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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 276. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GOVERNMENT MUST !
GIVE MILLIONS 10 j
aSE UNEMPLOYED
PRESIDENT AND OTHERS AVER
FEDERAL AID BAD THING
FOR THE PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 31.
{&)—Mute during the opening days
of the session, the question of di
rect Federal aid for unemployed
will find a voice promising in the.
clamor of both houses after Con- ,
gress resumes.
Those legislators who feel there
will be much suffering unless the
government contributes millions
have had their convictions streng
thened by the testimony before the
Senate manufactures sub-commit- j
tee.
But Hoover does not like their j
idea and feels their execution would |
^ constitute a dole, as he has sup- J
porters in Congress who agree that j
such help would do more harm
than good in the long run.
Relief workers associated with
the organization Hoover set up for •
relief, however, told the committee
local charity lacks funds to pro- 1
vide need and aid and many of
them frankly said they thought it
was time that the government did
f something.
On the other hand, Gifford, na
tional relief director, thinks local
charity can handle the situation.
News of the threatened breakoff
of independents in the northwest
from the party next year naturally
^ is drawing notice from party lead
m ers but neither Hoover nor chair
man Fess of the national commit
tee have commented on this. There
is an inclination among regular
Republican leaders to scout this
third party talk as only a political
maneuver this early in the Presi
detnial race.
UPRISING BEGINNING
, THROUGHOUT INDIA
NEW DELPHI. India, Dec. 30. (/P)
—Widespread Communist riots took
place at Lahore and eight persons
were seriously injured before po
* lice were able to restore order.
The fighting was between Hin
dus and Moslems who are farther
apart than ever on the question of
independence following the action
of the All-India Moslem League in
declaring its aims to be only a “re
sponsible government with ade
quate safeguards for Moslems.”
ENROUTE TO THE U. S.
LONDON, Dec. 31. {/P)—Ambas
sador Charles G. Dawes sailed from
here Wednesday night for the Unit
ed States where he goes to confer
with President Hoover on war debts
and disarmament. The Ambassador
^as recently appointed to head the
nerican delegation to the Geneva
s parley in February.
BIG SHIPMENT
^ LAND, Dec. 30. (/P)—A ship
' 50,000 bushels of wTheat is
epared here for shipment
i via Seattle. This is the
il shipment to have been
or some time and the Nip
millers will use the Amer
heat to blend with the lower !
.ade of Argentine wheat which
- Japan has been purchasing lately.
DRY LAW VOTED DOWN
LONDON, Dec. 31. {IP)—A Reuter’s,
dispatch from Helsingfors said the;
count of votes cast in the capital j
city on the national prohibition ;
referendum showed 65,000 in favor,
of abolishing the dry law to 13,000'
for continued prohibition. Only j
600 voted for legalized wines and j
beer!
commuws!
OF mn ASSURED
SUPPORT 1 HOUSE
UNDER-SECRETARY ATTACKS
PROGRAM OF HEAVY
SURTAXES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 31.
(;p)_A strong support in the House
is assured Hoover’s proposal to save
money by grouping governmental
agencies whose efforts overlap.
Chairman Cochran, of the Ex
penditures Committee, which will
handle consolidation legislation, is
in accord with most of the Chief
Executive’s recommendations.
The administration has assailed
the embryonic tax proposals of
Congressional Democrats with the
charges that they are “wholly in
adequate to meet the fiscal situa
tion’’ of the Federal government.
Under-Secretary Mills made crit
icism of the program outlined by
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
which advocated heavy surtax lev
ies on wealthy mills, saying “there
is little profit in soaking the rich
because large incomes are no long
er there.” Rainey’s program* was
not met with the general approval
of other Democratic leaders.
EIIU MORNING HOUR
SEATTLE, Dec. 31. {IP)—A slight
earthquake jarred Western Wash
ington at 7:25 this morning with
no serious damage being reported.
However, at Lilliwaup, on the
Hood Canal, it cracked a concrete
wall of a new store building. Al
though there never has been a ser
ious quake recorded for Washing
ton, Dean Henry Landes, of the
University of Washington, said that
slight tremors were not unusual.
Today’s quake barely registered
on the seismograph which is set
for long range quake detection. Re
ports of the shock were received
from Bremerton, I'ort Orchard, Sil
verdale and Longview. It stopped
a man’s watch in the University
district of Seattle. The tremor was
felt distinctly in west Seattle while
plates rattled, pictures tilted and
doors swung throught the city of
Seattle.
WON’T ATTEND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 31.
(IP)—The United States has noti
fied France and England that she
has no intention to attend the re
parations meet January 18 as
agreed upon by France and Eng
land.
FAVOR REPEAL
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Dec. 31.
(IP)—Scattered reports of the result
of Tuesday and Wednesday’s elec
tion on the prohibition law of Fin
land indicate an overwhelming ma
jority of the voters are in favor of
repeal of the 13-year-old liquor ban.
ENORMOUS WET VOTE
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Dec. 31.
5)—With only 57 per cent of the
cal votes counted, Helsingfors has
>ne so surprisingly and over
helmingiy wet that anti-prohibi
on newspaper.1? talked about the
lational front against dry laws.”
ixty per cent of the repeal votes
ere cast by women.
OSTOFFICE PACKAGES
EXPLODED:TWO CLERKS
KILLED, THREE INJURED
EASTON, Pa., Dec. 31. </P>—Fed
ral agents sought clues to the
mders of three packages contain
ig explosives which resulted in the
eath of two postal clerks and in
iry to three others when the par
?ls exploded in the postoffice yes
;rday.
The explosion of three of the
wen packages mailed by two men
l what investigators suspected was
a anti-Fascist plot, also seriously
ijured three other postal clerks
ad a county detective.
A fourth package was opened
ithout a blast while three others
l a quarry remained unopened,
'ficers said they believed the pack
jes were intended for prominent
alian-Americans in Pittsburgh,
ew York and Baltimore. The ad
•esses on the packages were mis
;lled and were hard to determine.
LUD GUESTS WILL j
HAVE TO SIT DOWN
ON THE FLOOR TONITE
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. (/P)—Texas
uinan welcomed the 11 raiding
y agents to the “Planet of Mars,” :
night club, as they carried off
airs, tables and pianos.
She said: “Well, we’ve got $10,000
id in reservations for a New
jar’s Eve celebration and we’ve
t to open. If we don’t get back
/ chairs and tables, we’ll let the
stomers sit on the floor and show
em a good time.”
As part owner, Harry Voiler and
ree attendants were placed un
r arrest. They turned to Guinan
d she said: “I’m just a little girl
>ni New York in Chicago. I don’t
n this place and I don’t know
o does. I just work here.” She
5 told to appear before the U. S.
mmissioner today, nevertheless.
S. IS INTERESTED
IN FINLAND’S VOTING
IELSINGFORS, Finland, Dec. 31.
—Finland began the second day
its two-day dry referendum
h a heavier vote cast than is
ally polled on the first day in
ional elections.
omplete figures for the first
’s poll showed a good increase
votes for the first day over the
sidential election count. The
nt, however, will not begin be
! tonight.
sveral American newspaper cor
jondents are here for coverage
their papers pointing out the
ef that the outcome may point
ay for the United States.
he name Sitka was derived
Mh a tribe of Indians, the Sit
■fens.
LEAVE CHIS CHI
TROOPS SAID TO BE IN FULL
RETREAT SOUTH TOWARD
GREAT WALL
(By Associated Press)
China’s troops are in full retreat
southward from Chin Chow toward
the Great Wall of China while two
converging Japanese columns are
pressing toward Kowpangtze, pre
paring to swing down into the
walled city which Marshal Chang
Hsueh Liang vacuated.
A Japanese division, advancing
southward from Hsinmintun, cap
tured Tahushan yesterday after
noon; a force moving west from.
Yingkow pressed toward Kowpang
tze and from there the way to Chin
Chow is wide open. It appeared
that the drive on Chin Chow is in
full swing.
The Nanking government debat
ed the new situation and in Tokyo
reports were circulated that Chang
has ordered the withdrawal from
Chin Chow “under the advice of a
certain country” which is unnamed
in dispatches.
The Provisional government re
mains at Chin Chow protected by
a garrison. Dispatches to Tokyo
said General Tomans, of the Jap
anese force, occupied a point on the
outskirts of Kowpangtze to set a
trap for the Chinese.
Armored trains with General Ka
muras’ brigade have entered Ta
hushan.
MUKDEN, Dec. 31. (/P)—A Jap
anese division entered Kowpangtze
apparently writheut serious opposi
tion. A Japanese dispatch here said
100 Chinese were killed in fighting
which preceded occupation of Pan -
shan Tuesday while the Japanese
casualties were only three wounded.
Reports from Chin Chow said the
Japanese intend to continue their
advance to Chin Chow, later oc
cupying Tientsin and Peiping. For
eign observers expressed anxiety
over possible developments.
CONTINUE ADVANCE
MUKDEN, Dec. 31. </P)—The Jap
anese forces continued their march
on Chin Chow yesterday, stopping
only to blow up railroad bridges
and public utilities enroute. An
other day’s march of the Japanese
troops should bring them to Chin
Chow.
WILL DEFEND CITY
NANKING, Dec. 31. {A5}—Despite
Chang Hseuh Liang’s retreat from
Chin Chow, China’s new national
government is determiend to de
fend that city against the Japanese
advance, Eugene Chen, foreign
minister, told the Associated Press.
BALLOONIST DIES
CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 31. {A5)—
Frank Lahm, pioneer American
balloonist, died at Paris, France. A
cablegram said that he had been
in poor health and that he had
shown no improvement since his
last operation in May. His son, a
brigadier general in the United
States Army Air Corps, was with
him at the time of his death. The
son is a military attache at Paris.