VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 36.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FRANCE HAS ALREADY
LOST TWICE AMOUNT
DEBT OWED TOD. SI
PARIS, Feb. 13, —France has al
ready lost in the United States in
less than two months twice the
amount of her unpaid S19.000.00C
December war debts installment.
If the situation does not im
prove, France will be constrained
within two years to give up all
trade with the United States.
Such were the high spots of the
findings of General Emile Adolphe
Eaufflied. of France, who is just
back from a visit to the United
States. He has reported them to
President Lebrun and Premier Bal
adier.
LEAGUE "HOB"
TOKIO. Feb 13. —Japan will
take the offensive in her refusal
of League of Nations demands for
conciliation of the China-Japan
ese dispute for the first time, offi
cially voicing her determination
to withdraw from the League, if
driven to the wall, it was learned
yesterday.
Reportedly feeling that the
League's Far East committee of
19 findings constitutes an outrage
to Japan’s national rights, the Jap
anese note of 19 pages is coached
in strongest terms of an explosive
nature.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 13, —‘Petticoat
rule” holds no terrors for Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt, and women
will be eligible during his admin
istration for many offices hereto
fore restricted to men. it was
learned reliably yesterday.
Mr. Roosevelt will not stop with
the expected appointment of Miss
Frances Perkins as Secretary of
Labor, but will throw the diploma
tic service, important commissions
and perhaps some major postmas
terships open to women with dis
tinguished records of party service.
KILLED. EMWKE
PEIPING. China. Feb. 13. —Re
ports of 70.000 killed in an earth
quake in remote Kansu province,
were brought here by foreigners
reaching Peiping from the deso
lated area.
The foreigners said the quake
occurred on December 26 destroy
ing literally scores of towns and
villages in the mountains of Kan
su where 6.000.000 lived.
They arrived by camel, the car
avans taking weeks to cover the
thousand miles or more from the
interior province.
MUTINEERS PUNNED
DUN UP ‘JOLLY ROGER'
AMSTERDAM. Holland, Feb. 13,
—The mutinous crew of the Dutch
cruiser De ze Provincien, forced to
surrender when the cruiser was
bombed by a Naval seaplane, plan
ned to turn pirate and loot trading
ships if supplies ran short, reports
from the East Indies said.
Twenty-two men were killed and
25 injured when a 100-pound bomb
exploded on the cruiser’s back.
It was reported the mutineers
planned, until their capture, to
attempt the release of 400 of their
comrades arrested at Sourabaya
for demonstrating against wage
cuts.
BUSINESS PICKED UP
TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 13.—Six
new industries were established in
this city in January.
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FILM MAN DIED
I HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 13.—
Percy Heath, moving picture execu
i tive, died here following a brief
; illness.
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TEACHERS’ SALARIES CUT
I ‘VICTORIA. B. C„ Feb. 13.—
; School teachers of this city nave
: had their salaries cut another 6 per
i cent.
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COTTON FOR RELIEF
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb- 13.—
Congress approved turning over
300.000 bales cf cotton to the Red
| Cross for relief purposes.
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DOG EXILED
I BALTIMORE, Md. Feb. 13. —A
dog wras banished for life after bit
I ing a child. The animal was first
; sentenced to death but later exiled.
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FREIGHTER AFIRE AT SEA
VANCOUVER. B. C., Feb. 13, —
' It w'as reported here that the SS
j Santiago, freighter, v/as afire off
j the coast of Panama
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A TERRIFIC LOSS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13. —
; Ifhe United States foreign com
merce dropped $315,000,000 last
; year.
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ALASKA SUPPLY BILL UP
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Feb. 13, —
The $466,000 Interior department
supply bill for Alaska roads is now
before the committee for approval.
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150 STORM TOLL
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —The death
I toll from the worst blizzard and
; cold waves in a century has taken
a toll of at least 150 lines to date,
it wras reported here today
DECRY SLAUGHTER
VANCOUVER. B. C„ Feb. 13, —
The annual slaughter of sea lions
, off the coast of British Columbia
I is condemned by the Canadian
Humane Society.
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MAY TAKE STAND
LONG BEACH. Calif-, Feb. 13.—
Wm. James “Curly” Guy, charged
with murder of Capt. Walter Wan
! derwell. may take the stand Tues
day to address the jury.
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ALMOST EVEN
HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Feeb. 12.—
The Christy Film Company, which
1 recently filed voluntary bankrupt
cy. listed its assets at $568,000 and
debts at $530,000.
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WILL SAVE $150,000
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —The an
| nual assembly of the Presbyteria
j of America may be omitted this
j year thereby affecting a saving of
! $150,000.
ATTACHED RECEIPTS
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —After the
fight between Camera and Schaff.
the sheriff of New York attached
Camera’s share of the Gate re
ceipts.
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BURNED TO DEATH
TACOMA, Feb. 13, —Fire des
, troyed the six-story Avalon apart
' ments. One tenant, James Slater,
50, was burned to death and three
firemen injured.
FUNDS INCREASED
j WASHINGTON, D- C. Feb. 13, —
Funds for the Army wTere increased
a million dollars Saturday and an
additional $500,000 for the Offiicers’
training camps.
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A REAL OFFICER
j OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 13, —Police
i Officer G. L. Moore received a
j broadcast from headquarters that
j three men had held up a store. He
j sped to the scene and, single
! banded, affected their capture,
j When he drove up to the police
J station he had the three men
I strapped across the hood of his
car.
TERRiFIC EXPLOSIONS
BENZINE TANKS BOOT
DEATH TO SCORES
! NEUNKIRCHEN, Germany. Feb.
13, —A terrific gas tank explosion
1 Saturday took a toll of 170 lives,
injured at least 1,000 and practi- I
cally demolished the town. The
blast was heard 30 miles away. j
The explosion occured at a ben
zine plant and released 210,000 cu
bic meters of poisonous gas which
claimed many of the lives.
The scene following the catas
trophy resembled a war-wrecked
town and considerable danger
i lurked for searchers and rescuing
j parties from toppling walls. Rail
! road lines were disrupted and the
| town, for some hour's, faced a food
shortage.
Thirty thousand haggared men
and women, thrown out of work by
the explosion, wandered in a daze
Saturday over the countryside and j
in the shattered town. Most of
them were garbed in torn and
i burned clothes.
:'iPP( WUDR'm i
SMITH, HAD NARROW
ESCAPE III ULM;
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13, —!
Alfred E. Smith, the “Happy War- i
rior,” became a romantic hero yes- j
terday in the eyes of four pretty j
but silly girls, when he stumbled
into their arms; but not in the
best accepted Don Juan style.
It was all a surprise to the five
of them. The girls jammed into
1 the elevator of the building where
j the Reconstruction Finance Corp- |
| oration has its offices, and rode up '
; to the ninth floor.
There is a tiny crack alongside j
the glass in the board-room door,
1 so the girls lined up and peeked
| through the crack.
Suddenly, without a sound, the
door swung open and into the girls
fell the man with the brown der
by. He was after a drink
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13. —
Revision of President Hoover’s!
farewell address to the American j
people was completed yesterday, j
He will deliver it at the Lincoln j
Day dinner of the National Re- j
publican Club in New York tonite.!
Because of the historic impor-;
tance which Mr. Hoover hopes to j
attach to this utterance, he pre
pared it with special care.
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President Hoover’s broadcast
today should be received locally
at about 5 p. m.
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MADMAN AMOK
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 13.—A mad- j
i man ran amok at an auction sale.,
killing a detective and wounding;
several persons before he wa,s shot j
in the head by another detective. |
Gene Ray was the maniac. After j
killing the detective he poured 15
bullets into a crowd of 75 before he j
was killed.
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Three others have since died, ac
cording to later news reports.
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GENERAL BETTER HEALTH
MIDLAND, Tex., Feb. 13, —Gen- |
eral John J. Pershing, ill here with
bronchitis and laringitis, was well |
enough Sunday to take an auto
mobile ride with his physicians.
DOES NOT WANT IT
CHICAGO, Feb. il.—Newton D.j
Baker, Secretary of War under the j
Wilson administration, will refuse l
a cabinet position with the Roose
velt administration, should one be
offered him, his daughter here said
yesterday.
STATUS QUO
. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 13, —
The Grange movement to recall
Gov. James Rolph Jr., is at a
standstill, a spokesman said, during
the next few days while a meet
ing of Grange officers discuss new
angles. Even the petitions have not
yet been printed.
NEW ClMK
FORECAST CONIINE!!!
CHICAGO, Feb. 13, —A new cold
wave from the Northwest was fore- i
cast for last night as a large sec- j
tion of North America struggled
to relieve distress brought by last:
week’s deadly blast.
Government weather observers
said temperatures would drop to
zero over a vast section of the
mid-West where many of last
week’s 150 blizzard victims were
counted.
The new cold wave caused relief j
agencies, already who have saved
thousands of lives, to redouble
their efforts.
SHOT IN THE EYE
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 13.—
Gordon Wescott, one of a mob in a !
sham battle on the Warner Bros.’ |
film lot, was struck in the eye by
a wadding from a blank cartridge i
and may lose his sight.
TOKO ■ IS ON:
SMOKE PRICES TULL
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—War be-j
tween America’s four great tobacco;
concerns has broken out to the
benefit of millions of smokers.
The American Tobacco Company
announced a cut in Lucky Strike
cigarettes to $5.50 per 1,000. Retail
stores are selling a package for 10
cents, the lowest price on record.
R. J. Reynolds, manufacturers of !
Camels, and Loillard, who produce
Old Gold, immediately announced
they were meeting the Lucky j
Strike price.
IR MKT RREKK
OUT IN S FEW WEEKS
LONDON, Feb. 13, —The next
war will not be long coming if the
disarmament conference in Ge
neva breaks down this week, Gen
eral Sir Ian Hamilton, elderly sol
dier and writer, predicted in an
address before the metropolitan
branch of the British legation.
However, it will be over in as1
many wreeks as the World War
took years, he said.
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COMPETITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.—
States are collecting millions of
dollars in taxes in competition with
the Federal government. There
are 326 duplications and at the
Governors’ conference with Presi
dent-elect Roosevelt. March 6, Mr.
Roosevelt hopes to start machinery
to segregate them.
NOT YET RECOVERED
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —Still suf
fering from partial paralysis as a
result of an inter-cranial fracture,
from his fight with Primo Car
nera Friday night, Ernie Schaaf
fought grimly for full conscious- j
ness in the Polyclinic hospital with \
two physicians struggling at the
side of the stricken California- j
sailor pugilist.
FALLS TO THIRD
WASHINGTON D. C., Feb. 13, —!
The U. S. Navy is about to slip
back to third place in naval pow
ers of the wrorld, providing propos
ed slashes in appropriations are
made, it was announced.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 13, —
The weather man climbed to the
top of his tall tower to record the
temperature and froze his nose.
“It bane d— cold,” he is alleged to
have said.
VANDALISM
SEATTLE, Feb- 13.—Police ar
riding street cars in an effort t
helt vandalism by school chiidrei
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WHEAT FOR COFFEE
REGINA, Sask., Feb. 13.—Farm
ers in this area are roasting an
crushing wheat from which the
prepare a substitute for coffee.
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OLD STYLES RETURN
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.^Styles c
the late 90’s are coming back, wa
the announcement of Dame Fash
ion today.
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REPORT DENIED
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 13.—A ne^
political party is reported as bein
formed but W. J. Bowser, K. C
and his friends deny it.
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COUNTERFEITER
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —A band o
counterfeiteres was arrested hen
They were making English five
pound notes.
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FERRY BUILDING BLAZE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, -
Piling, near the Ferry Buildin
slips, caught fire imperilng th
famous structure for an hour.
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NATIONAL MONUMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 13. -
Death Valley, consisting of 1,600.
000 acres, was made a Nationa
Park Saturday.
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MOVING TO EUROPE
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —It is un
derstood that Col. and Mrs. Cha*
A. Lindbergh are contemplatini
moving to Europe to reside.
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CABINET RESIGNING
PARIS, Feb. 13, —Because o
opposition to plans for balancin
the budget, the recently appoints
French cabinet is expected to re
sign.
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INDIA GOLD TO ENGLAND
BOMBAY, India, Feb. 13, — Indi;
shipped $300,000,000 in gold durinj
the last 15 months. The gold was
for the most part, for payment o
private loans.
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A FAMOUS CLOWN
NEW YORK. Feb- 13.—De Wol
Hopper. 75 years of age and mar
ried six times, has returned ti
Broadway and is appearing h
“The Monster.”
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SWALLOWED A FORK
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. 13, —Mar;
Santwell is to undergo an opera
tion here. She accidentally swal
lowede a seven-inch fork, hand!
first.
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DISSOLUTION ORDERED
BUHAREST, Rumania, Feb 13
Dissolution of all branches of th
Communist party in this countr;
was ordered today by the govern
ment.
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CAMERA MEN BUSY
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 13, —Th
Pope, for the first itme, posed fo
moving picture men and also, fo
a fewr moments, spoke for before ;
“talkie” recording machine.
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SCHAAF KNOCKED OUT
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —Prim
Carnerva, giant Italian heavj
knocked out Ernie Schaaf of Cali
fornia in the 13th round of
scheduled 15-round bout.
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JOHN D. RYAN DEAD
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. —John E
Ryan, 68, head of the Anacond
Mining Company and director i:
a score of other national firm
died Saturday from heart troubl<
He was ill only a day.
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BUILD FROM WITHIN
BERLIN, Feb. 13.—Chancellc
Adolf Hitler appealed to the natio
to save itseelf and not to look fe
outside help, relating the humilia
tion imposed on Germany by na
tions following the World War. H
asked the voters to give his part
four years to restore prosperity.
STATE LEGISLATURES
UF “TO TIB BECKS"
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CHICAGO. Feb., 13, —Efforts to
reduce government expenditures,
introduction of unusual proposals
and attacks upon the prohibition
laws, featured activities of the last
week in State legislatures which
are in session throughout the na
tion.
Since the first of the 42 legisla
tures now in session convened
more than a month ago, taxes and
expenditures have been two of the
principal subjects of debate. Num
erous proposals to reduce costs of
government operation have clash
ed in principle with the numerous
other proposals to balance bud
gets by increasing taxes.
ST SOVIET Russia
GENEVA, Feb. 13. —A broad hint
that Japan’s military policy in
Manchuria and Jehol province in
China may really be aimed chiefly
at Soviet Russia, was contained in
documents made public by the
Japanese delegation.
This interesting development was
revealed when Yosuki Matsuoka,
chief Japanese delegate, published
the preface he wrote January 25
to his speeches before the assem
bly of the League of Nations last
December.
iPOUH IMRE
II BROKE BBT SUNDRY
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BERLIN, Feb. 13, —Political war
fare between Communists and
Fascists broke out again in many
l sections of the country Sunday as
the general elections campaign
proceeded.
f The casualties included at least
I three dead and a score or more
wounded. Two Fascists were shot
and killed and 12 Communists bad
f ly wounded during a battle in
Eisleben province. Saxony.
LEIPZIG, Germany. Feb. 13, —
? Gossips who expected to verify by
i the actions of Chancellor Adolf
Hitler and Frau Winifred Wagner
rumors of their impending en
- gagement, were disappointed.
?i Arriving at a ceremony com
memorating the 50th anniversary
. of the death of Richard Wagner,
the composer, both the bachelor
i Chancellor and the widow of Wag
| ner’s son, Siegfried, greeted each
? other formally though cordially.
3 CHICAGO, Feb. 13, —Attorney
' I Clarence Darrow promised five De
I troit workmen last night that he
| would help them in their strike
against the Briggs manufacturing
company.
The five men came here as re
>. presentatives of' workmen who
i struck three weeks ago, forcing
i the plant to close for a week and
thus forced all Ford plants in the
!. country to shut down. The Briggs
plant makes bodies for Ford auto
mobiles.
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CONDITION THE SAME
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, —James J.
Corbett’s condition was still un
changed, attendants at the home
of the former heavyweight cham
pion announced. He did not ap
pear any stronger or weaker than
when his serious heart ailment re
turned 10 days ago.
CITY VS HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW NIGHT