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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 42.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOTH SIDES APPEAR TO HAVE
NO OTHER INTENTION
THAN EIGHT
SHANGHAI, Feb. 19. (A*)— The
hundreds of American residents
who live in the most dangerous
spot in Shanghai because of the
prospect of a pitched battle be
tween the Chinese and Japanese
forces were advised by U. S. Consul
Edwin S. Cunningham to evacuate.
No arrangements have been made
to take the Americans out of the
city but Cunningham feared for
the safety of the Americans living
m the Hongkew and Yangtzepoo
districts because the Japanese
cruisers lying on the Wiiangpoo
River are likely to shell these
places- The British Consul gave
the same advice to his nationals.
• The Chinese guns continued their
bombardment and, seemingly, as a
prelude to the expected big battle
three Japanese blue-jackets were
Killed.
The Chinese have made hasty but
elaborate preparations for an ex
pected attack to be launched by
the Japanese as a result of the
Chinese refusing to accede to the
Nipponese ultimatum.
There was no sign that either
side had any other intention than
to fight and statements made by
commanders of both forces seem
to bear out the fact that they in
tend to put up their strongest ef
forts to oust each other.
Japanese military officials said
that the Chinese bombardment was,
» only a gesture of defiance on the
part of the Chinese.
The only effect that the serving
of the ultimatum, asking the Chin
ese to withdraw and accede to de
mands of the Japanese, has had ap
pears to be only a further speeding
up of defense preparations. The
Chinese have strengthened de
fenses in general but their most
stratgetic fortifying has been the
k further strengthening of defenses
around bridges to prevent any in
gress of the Japanese into the
Chinese positions.
American infantrymen have tak
en over the defense of the Inter
national Settlement and are in
trenched along a mile front.
UGSUDES SIFT til
60 FEET IlflD TIM
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. (/P)—
Four principal trains between here ■
and Los Angeles, the Lark, the i
Coaster, the Sunset and the Day
light Limited, were delayed by rea- j
son of a landslide that swept away
50 feet of Southern Pacific track
oelow' Santa Barbara.
Passengers were detoured by
ousses. Although sunshine pre
vailed. the State is still feeling the
effects of heavy rains.
FOLLOW THE LEADER
* GENEVA, Feb. 19, (IP)—Germany
called upon other nations to dis
arm to the plane she has disarmed
under the Versailles Treaty. Her
delegates said Germany has al
ready disarmed which must be the
direction which all other members
*. of the League of Nations must fol
low.
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OMIT EXTRA DIVIDEND
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 19. (/Pi
Directors of the Eastman Kodak
Company declared a regular quar
terly dividend of $1.25 on common
stock but omitted the extra divi
dend of 75 cents usually declared
at this time.
HANGS SELF
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 19. (/P)—Fi
nancial reverses and reported fur
ther love for Anne Nicholls, author
of '‘Abie’s Irish Rose,” caused Wil
liam D. Lignemare, 42, former busi
ness manager and fiancee of Miss
Nicholls, to hang himself at his
home here, police Indicated.
GOT 21 YEARS
PORTLAND, Ind., Feb. 19, —
Ex-Sheriff Ira Barton, convicted
on charges with helping to rob
banks and who yesterday attempt
ed to escape, was sentenced to 21
years imprisonment in the Indiana
penitentiary.
FOREIGNERS 10 LEAVE
TOKIO, Feb. 19, —Manchuria
and a portion of Mongolia will be
governed by an Emperor under
domination by Japan, it was de
clered here. A declaration of in
dependence lias been published to
this effect.
Reports today said that Japan
has severed relations with t h e
league of Nations.
The Japanese ultimatum to the
Chinese commanders at Shanghai
has been defied, the Chinese re
plying they will not evacuate. Chi
nese officials have warned all for
eigners in the international settle
i ment, as well as all Chinese wom
en and children, to leave Shanghai
at once for the far-interior re
gions—a place of safety; that the
enemy is in the international set
tlement and therefore the is no
neutral zone in Shanghai and “we
can no longer be held responsible.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19
t/P)—Representative George Tink
ham, of Massachusetts challenged
Bishop James Cannon to press libel
action against him. Bihop Can
non sued Tinkham after the latter
called the churchman a “spurious,
self-designated. moral leader
speking fro m an ecclesiastical
whitened sepulchre and a shame
less violator of the Federal corrupt
practice act.”
The Massachusetts Representa
tive urged that action be brought
to court early so that Bishop Can
non can be made to tell of his ac
tions in the anti-Smith campaign
in 1932.
STILL ALIVE
NEW YORK. Feb. 19, —The mil
lionaire junkman, Levine, best
knowm as the flying companion of
Ace Chamberlin in hopping the
Atlantic a few7 years ago, and who
has been missing for a year, was
located in a hospital suffering from
a broken leg.
NO OPPOSITION MADE
COEDIT EXPANSION Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.
(/P) — Oratory, all friendly to the
opposed measure, kept the credit
expansion bill before the Senate
awaiting a vote and final enact
ment. Not a single word of op
position was entered in the seven,
and almost eight hours, of debate
on the bill which is expected to re
store confidence to banking circles.
It is pointed out that even though
the bill is not yet a law, it already
appears to have done some good
as loans of brokers and dealers
have jumped some $13,000,000. At
the same time, the evil of hoarding
money appeared to have decreased.
FEAR MORE COLLAPSES
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 18. (/P}—
Engineers have ordered the remov
al of all heavy monuments from
| the Vatican library. A number of
i new cracks have been discovered
! and by the removal of these objects
[the engineers hope that they may
! avert further collapses until they
can make some repairs and
strengthen the building.
RACER ARRIVES
; NEW YORK, Feb. 19. (/F) — Sir
I Malcolm Campbell, holder of the
; world’s automobile speed record,
I arrived from England to attempt a
new record at Daytona Beach, Fla.
| His new car is known as the "Blue
i bird ”
NIL ID 1 USE
PROPOSED ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS, B! GARTER
WASHINGTON, D. C , Feb. 19. —
The proposal of building both a
naval and air base in the Aleutian
Islands as a means of defense for
the Pacific Coast is being investi
gated by Rep. Carter of California.
Representative Carter said that
many military students believe that
if the United States is attacked on
the Pacific, the attack will come
by way of the Aleutian Islands and
Alaska.
Rep. Carter said he planned to
confer immediately with officials
of the War and Navy departments
on the question.
CO-PILOT IT HI
IF SINGE MOW
ATLIN, Feb. 19. t/P)— Pilot Wil
liam B. Graham and his woman
co-pilot, Mrs. Edna Christoferson,
are still unreported and are now
three days overdue here.
Their Stinson plane was last
seen boring into adverse weather
conditions 100 miles south of At
lin. This was on Monday the 15th,
and since then they have been un
reported.
Three Canadian airmen at Van
couver are preparing to take off
on a search for the two missing
aviators who were bound for the
Arctic coast of Alaska.
NEW TRIAL DENIED
PHOENIX. Ariz. Feb. 19. —A
new trial vras denied Mrs. Winnie
Ruth Judd Her counsel will ap
peal to the State Supreme Court.
FIRE DAMAGE
RUNYON, Mont., Feb. 19, —Fire
here yesterday caused damage to
the amount estimated in the neigh
borhood of $2,000,0r0.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 19. —
The determination of the Demo
crats to better the Hoover economy
program, again showed up. an an
swer to the reaction to his call for
a reorganization of the executive
offices.
The Democrats continued their
plan to consolidate the Army and
Navy which plan is opposed by the
President.
The Democrats also propose to
investigate the numerous bureau
offices with the view of eliminating
many of them
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 19.
(/P)—The White House has banned
handshaking at receptions because
it presents too great a task for the
President at such a time as this.
This formal statement was issued
by President Hoover, explaining he
is so busy with pressing problems of
office, he has been forced to refuse
many organizations desiring to
shake hands in a body.
Instead, the President will grant
an audience to one or two repre
sentatives of each group, during
business hours. Mrs. Hoover will
continue to receive visitors when
ever possible.
ROCKET TRAVELING
NEW YORK, Feb. 19, —Reser
vations are now open for a trip to
the moon! A moon rocket is now
on display in a local museum. The
inventor declares one may now
travel to Chicago from New York
in 20 minutes, or from New York to
Ixmdon in four hours.
DEMPSEY BID NOT MAKE
A VERY BOOQ SHUNS
AGAINST KING LEVINSKY
CHICAGO. Feb. 19. (/P) — Jack
Dempsey, former heavyweight box
ing champion of the world, in his
afour-round exhibition bout with
King Levinsky, gave a poor show
ing of his chances to stage a “come
back" to regain the title he lost
; to Gene Tunney a number of years
ago.
Dempsey and Levinsky fought
i like two barroom enemies with Le
| vinsky walking right into Demp
! sey’s punches and coming back for
' more. Dempsey bobbed and
! weaved in his oldtime style but still
! Levinsky showed no fear of the
| “Manassa Mauler,” and the crowd
| of 23.322 people gave him a huge
ovation.
The match was a vicious toe to
toe battle with Levinsky crude but
he showed himself a powerful and
; fearless walloper by hitting the old
j champion almost whenever he
: pleased and taking everything
Dempsey had to offer.
The crowd which favored Levin
: sky as the winner of the bout paid
j $74,199 in gate receipts
As no decision was made because
lit was an exhibition match, a poll
! of newspaper writers was taken to
see who had won the battle. Le
! vinsky was given 18 votes against
; Dempsey’s two. Four of the news
! paper men voted for a draw
SMI M IS
! ii ii men
INCIDENT WOMAN SAYS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. (/P)—
I A manufactured incident of the
jsort that rapacious empires always
■ use to cloak their aggression, with
Japan as the agent and France and
j England as probable tacit acccm
| pi ices.
That is how the Japanese invas
; ion of Manchuria and China was
characterized by- Mrs- Margaret
Proctor Smith, widely known phi
, lari' hropist. whom authorities on
, Far East matters credit with hav
1 ing as thorough a knowledge of
j present-day China as any Amer
j ican.
i “It is ridiculous to say that the
i Municipal Council of Shanghai's
I International Settlement could not
I have halted Japan at the very be
5 ginning,” Mrs. Smith said.
The impression is growing that
! the exploiters of China wanted an
| international incident of this sort
! as an excuse for urging interven
I tion.
Jff CHILDREN LEARN
SENE EMEU EIHLT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. (IP)—
“What will you give the emperor,
the lord of heaven.” So runs the
first question of a Japanese school
child’s catechism and the child is
trained to answer, “All my posses
| sions and my life, when he re
, quires it.”
In the estimation of the Japan
ese, the sickly looking and be
spectacled young man, who sits in
the Palace at Tokyo, is not a mere
human being, but he is a God, the
son of Heaven and so were all his
ancestors in his heaven-born line.
CALIFORNIA STORMS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19. (IP)—
While this city experienced more
rain, other cities in Southern Cali
fornia and especially the mountain
regions had one of the most severe
snowstorms recorded in years.
More than three feet of snow are re
; ported to have fallen in one region
Many motorists are stranded on
mountain highways.
FIVE DAY WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.
(IP)—A five-day week with each
Saturday a legal holiday is provid
ed for in a bill introduced in the
Senate Thursday.
THREE RACES
SEATTLE, Feb. 19, —How many
races of mankind are there on i
earth, was the question propound
ed and asked of Professor Hrdlicka,
noted United States scientist. There j
are three, he replied, whites, yel-!
lows and blacks.
I1B1 ILL BE
FORM GSIERim
MUKDEN, Feb. 19. (/P>—The con
ference which opened here Wed
nesday for the purpose of formu
lating a new government in Man
churia already has accomplished a
I good deal of work
| The Japanese officials conferring
! with the Chinese leaders here have
| decided that the emblem of the
| new state shall be that of the dis
; carded five bar Chinese flag em
blazoned with the Rising Sun of
! Japan. The government will be
; republican in form,
i Since the new’ government was
! formed because of the Japanese
I occupation of Manchuria some five
! months ago, it will be distinctly
pro-Japanese. The name of the
person who will become the new'
state’s governor has not been re
; vealed but the name, Henry Pu Yi,
i former boy emperor, is constantly
linked writh this office.
LATER: The newspaper Asahi,
at Tokyo, said that Henry Pu Yi,
former boy emperor of China, was
unanimously elected chief executive
of the new state which was official
ly launched by the independence
proclamation issued yesterday.
Henry Pu Yi’s office will be
known s Genshu, w'hich translated
means either a sovereign- or chief
executive.
Genshu Pu Yi will reign over 30,
000.000 people and will be the chief
executive of a country which is a
i protectorate of Japan.
I
NEWFOUNDLAND MOB
NOT SHUSHED WITH
| ST JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 19. (VP)—
Prime Minister Sir Richard Squires
was struck in the face and other
wise treated rough by a mob of
unemployed men and women, who
stormed the Newfoundland coun
cil chamber, demanding larger
food rations.
Fighting their way through po
lice lines, the invaders entered the
Premier’s office and threatened to
throw him from a third story win
dow if he failed to meet their de
mands.
The Prime Minister attempted to
reason with them but was cut short
by blows in the face. Others hurl
ed broken window glass at him.
He attempted to escape but was
seized and held until he consented
to issue Instructions for larger al
lotments of food.
The mob of 2,000 was dissatis
fied with the dole of $1.60 per
month.
WARSAW, Feb. 19. (/P)—'The Sov
iet government is intensifying its
defense along the Manchuria bor
der, it was reported from reliable
sources. Military trains continue
to depart east daily.
The fear of war with Japan has
gripped the Russian people, who
know that if hostilities commence,
the Red Army will be rationed with
food and will not be compelled to
I fight on a starvation diet.
A strict censorship is being im
posed at Moscow relating to all
military movements.
SNOW DAMAGE
CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 19, —
Serious losses to farm property and
| cattle is reported from heavy falls
j of snow which have broken down
i many roofs.
CHINESE WILL NOT
SKIP ST MINE
TO SHELLJSPSNESE
VIRTUAL DECLARATION OF WAR
IS MADE BY GENERAL
TSAI TING KAI
SHANGHAI, Feb. 19. (/P) — Tho
Chinese army, in defying the ulti
matum served upon the Chinese
general, Tsai Ting Kai, ordering
that the Chinese bring about a ces
sation of hostilities by withdrawing
from Shanghai and establish a de
militarized zone in that city, an
swered the demands with a bom
bardment that swept over the sec
tors which the Japanese occupied.
! Chinese guns ranged down on Jap
! anese ships in Shanghai harbor
The Japanese base in the Inter
; national Settlement was also shell
j ed and these bouquets, sent over by
| the Chinese, flopped into theatres
| and restaurants where American
1 marines and soldiers, as well as
men from other nations, are wont
to go. However, there were no
casualties reported among the for
eign people.
The Chinese general character
ized Japan’s invading China as an
act of barbarism and he went on
to declare that China was not go -
ing to stand by and be fired upon
by the Japanese without returning
fire
He said that under the conditions
which existed, there was no neutral
international zone in Shanghai;
that the Chinese army expected to
be fired upon from any direction,
and that they would return this fire
no matter from whence it came,
whether from the International
Settlement or not. Hence he warn -
ed all foreigners and Chinese wo
| men and children that it would be
j best if they evacuate from Shang
j hai and the International Settle
i ment immediately.
The decision of the Chinese to re
sist the Japanese to the utmost has
i ended all hopes that- a truce may
;fce arranged. The only way a fight
between the two forces can be
| averted now Is for the Japanese to
[withdraw from Shanghai
American and British protests to
both China and Japan were reiter
) a ted and it was declared that both
i nations would hold both the Chin
! ese and the Japanese responsible
for any property damage which
j may result because of the hostii
i ities
i
BE
F’
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. (^—For
mer Governor Harry Byrd of Vir
ginia was viewed as a passible dark
horse candidate for the Democratic
Presidential nomination after con
ferences here with ex-Governor Al
Smith and John Raskob, chairman,
of the Democratic National Com
mittee.
Some Democratic leaders saw in
i Byrd’s activities, an attempt to win
| the Democratic nomination by pre
j cipitating a situaiton similar to
I that in the 1924 convention, when
j the strength of a favorite son can
i didate, concentrated behind Smith,
j prevented William McAdoo’s nom
' ination and caused the selection of
! John Davis.
LOAN VALUES DOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19
(JP)—Brokers’ loans decreased $19,
000,000 during the week ending
February 10, to a new record low'
of $486,000,000, the Federal Re
serve Board reported.
UNEMPLOYED RIOT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 18. (/P>
—Five hundred unemployed rioted
here, rushing through streets de
manding the discharge of negro
workers. One white man was slash -
ed by a negro and seriously wround
ed. The police arrested three lead
ers and dispersed the rest.