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VOLUME XXfX. NUMBER 10.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN LJARY 13,1933.
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WHO IS TOE NEXT STEP
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. —
Chinese Geneva representatives
warn the world that China is on
the brink of declaring war on Jap
an and urge an immediate offen
sive by the Nanking government
to retake Shanhaikwan.
All faith in the League of Na
tions is lost, they declare.
Scores of Chinese and Japanese
troop trains and marching units
are pouring into the battle area
where a fierce strugle is forecast
for Jehol province.
United States Minister Nelson
Johnson at Peiping, said he is
alarmed about the expected Jap
anese air bombardment of the
Chinese garrison at Peiping.
Advance guards and planes skir
mishing in bitter cold in the Je
hol ar.d along the Great Wall in
the Shanhaikwan region, are re
ported to be continuing action.
All peace parley reports were de
nied by China: they claim Japan
is sending out every sort of pro
paganda daily and that yester
day’s reported peace meeting was
utterly false.
COMMITTEE PROBING
DEEP ID DIG DP TIE
IIBT" ON ROEPH
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. —
Developments came thick and fast
in both Sacramento and San
Francisco as the State Senate in
vestigating committee continued to
press deeper into reports of alleg
ed irregularities in the James
Rolph. Jr., administration.
They included summoning of
Governor Rolph’s son. James. 3rd.
to appear next Wednesday with
records showing all insurance and
bonding business transacted with
contractors doing business for the
state or with state officials and
employees.
Rolph 3rd is a member of the
San Francisco insurance firm of
Rolph. Landis and Ellis which has
written millions of dollars worth
of state insurance in the last two
years.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 13, —Earl
Campbell, graduate manager at
the University of Washington, said
here yesterday that he “was cer
tain” that Jimmy Phelan would
accept a new three-year contract
as head football coah on his re
turn to Seattle from the East.
Campbell was here to attend a
meeting of graduate managers of
the Northwest division schools of
the Pacific Coast conference
NEW YORK. Jan. 13. —The de
pression struck perhaps its most
damaging blow to amateur sports
yesterday when the stewards of
the intercollegiate rowing asso
ciation voted to abandon the 1933
Poughkeepsie regatta.
This event has long been the
blue ribbon event of the college
navies. The news was not entirely
unexpected because a number of
schools had previously announced
competition in the 1933 regatta
would be omitted this year.
STOLE $30,000
BEREA. O., Jan. 13. —Two rob
bers held up the Commercial Sav
ings Bank of Berea, a suburb of
Cleveland, and got $30,000. In a
gun battle with citizens as they
sought to escape, one of the gun
men -was wounded and captured.
The other fled with the haul.
HAS NO ORDERS
LONDON, Jan. 13, —Andrew W.
Mellon, America’s billionaire am
bassador to England, arrived here
yesterday. He said he had nothing
to say about war. debt payments
and that he had no instructions
from the State department.
FREiR AIRMAIL PILOT
BUILDING REPUTATION:
OFF ON LONG TRIP
ISTRES AIRPORT. Marseilles,
France, Jan. 13. —Jean Mermoz,
most famous of French airmail
pilots, set off with a crew of four
yesterday to fly to Buenos Aires
and back to Paris within a week,
with four stops each way.
Mermoz was accompanied by
Assistant Pilot Capt. Carretier, Na
vigator Capt. Mailloux. Mechanic
Jousee. and Radio Operator Man
uel.
Mermoz planned to fly from
Marseilles to St. Louis. Senegal,
across the Atlantic to Natal. Bra
zil, and from Natal in two stages
to Buenos Aires.
THE WARMEST DAY
NEW YORK. Jan. 13. —The hot
test day in the history of this city
for this month of the year occured
yesterday when the thermometer
registered 53 degrees above.
THE DAY BEFORE
NEW YORK. Jan. 13, —From lo
cal sources of information it is be
lieved President-Elect Roosevelt
will announce the day before his
inauguration the names of the
members of his cabinet.
A
IN TIE CHI /ONE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13, —
Another sail fishing expedition,
this time off Panama, is in pros
pect for President Hoover after
leaving the White House March 4.
Although final plans are in
abeyance he has been considering
returning to his Palo Alto. Califor
nia home by way of the canal
which he has never seen.
DOMESTIC (HUTMENT
PUN IS (PPM
WASHINGTON, D- C. Jan. 13. —
The House approved, by a vote of
203 to 151, the Democratic emer
gency farm relief bill embodying
the domestic allotment plan, and
sent it to the Senate.
The bill was sponsored by Dem
ocratic leaders and is believed
generally to conform to the ideas
of President-Elect Roosevelt.
It would collect a processing tax
and pay producers of these com
modities a bounty on their share
of domestic production.
BOXING TITLE AT STAKE
CHICAGO. Jan. 13, —The world’s
featherweight boxing champion
ship will be at stake tonight when
Tomy Paul, Little Buffalo battler,
makes his first titular defense
against Freddie Miller, Cincinnati
southpaw
DUTIFUL GIRL
TIKES I OUNCE
MONTREAL. Quebec, Jan. 13, —
Dorothy Knapp, former New York
stage star and often called the
most beautiful girl in the world,
was married Thursday to J. Ed
monds, one of Canada's best
known of radio announcers.
The marriage took place at
Rouses Point. N. Y.. after which
the couple returned here. The
bride appeared in Earl Carrol's
“Vanities” last year.
HOWLING GALE
KETCHIKAN. Jan. 13, —A howl
ing gale and thick rainstorm vis
ited this city yesterday and during
the night.
CXO
DECISION MAY BE DETERMIN
ING FACTOR IN STRENGTH
ENING SET-UP
Political Washington has heard
j with seme surprise that President- |
’ elect Roosevelt intends to perpetu- 1
: ate the system of multiple White
House secretaries—a system which
1 many think has not worked well
| under President Hoover.
There has been much expecta
[ tion that a part of the “new deal”
; would be the installation of a sin
i gle secretary, in place of the pres
| ent three.
It remains, however, for the in
1 coming President to disclose how
I the secretarial duties shall be dis
' tributed—a decision which may
; after all, be the determining fac
! tor. changing and strengthening j
i materially the three-way set-up.
i There is no dcubt that Mr.
Roosevelt has this question of i
l White House office management
: very near the top of his list of
I important pboblems for solution
i after March 4. The December vis
j it of Louis Me House to the
; White House to study this ques
: tion is prime evidence of steps to
! ward special preparedness.
SYSTEM COMPLICATED
So far as the public is concern- j
ed. many complaints about the j
Hoover secretariat have been |
traceable to the apparent lack of!
a definite division of responsibili
ty among the three secretarial of
fices.
One labor leader, after a call at
; the White House, told his friends
j that he never -would go there again
because he had been shunted from
one secretary to another without
i finding any of them fully prepared i
1 to deal with him, and had left
completely baffled and defeated.
Another source of complication
i has been the fact that one or
j more of the secretaries frequently
; have appeared wholly in the dark
j as to what the others and the
President himself were doing about
' matters.
Overlapping and lack of coordi
nation probably cannot be entire-1
ly eliminated from such a system,
but the more there is of it the
more the President suffers and the
j weaker is the organization on
: which he relies for very import
ant things.
ONE IMPORTANT CHANGE
j In that respect. Mr. Roosevelt
apparently does intend to made
1 one important change. He is con- i
| sidering for seceretarial posts)
! three men who have been his very
| close personal friends, and very
! close personal friends to each oth
; er. That Mr. Hoover did not do.
For more than a decade. Frank- ;
lin D. Roosevelt, Louis Howe, Mar- I
vin H. McIntyre and Stephen T.
Early have formed a group of con
fidants ’which lived up in every
' sense to the most inclusive mean
ing of the much-overused word.
They have foregathered with clos
est intimacy on many occasions,
and the exchange of opinions
j among them has been free of ev
j ery restraint.
Probably no three men any
j where could be said to know the
mind of the new President, or each
other's minds, better than Howe,
McIntyre and Early. Certainly if
the personal equation means any
thing, the new secretariat should
begin its duties with a vast ad
vantage over the old.
j TOKIO, Jan. 13. —The Mari-!
time radio at Hakodate at 4 p. m.j
I yesterday intercepted radio sig
i nals believed to have been an SOS
from the vessel Sakhalin, aopar
j ently in distress off the Siberian
j coast. Two other vessels reported
j having received the signals. Two
steamers were said to be standing'
I by. The Sakhalin had more than
200 passengers aboard.
NECESSARY VOTE IS
IN “THE HAT," SAYS
A NEWSPAPER POLL
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 13. — j
Completion of the Scripps-Howard j
poll of the Senate on the Blaine
prohibition revision amendment
indicated clearly that the neces
sary two-thirds vote will be ac
quired.
Of the 95 Senators the poll show- ,
ed. for the amendment in its pre- j
sent or eventually revised form 60. j
opposed 16. non-committal 20. If j
all the Senators are present and j
voting, 64 votes will be necessary i
for passage and sufficient of the'
20 who refused to commit them- i
selves are expected to vote for the
final measure to insure its pas
sage.
Two and possibly three vigorous j
fights will be made against sec
tions of the amendment and there l
is a possibility that the judiciary'
committee’s report will be over-1
ridden by state conventions in-1
stead of legislatures.
SKIRMISHES BUSTED
BETWEEN YELLOW MEN
NORTH OF GREAT WALL
PEIPING. China. Jan. 13, —Fight
ing north of the Great Wall along
the Jehol border, between Chinese
outposts and Japanese forces, was
reported in dispatches from the
front.
Patrols of Chinese regular troops
operating west of Lichiapao, north
of the Wall, encountered Man
chukuo troops. Skirmishes ensued
with casualties on both sides.
The Chinese reported 6,000 Jap
anese and Manchukuo troops had
been rushed up to the active sec
tor in the vicinity of Lingvuan.
north of Chiomenkuo, scene of
fighting along the Wall earier in
the week.
PASS THE“
• i
TC PRESIDENT-ELECT
GENEVA. Jan. 13. —President
Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt was
regarded by members of the
League of Nations as holding the
solution of the present dangerous
deadlock between China and Jap
an over the Manchurian problem.
The press learned from high of
ficials in the League that they felt
a statement from Roosevelt would
“aid immeasurably in showing the
League which wray to move in the
present situation.”
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, —Further
weakness in wheat prices checked
a rally in the stock market and
prices dipped to losses of a frac
tion to more than a point at the
close. Weakness in wheat was the
principal influence on the share
market.
Closing quotations:
Alaska Juneau 1234, A1 Chem.
87%, Am. Smelt. 14, Am. Tel. 107%,
Am. Tobac. 61%, Auburn 55%, B.
Loco. 6, B & O 10%, Beth. Steel
1634, Cal. Pack. 10%, Can. Pac
HVe, Case 4734. Chrysler 16%, Con.
Gas 62%, Eastman 59%, Dupont
4034, Gen. Elec. 16, Gen. Foods
26%, Gen. Mtrs. 14%, Goodrich
1634, Goodyear 1634. Int. Tel 8%.
Loews 2234, Mont. Ward 141%, Dairy
Prod. 17%, Pac. Gas 31%, Penn. RR
18, Pullman 22, Radio 5%, Radio
Keith 3%, Simmons 7%, So. Pac.
19%, Std. Oil Calif. 25, U. Carbide
2734, U. Oil Calif. 1134, U. Pac. 75%,!
Steel 31, Steel pfd. 65%, W. U. 2934,
Westinghouse 30%, Woolworth 3534
Wor. Pump 15%.
English sterling 3.35%.
60 DEAD IS RIOTS TOLL
MADRID. Spain, Jan. 13. —It is
estimated the death toil from the
nation-wide series of minor revolts
totals 60. Yesterday bombings and
looting of small stores in villages
were reported.
ELIMINATING PROTECTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13, —
Advocates of a larger army saw
their hopes tossed aside wfhen it
was recommended that another
budget slash be made in the army!
appropriation; under the recom
mendation $31,000,000 more may be
cut off.
JACKSON. Ky„ Jan. 13. —Two
men were shot and killed from
ambush yesterday i n “Bloody
Breathit” county.
The men killed were Deputy
Sheriff James Marshall. 49: and
Richard Jett, 60. a farmer whom
Marshall was taking to jail on a
minor charge.
Authorities be'ieved that Mar-,
shall was killed by some moun
taineer for revenue: Jett, they be-;
lieved was an innocent victim who.
stepped into the line of fire. The
killer escaped.
BODY PICKFORD IN N. Y.
NEW YORK. Jan. 13, —The body
of Jack Pickford. late movie actor,
arrived here yesterday from Paris j
aboard the SS Europa.
GRAIN TAX
MOSCOW, Jan. 13, —Grain taxes i
will be enforced instead of grain
requisitions, it was announced, as
a move to overcome the present
apathy and food shortage.
IIMEE IS SERIOUSLY
ILL, SAYS mil
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 13. —Strick
en by another long series of ill
nesses, Mrs. Aimee Semple Mc
Pherson Hutton, evangelist, was
reported in a coma last night by
her physician, Dr. L. C. Audrian.
Mrs. Hutton's condition is very
serious, said Dr. Andrian. “She is
in a state of coma. I do not choose,
however, to discuss the nature of
her ailment.”
DMMITIC 1 FOR
THE FARMERS SATE
NAAS, Kildare Island. Ireland.
Jan. 13. —A dramatic bid to cap
ture the Farmers vote in the com
ing general election was made by
former President William Cosgrove.
Mr. Cosgrove said that if he was
returned to power he would omit
the land annuity due from the
Farmers party to the Free State
state government of November and
December 1932. for June. Novem
ber and December of 1933, and for
June of 1934. This would delay col
lection until the end of 1934.
SALES FISHING TIME
i
ST. LOUIS. Jan 11. (£>)—The sale
of fishing tackle has increased four
fold since the depression estimates j
W. H. Ruhaak, sporting goods buy- j
er and statistician.
Ruhaak, whose job includes in
vestigating fishing conditions in all (
sections of the country, expressed
the opinion that men and women j
out of work were turning to fishing
for food as well as sport.
OVER-SUBSCRIBED
MONTREAL, Jan. 13. —The Pro
vince of Quebec four and one-half
per cent 30 year loan has been
over-subscribed and the books;
were ordered closed for subscrip-;
tions a few hours after opening.!
The issue was for $9,000,000.
SO SHE SAYS
RENO, Nev., Jan. 13, —Charging
cruelty, Helen Louise Blauner,
daughter of the famous Russian
ballet master, Chalif, filed suit for
divorce against Seymour A. Blau
ner, New York broker.
UNEMROYED OF U. S.
FI NOT CARES FOR OS
ARE THE 00ITI5KERS
WASHINGTON, D. G\, Jan. 13, —
Unemployed families in Great
Britain are not hungry. Unem
ployment insurance payments and
poor relief there provide food suf
ficient to preserve health.
In the United States “they do
not starve to death, but they do
starve.” Children “will pay physi
cally all their lives.”
In Great Britain unemployment
families are not evicted. They pay
rent from relief funds adequate
for their purpose and retain a
keen sense of responsibility for all
their obligations.
In the United States, where re
lief agencies no longer provide
rent money, families are afraid to
answer a knock on the door, are
evicted sometimes five or six times
a year, and become adept in cheat
ing the landlord.
ONE MINUTE QUAKE
NEW SOUTH WALES. Jan. 13, —
An earth shock, lasting one minute,
wrecked two houses here Thursday.
ON GREAT DISPLAY OF
GRIT, GOLF TOURNEY
AGUA CALIENTE. Mex., Jan. 13,
—Ray Mangrum. steadying after
a bad seven on the first hole, a
par five, finished the second round
of the S7.500 Agua Calient-e Open
Golf Tourney yesterday with a
card of 72 par for a grand total
of 141 and a lead of two strokes
over the field.
While the 22 year-old boy from
Waco. Texas was making that dis
play of grit, two other youngsters
put the veterans in complete
eclipse.
Paul Runyon, a 24 year-old from
White Plains. N. Y.. matched Man
grum’s fine first day score of 69
on his second round and jumped
into second place with 143.
A stroke behind him with 144
came Archie Hambrick. 23 year-old
Zanesville, Ohio professional.
BREWERS OX THE JOB
WASHINGTON, D. C . Jan. 13. —
The brewing circle is quite active
in the capital endeavoring to as
certain if it will be possible to
begin brewing without interference
from the law.
FORTY PERSONS WERE
JtED IS COMMUNISTS
TORONTO. Jan. 13, —Forty per
sons were taken into custody at
Ukrain hall Thursday and two of
them were charged under section
98 of the Canadian crime act with
being members of the Communist
party.
The remainder were booked on
vagrancy charges- Police stated
that a Communist meeting was
under way.
LONDON. Jan. 13, —Fears that
Pilot H. Hinkler had met disaster
while seeking a new record for an
English-Australia flight, increas
ed yesterday. •
No word has been received of
the noted aviator since he took
off from England last Saturday
with a 25-hour supply of gasoline.
CLOSE JUNEAU SCHOOL
JUNEAU, Jan. 13. —Local schools,
which have been closed on account
of an epidemic of colds among the
pupils and teachers, will reopen
Monday. During the closing period
children have been forbidden to
enter theaters or places of public
meeting. Forty per cent of the at
tendance, and faculty members,
have been ill.