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Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
BASEBALlERS BEGIN ID SEND IN CONTRACTS
 FOR COMING SEASON

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, Headed by the distinguished'Lefty" Co., meg, six players signed with the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers in the last 48 hours indicating that the threatened holdout war in the New York area may be merely a mild skirmish
 Four players entered the Yan- kee fold; Vernon Gomez, ace south paw pitcher; Arndt Jorgens, sec ond string catcher; and two pitch ing recruits, Don Brennan and Russell Van Alta.
 Jack Blonde" Ryan, newly ac- quired short stop, signed with the Giants and Tony Cuccinello, star second baseman, signed a Dodgers contract.
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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN J. 5. ARE: MAK|NG
 NEW CROP 0F HCpOEs

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 26. - Brig. Gen Pelham D. Glasford told a Senate committee that pre- sent economic conditions are mak- ing a generation of hoboes cut of the nations youth.
 Appearing before the manufac- turers committee considering the bill of Senator Cutting, Republican Of New Mexico, for a $15,OOO,OOO grant to the States to care for needy transientS, Glasford deS- cribed the results of survey he has just completed in several of the States.
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DECISIONS AFFECTING
 OTHER COUNTRIES MUST
 BE DEFERRED LATER, SAID

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26, - The British government accepted the invitation of President-Elect Roosevelt to send a delegation here to discuss war debt revision and other economic problems af- ter the new administration enters office
 While agreeing that world eco- homie problems were "cruciar' to all countries and might be advan- tageously discussed at Washing ton, the British maintained deci- sions on matters affecting other countries must be deferred until after the World economic confer ence.
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SOv|ETS NCW FULLY EQUIPPED ID RE:PULsE
 UNKNOWN ENEMIES

MOSCOW, Jan. 25, Desire for peace but necessity of being ready for war, was expressed by Premier ViacheSlav MOlotof be- fore the Central executive com mittee of the Soviet Union.
 The Premier attacked the peace efforts of the League of Nations and ridiculed the United States excuses for non-recOgnitiOn of the Soviets.
 He referred to the recent fail ures" of the League in connection with the Manchurian dispute.
 He said Russia has fully equip- ped army ready to repulSe inVa- sion; that the latest and most modern of arms and ammunition has been part of this equipment and that for five years the Soviet Union has been concentrated on tanks.
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SEVEN SEATS REPORTED WON BY DEvALERA PARTY
 IN THE NEW IR|sH RAIL

DUBLIN, Ire, Jan. 26, -Presi- dent Ramon DeValera's Fianna Fails party had obtained seven seats in the Dail Eireann includ- ing one taken from former Pres ldent William T. CoSgrave's Gu mann Ma Ngaedheal party, in the first returns from the tabulation Of Tuesdays general election.
 At the same time Cosgraveits had obtained three seats, the In dependents three, Labor one, and Independent Labor one.
 Cosgrave was returned at the head of the poll in Cork city, all though his lead in the first pre- ferenceS, the Free State has 3, preferential system of voting" was considerably lower than at the last election.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
HALLORAN RELEASED
 FROM JUDD CHARGES

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 26, Be cause the State of Arizona was unable to prove Winnie Ruth Judd a murderess, John J. Happy Jack Halloran went free yesterday on charges of aiding the condemned blonde tigress" after she killed a woman friend.
 The paradoxical ruling whereby Mrs. Judd was held to be guiltless, although she is under sentence to hang for the murder of Agnes Le- roi was issued by Judge J. c. Niles after Halloran's 10-day prelimin- ary hearing.
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OPERAT|C STAR NON|
 OVERWHELMED, THRILLED

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 26, Tito Schipa, operatic tenor, was over whelmingly thrilled" yesterday after testing out his voice for the first time since his pharynx oper- ation a few days ago.
 The Italian singer breathed easier when he found his voice re- mained and a possible chance of being able to reach E flat above high C. which was the reason for the delicate operation.
 It will be some days yet before 8 further test will be made. In the meantime, Tito remains in the hospital
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
BOTH CANDIDATES ELECTED IRISH DAIL.
 P0LL RE TURNS SHOW

DUBLIN, Ire, Jan. 26, Both President Ramon de Valera and his opponent, William T. Cosgrave, were elected to the Dali in the general elections, returns showed yesterday
 DeValera's constituency in Coun- ty Clare gave him 18,565 votes compared to the 12,5O4 votes he boiled in the last election.
 He was the only one elected from this district because his op- popent, P Burke, a Cosgrave fol- lower, p0lled only 5,250 votes which was under the necessary quota of 1856.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
[, O.P. STARTS TALK
 ALREADY FOR THE 1888
 PRESIDENTIAL. NOMINEE

It is never too early for politi- clans to begin talking about the next presidential election, and just now there is. a surprising amount of speculation over award of the republican nomination in 1886.
 Strangely enough, few of the party leaders have anyone to sug- gest The tone is one of lament that so many of the strong men of yesteryear either have fallen from prestige or are passing bey- ond the eligible age, with no com parable group of successors in sight.
 It really is a remarkable situa- tion for a party which but rec ently boasted so rich coterie of outstanding Americans.
 Within the memories of even the younger voters the vast maj ority of the concededly great" of the land were republicans using the term great" in it's ord mary sense to denote those who have shown by experience the highest qualities of leadership
 Where are they now?
 President Hoover, of course, re- mains conspicuous figure, but the present discussions do not in clude him prominently among those who will aspire to lead in 1886.
 Supposing the traditions rule, and MT. Hoover is out, who re- mains among all of the republi- cans, of all factions, upon whom the present generation has looked as possible presidential material?
 Charles G. Dawes, Dwight Mor- row, William E. Borah, George w. Norris. Counting Hoover, here are names to conjure with
 And in 1886 LoWden will be 75 years old; Johnson TO; Dawes Fl; Borah Il, Norris 75, Hoover him. self 62.
 Who among them will be in the running in a country which has formed a habit of choosing it's presidents from among men in their early sos?
 What of the younger genera tion? Some thirty men have sat in the cabinets of Harding, Cool idge and Hoover, yet what one am
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SUPPLIES SENT ID
 NARROWED MINERS

GRASS VALLEY, Wyo., Jan. 26, A four horse sleigh, loaded with groceries, warm clothes and other necessities, fought it's way slowly through the deep snow East of here yesterday to save a colony of marooned prospectors and their families from starvation.
 The rescue party, headed by Captain G. H. Murray of the local Salvation Army, carried skis and snowshoes to take provisions in on foot if the snow became too deep for the sleigh.
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FORTUNE |s FOUND IN
 ABANDONED GRAVEYARD

SALISBURY, Md, Jan. 26, - Discovery of pot of money in an abandoned graveyard near here, was reported yesterday by Vance Butler, filling station operator.
 The value of the find was esti- mated by Butler at $30,0OO.
 Butler said he recently purchas- ed some land for S2OO and had set two negroes to work clearing the ground, While they were digging they discovered the land formerly had been use for graveyard.
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ACTRESS |S HOvER|NG
 BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

SEATTLE, Jan. 26, The stormy life of Edith Ransome, whose name was emblazoned in Broadway lights as the star of the stage pl ay White Cargo" hovered in the bal ance here last night.
 She assertedly drank poison at the apartment she rented for the past year.
 Notes left by the former actress indicated a suicide plan, police said Some months ago she was ac- cused of theft, but the charge was dropped.
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ALL BILLS PASSED
 CALIFORNIA SENATE F0R
 CONSTRUCTION BRIDGE

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26, Clear ing the way for immediate con- struction of the $62,OOO,OOO San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge, the Senate passed all of the as- sembly bridge bills without a dis senting vote.
 State Director of Public Works, Earl Lee Kelly, made plans to leave at once for San Francisco and obtain the signature Of Gov. Rolph to the measures at the Gov ernor's bedside in St. Francis ho- tel.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
SWEEPING CHANGES IN
 BANKING AAE APPROVED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26, - The Senate passed the Glass Bank ing bill by 54 to g.
 The bill provides for sweeping changes in the nations banking system. It permits branch bank ing. by National banks in nine States and orders National banks to separate themselves from cer- tain others
 The measure now goes to the House where leaders predict it will never reach a vote during this session.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
CHINESE READY RESIST
 NEW JAPANESE ATTACK

SHANGHAI, Jan. Jan. 26, IL Chinese forces are facing three Japanese armies on the Jehol pro vince front, massed to repulse a Japanese attack, expected today, the beginning of the Chinese New Year celebration
 Japanese scouting planes are surveying the entire frontier and dropped bombs on Chinese lines in the Northern sector.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
MRS. PEABODY RENEN'S
 ATTACK ON WET BILL

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26, - Mrs. Henry w. Peabody, chairman of the Women's National commit tee for law enforcement, renewed her attack on the Senate's 3.05 per cent beer and wine bill, charg- ing it would violate the rights of dry states.
 The measure was approved three days ago by the Senate judiciary committee and is now before the finance committee for considera- tion of it's revenue aspects.
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GIRL ATHLETE. BABE, :"
 0|DR|cKsoN. QUITE ILL

DETROIT, Mich, Jan 26, Mil dred Babe" Didrickson, woman athlete of national renoWn and Olympic champion, was confined to her room in a hotel yesterday.
 Physicians said she had a tenn perature of 104 and her pulse was abnormal. They refused to permit her to appear in a scheduled eX- hibition swim.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
75,0OO YEARS AGO

CARLSBAD, N. M., Jan. 26, TT Discoveries made on a field trip here last summer indicate human life. existed in this region possibly as long as 75,OOO years ago during the glacial age, Professor E. B. Howard of the University of Penn sylvania has informed assistants here.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
 PASSES IN LONDON TOWN

LONDON, Jan. 26, The Earl of Chesterfield died at the age of 78 after a brief illness.
 He was the tenth Earl of line made famous by the fourth Earl, the celebrated statesman, politi- elan, wit and apostle of courtly manners of the 18th century.
 The title descendS to the late Earl's brother, Captain Henry A. Scudamore Stanhope.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
DEVALERA RUNNING
 AHEAD OF COsGRAVE

DUBLIN, Ire, Jan. 26, -Presi- dent Ramon DeValera was running ahead in the general election re- turns late last night as the count of votes continued, although he re- trained from claiming victory un- til more certain indications were forthcoming.
 The big jump in the Fianna Fail vote indicated DeValera would have clear majority in the new Dail.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
ALASKA PROsPECT0Rs
 WISH ID HELP UNCLE

SEATTLE, Jan. 26, Alaska wants prospectors with grubstakes to help lift the United States out of the depression, according to John Troy, Juneau newspaper publisher, who was here yesterday.
 Editor Troy, who has been en- dorsed by Alaska Democrats as the next Governor of Alaska, was en- route to the inauguration of Pres ident- t-Elect Roosevelt.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
TWO ENGLISH SPEED
 KINGS UNDER WEATHER

LONDON, Jan. 26, Two of England's speeders, Sir Malcolm Campbell and Kaye Don, were vic- tims of influenza but Campbell, despite orders from his physician, left his home at Surrey for South ampton to sail today for New York.
 At the time he had a tempera- ture of 103.
 Kaye Don was reported better today
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JIMMY DYKES SIGNS

CHICAGO, Jan .26, The signed contract of Jimmy Dykes, new White Sox third baseman, was re- turned, the first of the Chicago American League 1883 agreements to be signed. Terms of the contract were not revealed.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
WILL DEMAND PARDON

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 26, The defense for Winnie Ruth Judd will demand full pardon for their client who is under sentence of death, on the grounds that the State failed to prove she had com mitted murder. The Board of Par dons teke up her case next week.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
JAMES COMES TO LIFE

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, Former Mayor James J. Walker started, through his attorneys, to have dis missed two suits brought against him and his wife for more than $14,OOO worth of clothing allegedly purchased by Mrs. Walker.
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ANOTHER SNEEZER

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 26, TT Physicians were unable yesterday to halt the sneezing of Mrs Lon nie Dickson, 48, who, since a. m. Monday, has sneezed Is to 25 times a minute with only brief relief un- der SedatiVeS.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
CONDITION OF NOVELIST
 |S ADMITTEDLY GRAVE

LONDON, Jan. 26, The condi- ton of John Galsworthy, Britain's famous novelist, was said to be very grave last night. AdviceS from his home at Hampstead, where he is suffering from anemia following a cold, were that he was much weaker"
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
JAMES HALL MUST
 PAY SPOUSE S100 WEEK

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 26, - James Hall, motion picture actor, whose family name is Brown, was found guilty of non-support of his wife, Irene Gardner Brown.
 He was ordered placed under bond to insure payment of S100 a week for one year.
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A CLEAR MAJORITY

LONDON, Jan. 26, A Dublin dispatch to the Central News Agen- cy last night said that unofficial returns indicated President De- Valera was assured of clear maj ority in the new Dail, in the Irish Free State elections
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TWICE AS MANY VOTES?

DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Jan. 26, An advance statement issued as to the outcome of the presiden- tial race gives DeValera twice as many votes as Cosgrave.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
CLAIM VICTORY

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 26, -Bol- ivlan troops attacked Paraguayan forts in the Chaco area and claim the capture of three forts.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
EVERYBODY HAPPY

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, At torney for Libby Holman Reynolds intimated yesterday she would nev- CT return to the stage.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
S3,000 GANGPLANK

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, The city council appropriated the sum of S3,OOC for the construction of a gang-plank, or approach, to the F'rigate Constitution, ''Old Iron sides" upon her arrival here from San Diego where the historic yes Sel is now on exhibition.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
NEGROES FACE LIFE

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 26, Three negroes face the possibility of a life sentence to prison for the death of a person during a recent holdup.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
RIOTING AT BERLIN

BERLIN, Jan. 26, In protest to the Nazis demonstration of last week, Communists rioted here in several sections of the city, We'd ensday afternoon. Two were shot.
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TORNADO KILLED WOMAN

MOULTRIE, Ga, Jan. 26, One woman was killed and another critically injured when a tornado demolished 10 homes at Barwick, a small town 25 miles south of here. Mrs. Della Cone was killed and Mrs. o. Miller injured.
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WHITE SLAVE RINGS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, -Sensa- tional exposure of two white slave" rings will be forthcoming in a day or so, local authorities announced yesterday.
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FIRED ON COMMUNISTS

BERLIN, Jan. 26, Police fired
 on a meeting of Communists in a public hall here yesterday, killing eight Workmen and Wounding Is.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26

Capt. Arthur Ryning, of the SS Starr, in port during the night from the Westward, announces the March sailing from Seward West will be on the 11th.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
KLONDIKE BOB DEAD

VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 26, - Robert ''Klondike Bob" Henderson, pioneer Yukon Territory mining man, died here Tuesday at the age of 76.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26

ong them all is likely to be talk ed of for President four years hence? Or what republican gov ernor?
 Of course someone will be. If anything is certain in politics, it is that the next four years will see a gigantic scramble among men now comparatively unknown to grasp the falling torch of re- publican leadership.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
TWO LABOR MEASURES

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 26, - Two measures seeking establish ment of the five-day week and the six-hour day in California State department and on Public works were introduced in the assembly.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-01-26
THE STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, Advances on the market Wednesday were fractional; Penn. RR resumed payment of 50 cent dividends; Del. RR turned thumbs down on div idends. A break in amusement shares occurred. Wheat was firm but cotton eased off a bit.
The Washington times., 1933-03-31
FORECLOSURES
SHOW GAIN Of
274PERCE

Real estate foreclosures in 1882
were 274.9 per cent higher than
In 1926. the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board announced today
after q survey which covered ter
ritory representing 38.2 per cent
Of the total population.
Foreclosures on farms have
been 2.3 per 1000 in the 1926-32
period as against one foreclosure
per 1000 for homes, although
there are more than two times
outstanding home mortgages than
farm mortgages.
Reduction Is Shown
Since the opening of the Home
Loan Bank System in october,
1892, monthly figures show a re-
duction of foreclosures in all but
one Of the five months from the
September total of 12,512. Fore
closures were higher in December
with 1924 and in February num-
bered 11,171. The board said:
Reductions are particularly
noticeable in districts where
there are a greater number Of
home financing institutions be-
longing to the Federal Home
Loan Banks System, and to
which larger loans by the Home
Loan Banks have been ad-
vanced.
FORECLOSURES INCREASE
"In other regions which have
fewer members in the system
foreclosures have increased"
The board said it was impos-
Sible to determine to what extent
the new bank system has actually
affected the situation.
The Home Loan Banks have in
vested over $21,000,000 in the
home mortgage field since it's or
0aniZatiOn.
The Washington times., 1933-03-31
BoTANISTS TO MEET

D. H. Rose and Charles Dresch-
Ter will give illustrated lectures
at a meeting of the Botanical
Society of Washington in the
Cosmos Club at 8 p. m. Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1933-03-31
LEGION To JOIN
IN CAMPAIGN

The Takoma Park American
Legion Post, No. 28, will enter and
campaign for a councilman in the
May town council election, the
post decided at its meeting last
night in the Carroll Avenue fire
hall. Three new officials are to
be elected at that time.
A committee, headed by c. A.
Hoglund, will make q study of
other candidates and report its
findings to the post.
The post adopted resolution
praising President Roosevelt for
his decision to prosecute bad
banking, another resolution ask
ing that names be published Of
those receiving disability benefits
from the Government, and a third
resolution approving the Victory
Post bill asking preference for
veterans in civil service.
A resolution approving the sale
Of beer for Montgomery county
was delayed until it is learned
whether the county is to be given
q referendum on local option.
The Washington times., 1933-03-31
20 States Seek Lou
Auto License Fees

More than 20 State legislatures
now in session are considering
bills to reduce registration license
fees for motor vehicles, according
to information received by the
District of Columbia division Of
the American Automobile Associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Star of Bethlehem Continues
To Battle World Astronomers
Light That Is Subject of Story and Son gs
of Christmas May Have Bee" of
Exploding Type, Scientist Says.

That gives a clue. points out DR..
Zw1cky, since only Super-novae, in
our own, the milky way galaxy, could
be seen brightly both day and night.
Astronomical records show that Tycho
Brahe. the Danish astronomer. saw one
in 1872.
Zwicky calculated that every thou
sand years or SO there should be one Of
such Super-novae in each island uni
verse, to provide the amount OF COSmic
radiation that is recorded today by
electroscopes. Fifteen hundred years
apart would satisfy the computations.
Star Was Predicted.
Another strange coincidence is the
biblical phophecy Of Balaam in l452
B. C., that such star would come out
of David to herald new Ring of kings.
Still another coincidence is that the
kingdoms of the three wise men
Kasper. Melchoir and Balthasar-were
about 1000 miles from Bethlehem. 1t
would take, at that time, about 10 days
to make the journey by dromedarieS
which are known to make 100 miles a
day.
Apparently the star went out soon
after their journey was completed.
Ten days is the normal life of
super-novae, the period in which it ex-
plodeS, then finally disappears into a
darkened mass of neutrons, after
having shone with the brilliance Of
hundred million suns.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Read Calls Life
"Series of Worries"
On 8Ist Birthday
Author Can Recall FeW
Periods of Full Happi-
ness, He Tells Friends.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December 25-Llfe 10
opie Read, ust turned 81, is largely
q series of Worries
The author grew epigrammatical
Saturday when friends honored him at
a celebration of his eighty-flrst BIRTH
day. which fell the preceding day.
II can recall but few periods In which
I was happy in the full sense OF the
meaning Of the word" Read said.
Leaders of the social, business and
professional life of Chicago gathered at
the home of Mrs. Belle King, widow OF
the poet, Ben King, to honor Read.
Responding to a toast, he said:
THE more mentality one develops
the more one worries.
Ignorance often signifies content
ment.
There is very little justice in the
world today.
THE problem of the man in the
White House is to bring about a COM
plete sense of justice in Government
for the benefit Of all the people. ! am
confident of his success.
IT have learned in the span of life
given me that honesty and justice are
the two cardinal virtues to be de-
veloped."
Read was born in Nashville. Tenn, In
1852. His last work, Gold GauZe Veil,
was published six years ago.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, December 25.-
The most -talked.of star in chriStendom
at this season has been a mystery to
astronomers for 10 centuries
Multitudes of little children and
CarOlerS sing of 1t;
20 Star of wonder. star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading. still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light"
II Is the Star Of Bethlehem,
No astronomical data. no researches
into the history of comets. give any
record of it, say the Savants of Mount
Wilson, one of the worlds greatest
observatories.
Prof. Fritz Zwicky. distinguished
Swiss physicist of the California Insti-
tLte of Technology, suggests that cos
mic rays may reveal the secret.
Star May Have Exploded.
Perhaps it was great super-novae,
an exploding star, such as he believes
to be the source of cosmic rays.
st. Matthew wrote of the star of
how the three wise men were led by
it to the sanctified manger where Christ
was born.
A traditional hymn tells how:
"They looked up and saw a star.
Shining in the East beyond them far
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and
night"