollton, Ill.

Carrollton, Ill.
Henry T. Rainey, 73-year-old Speaker
Of the House of Representatives. left
Washington this morning for 1000
mile automobile trip to his home in
Carrollton, Ill.
The trip will be no novelty to Speaker
Rainey, who regularly drives his own
automobile between Washington and
his home to attend the sessions Of Con-
gress. The battered old machine which
the late Nicholas Longworth and John
N. Garner used during their respective
terms as Speaker of the House and
jokingly referred to as "our car" has
never been used by Mr.. Rainey. He
prefers to drive his own automobile.
Mr.. Rainey says he expects to take
three or four days on this trip. Il
have driven it in two days" he said
but when do that it always takes me
another two days to recover. This
time I'll take 1t easy"
Evening star., 1933-07-09
FOURTH CANNING CENTER
TO BE AT BIRNEY SCHOOL
Produce in "Unemployed" Gardens
May Be Taken to Site Tomor-
row for Preserving.

A fourth canning center" for the
preserving of produce grown in the
unemployed" gardens and in neigh
borhood backyards will be opened in
the Birney School at am. tomorrow.
The center will provide fuel, utensils
and other materials, together with proper
instruction from trained home econo-
mists to persons who take their vege-
tables to the school for canning. The
Birney School will operate its Kitchens
for colored people
Other canning centers operated joint
ly by the Council of Social Agencies,
the Community Center Department OF
the public schools and the school Home
Economies Department. are at the Cor
don and Eliot Junior High Schools for
white persons and at the Deanwood
elementary School for colored.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PATERSON, N. j., July 8.-Peter
Christopolus reached home today-the
first real home the 13-year-old orphan
has ever had.
He got off Pennsylvania Railroad
train at Newark, excited after his long
Journey from Father Flanagans Home
for Boys near Omaha, Nebr., shyly
greeted his new foster parents and was
driven to their residence here.
The Strengs-Mr and Mrs. Jean
Strengs, and their daughter Jeanne,
14-were not quite 50 shy as Peter.
They welcomed him affectionately, kiss
ing him and answering for him the
questions reporters asked.
Peter was little dazed by the whole
business
"He shall have everything my own
Evening star., 1933-07-09
619 ARRESTED IN JUNE
FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS
Total Taken by Police Last Month
for Disobeying Traffic Regula-
tions Was 1857.

Arrests for violations Of traffic regu-
lations last month totaled 1857, the
Police Department reported yesterday
The greatest number, 6l9, was for
violation OF speed regulations. Others
were as follows: Disobeying official
signs, 497; parking overtime, 376 park
ing abreast, 226; passing signal, 211;
no permit, 200; making U-turns, Sc;
speeding. 619; parked between 8 and
$50 am. 152: passengers riding on
running board. a. obstructing fire plug
l3; inadequate brakes. 43; improper
lights, 65.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
LUMBER DEALERS CODE
CALLS FOR PAY INCREASE
Secretary of Carolina Association
Announces Plan Which Also
Provides for Hike in Hours.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., July 8.-The
code adopted by lumber, building ma
terial and millwork dealers OF North
and South Carolina would increase the
present pay for unskilled labor by "A
per cent, Victor w. Wheeler, executive
secretary of the Carolina Retail Lumber
and Building Material Dealers Associa-
ton, said today.
It also would increase the present
schedule of working hours by % per
cent, Wheeler said.
Exact figures of minimum wages and
maximum hours were not announced,
as the code must be submitted to the
Southern Millwork Manufacturing As
sociation at Atlanta Wednesday for ap-
proval and likewise to the Government.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
More Theft Suspects Held.

PARSONS, Kans., July 8 R).-Oh-
GERS said today they had in custody l..
E. Witter, %, Bucyrus, Ohio. as sus-
pect in the theft Of sack Of mail con-
tanning 500 worth Of parcel post mat
ter from a railroad platform here
June II. Officers said he had been
identified by two railroad employees as
the man they saw pick up the mail
sack and run from the station plat
Evening star., 1933-07-09

The name Of the friend" u beinl
withheld. he said.
AL boys interested are urged h
attend the band practices at the club
1868 Kramer street, Monday night q
7:30 O'Clock. Ratings, according :,
ability are to be given within the mex
two weeks, it was said.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
Tries Charcoal Motor.

STOCKHOLM MC49.-Experiments with
charcoal gas generators as substitutes
for gasoline tanks on motorized railway
coaches are to be carried out by the
government. An employe of the state
railway designed the experimental car
Evening star., 1933-07-09

ington will be made by the italian en-
bassy and officials Of the Protocol Divi-
sion Of the State Department, with the
cooperation Of officers Of the Army and
Navy.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
DRIVE TO BE RENEWED
Buy in Washington" Radio Sub.
ject Tomorrow Night.

In an effort to have spent in Wash
ington at least part of the 1000, 900
it claims local citizens and business
men spend elsewhere, a renewal of the
Buy in Washington" campaign will
open at $50 pm. tomorrow with a
radio address by Thomas P. Littlepage,
president of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, under sponsorship Of the
Buy in Washington. Inc.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
UNIFORMS PROMISED
Northeast Boys Club Band Given
Incentive TO Work.

incentive to WORK.
The Northeast Boys Club Band now
has an incentive for which to work
H. ]. Smith, formerly of the Marine
Band and leader Of the Northeast Boys
Band, has announced that a friend OF
the Boys Club will present members OF
the band with uniforms If they make
good during the Summer and are able
to put on a real show early this Winter
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06
RESERVE TICKETS NOW
 FOR WEDNESDAY BANQUET

Tickets for the Father and Son Banquet must be reserved before next Wednesday noon so the ladies will know how many to prepare to serve An interesting program is being planned Admission is by ticket only. A ticket admits man and boy. No split tickets will be sold. The tickets are $1. The hour is 6::3O D. n, at the Community Church. The banquet is always through in time for people to at tend any later meetings.
 This is the one big thing for men and boys held in Seward. No boy should be left out. Every man who can possibly secure a ticket should do so and see that every boy in Seward has chance to at tend. Rev. Reisner will be glad to supply boys for the occasion.
 Call the parsonage and reserve your ticket now.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06
BODY OF ANDREW
 GRQSvOLD SHIPPED HOME

On its regular monthly voyage Westward, the SS Starr, Capt. A. Ryning, of the San Juan Fishing & Packing Co.,, sailed Sunday at 10 D. m. carrying the following list of passengers and a small amount of general cargo:
 w. c. Erwin, Mrs. J. Olsen, Mrs. Ralph Grosvold, Mrs. A. H. Mel lick.
 The body of Andrew Grosvold, pioneer Sand Point business man who died in Seward last week, was taken aboard for shipment to Sand Point where interment will be made.
 Captain Ryning announced the March sailing out of Seward will be on the 11th.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06
OREGON DOG DERRY

GOVERNMENT CAMP, MOUNT HOOD, Ore, Feb. GA team of mixed setters driven by Roy Stover of Mccall, Idaho, won the first annual P a cific Northwest Dog Derby here Sunday.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06
MAY GO AND COME

ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 6-Greek authorities have removed all re- strictions from Samuel Insull, former American power trust mag nate. He may leave Greece when he chooses.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06

A girl was born to Mrs. L. Hall, wife of Carl Hall of Nushagak, at Seattle February 1. Mother and babe were doing splendidly, accord ing to the report.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06

Capt. A. F. Lathrop, accompa- nied by his secretary, Miss Dickey, embarked on the SS Northwestern Sunday for Seattle where Captain Lathrop will spend some weeks reviewing talkies for his Empress Circuit.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-06
BRING DEAD BACK ALIVE

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, Two young medical students claim to have designed machine which will restore life, in most cases, to persons who have been pro nounced dead not more than 10 minutes previously, The principle is gravity.