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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 8.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JA NUARY 11, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
JAPANESE 5IHIISE
ATTACK ON STRIGETIC
POINT IN GREAT ILL
PIEPING. China, Jan. 11, —The'
Japanese threw picked troop? into i
a surprise attack on Chimoenkuo, a
stragetic point in the Great Wall. |
launching a new major offensive
in their campaign to effect the
complete subjugation of the pro
vince of Jehol.
The battle raged throughout the
day. with the Chinese regulars
fighting fiercely to repulse the in- i
vaders and prevent them from
again piercing the historic wall.
The Japanese opened up with a i
heavy artillery bombardment, fol
lowed with infantry and cavalry
charges and an intermittent aerial
bombardment.
The battle occurred about 10
miles north of Shanhaikwan, seiz
ed by the Japanese about a week
ago though one report yesterday
said that all the towns alleged to
have been captured oy Japanese
are still in the hands of the Chi
nese. The Shanhaikwan sector re
mained Quiet, aside from troop
movements.
The Japanese moved cavalry
from Chainchow’ and infantry bri
gades from Shanhaikwan toward
Chiomenkuo on the inside of the
Great Wall, while their major force
attacked the stragetic point from
the outside.
It is reported 25.000 Chinese
troops are advanced on Jehol,
organized into five brigades. Muni
tions and supplies for this army are
pouring into the area.
FIRST WITNESS BEFORE
ROLPH IWESmORS
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jail. 1, —
With Col. Walter A. Garrison, oust
ed state director of public works,
as the first witness, the Senate
committee investigating rumors of
irregularities in the Gov. James
Rolph. Jr., administration, held its
first session yesterday.
Governor Rolph dismissed Col
onel Garrison and his chief deputy,
James I. Herz. three months ago.
EIGHTH HOLE-IR-ONE
ATLANTA. Ga., Jan. 10.—One1
hole in one. or maybe two, might be
a respectable lifetime average for ;
any lucky golfer who devotes him
self to the game. But howja like to
stand up to the tee, wham away at;
the ball and witch it plop snug into
the cup on a distant green, not
once, not twice, but eight times.
Theyr’e calling George Sargeant,
pro on the East Lake Country club
course, where Bobby Jones learned
to play, the Babe Ruth of golf since
he tallied eight dodos during a
forecome here. I
BIG LEAGUE CLUBS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. -Four j
big league clubs will train in Cali- j
fornia this coming spring, making j
this state next to Florida as a fa
vorite site for conditioning purpos- |
es.
The clubs which have chosen the j
Golden State are the Chicago White |
Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Gi
ants and the Pittsburg Pirates. |
Detroit, which last year trained at i
Sacramento, switched to San An- 1
tonio, Texas, which was the train
ing grounds for the Chicago White
Sox until this season.
ITALY’S MILLIONAIRES
ROME. Jan. 11, UP)—Italy has
15,000 millionaires, a semi-official.
census has disclosed, bat the calcu
lations are based upon lire, worth I
currently only a little under 20 to
the dollar. Hence the owner of 1,
000,000 lire would have approxi
maetly $50,000 if he took his money
to America.
CALLS FOR TARIFF CUT
J TORONTO. Jan. 11, —Sir John
Aird, president of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, called on all
nations to make a general reduc
tion of 10 per cent in their tariffs
! as a means of aiding business up
j turn. He was addressing the annual |
meeting of shareholders.
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 11, —
Col. Walter E. Garrison, former
state director of public works, told
a Senate investigating committee
that Gov. James Rolph. Jr., ordered
a S400.000 paved highway built
through the Governor’s ranch in
San Mateo Valley.
Colonel Garrison testified before
the committee investigating charg
es of graft and patronage made
against the Rolph administration
- as the inquiry got underway
other charges laid before the
i committee were that Rolph solic
ited funds from his appointees for
| the campaign to defeat Senator J. {
M. Inman at the August primary. '
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11, —'The j
local police were guarding J. A. j
Newcomb, wealthy hotel owner and i
his wife and three children, follow- ]
ing receipt of an anonymous let
ter threatening death.
At the same time in San Rafael,
Sheriff Walter B. Sellmer of Mar-!
in county, arrested a suspect in the |
Dollar family $5,000 extortion plot.:
Authorities expressed the belief j
there was no connection between1
the two cases
TEUR DECLINES TO !
TURN PROFESSIONAL
—
BERKELEY. Calif.. Jan. 10.— i
Hank Schaldach University of Cal- !
ifornia halfback, who starred in the
East-West game at San Francisco. |
has declined an offer to play pro
fessional football. Schaldach was
offered a place on the pro team ;
Ernie Nevers is recruiting to play;
the Green Bay Packers January 22. j
“My fodtball playing days are |
over.” Schaldach said, announcing j
he expected to turn his attention to j
the study of law.
TILDEN ‘THE GREAT
NEW YORK, Jan. 'll, —“Chain
store” tennis is the next step in the
I evolution of the racquet game,
: William T. Tilden, 2nd, said as he
I announced formally his intention
! to retire from competition to enter
1 this new field.
Tilden said he would withdraw
permanently from competition late
this year because “I feel it is rath
er useless to continue playing af
: ter 40.” He will be 40 next month.
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NICE. Jan. 10, —James J. Wal
ker, former mayor of New York who
i resigned under fire, is considering
an offer to become the American
agent for d group of French wine
growers and a sort of a “Czar” of!
‘ wine exporters, it was learned.
The wine growers sent Henri
Cochet, French tennis star, as their
emissary. Mr. Walker said he would .
give the proposition careful con-1
i sideration.
PLEAD GlILTY
LOS ANGELES, Jan.
Berrara, broker, plead
grand theft. He will be
Thursday.
11, —Rex
guilty to
sentenced j
PRODUCTION OF
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER WITH
MORE MEN IN THE PLACER
FIELD
Gold production in Alaska for
the year 1932 was S9.539.000. an in
crease of $32,000 over that of 1931.
according to a report of the United
States Geological Survey, just issu
ed. Of this 44 per cent was pro
duced from lodes, principal among
which was the Alaska Juneau and
Hirst-Chichagoff, and 56 percent
came from placers, estimated to be
valued at $5,312,000. or about $470,
000 more than v/as recovered from
placers in 1931.
Approximately 30 per cent of this
production came from the Yukon
region, with the remainder of the
Territory contributing the remain
ing 20 per cent. The Fairbanks
Exploration Company led the list,
with Nome following, and the re
mainder contributer by Cook Inlet,
Susitna, Kuskokwim, Copper River.
Eighty-one per cent of the pla
cer gold was recovered by dredges,
and was essentially the same as in
1931. Twenty-four dredges partic
ipated in this recovery,on an aver
age of $321,939.68 per dredge.
COAL SHOWS LOSS
Copper showed production of
only $531,000, a loss of $1,346,000
for the year, due to the slump in
price of copper and cessation of
operations.
Silver showed a slump to $73,000
as against a production of 102,000
in 1391, a loss of $29,000, also due
to the low price of silver as this is
a by-product of gold mining.
Coal showed a loss of $21,000. on
a production of $535,000 as against
$556,000 in 1931.
Other minerals showed a gain of
$24,000 on a production of S260.000
in 1932 as against $236,000 in 1931.
This was divided between plati
num. petroleum, tin and marble
The small margin of 19 per cent
of placer production by other than
dredges indicates the general le
thargy on tire part of the prospec
tor in seeking this method of earn
ing a livelihood.
NEW DISCOVERIES
As pointed out by the Geological
Survey there are no indications of
material additions to the dredging
fleet in 1933. Hence the increased
production, if any, must come from
lode mining and hand placer.
In this latter respect, the outlook
is brighter than for many years
owing to the new discoveries of
quartz and the lowering of the costs
of commodities.
The prospector can now obtain
his grubstake for approximately 50
per cent less than two years ago.
and thus his gold carries a value of
50 per cent more than for many
years following the war.
The outlook is that next spring
will see quadruple the number of
men sniping than during the pre
vious year, not considering the pos
sibilities of new discoveries, which
are altogether probable gauged by
the increased interest in the sub
ject of mining.
As it is, the fact that Alaska end
ed the year with a gain instead of
a loss in its chief commodity is in
itself encouraging.
The survey’s comparison of the
mineral production for the past
two years follows:
Gold . ..
Copper
Silver ...
Coal .
1932
. $9,589,000
531,000
73,000
... 535,000
1931 I
$9,507,000
1,877,000
102,000
556.000
Lead, petrole
um. marble,
p 1 a t i n u m,
etc
230.000
236,003
SON BORN TO WIDOW
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11, —A
con was born to Libby Holman Rey
nolds, widow of the late Smith
Reynolds, at the Pennsylvania hos
pital. The child, the potential heir
to the $15,000,000 or $18,000,000
estate of his father, mysteriously j
shot at his home at Reynolda, nearj
Winston-Salem, was born at 6:431
yesterday morning.
PUZZLES SCIENTISTS
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 11, —Med
ical scientists sought yesterday to
combat and classify a rare and
mystifying disease that has killed
eight persons in this city within as |
many months.
The last of the deaths occurred
five days ago when two-year-old
Thelma Johnson was stricken and
died within 24 hours.
Sometimes the disease is fatal!
within 12 hours but many recover. I
NO RAISE IN TAXES,
QUEBEC GOVERNMENT
QUEBEC, Jan. 11, —Quebec tax- !
payers breathed with relief Tues- J
day when it was learned that the
Quebec government intended to
announce at the opening o f
the legislature, that the burden of
taxation will not be increased des
pite the extraordinary calls on
Provincial funds to cope wTith the
situation arising out of the econo
mic stress.
OAKLAND. Calif., Jan. 11. —East
Bay communities prepared to de
mand reduced ferry rates and |
guarantees of unimpaired train j
service, following the proposed key j
system and Southern Pacific mer-:
ger.
The Berkeley city council in a re- i
solution to the railroad commis- j
sion asked that no action be taken J
on the railroad companys applica- i
tion until the city had an oppor
tunity to present its case
MOSCOW. Jan. 11.- First returns
from the Communist party “clean
sing.” which began on the first of
the year and is now in full swing
all over the country, report that 30
per cent of the membership in a
few agricultural regions of the
north Caucassus country have been
expelled, either for active or pass
ive subversive activity, carelessness
or inefficiency.
GREAT CHOI
ATHLETE IS GULLED
SAULT ST. MARIE,. Ont, Jan. 11,
—George Reginald Gray, one of the
greatest athletes Canada has ever
acclaimed, is dead here.
For several years he was cham
pion in the shot put in Canada and
the United States, and at. the
World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893 he
set a world’s record of 47 feet for
the throw
He was born in Coal Water, Ont.
in 1855, retiring from competition
in 1902.
HI STABBED TO
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, —From
the chest of a four-months-old
baby protruded the hilt of a stilet
to. The six-inch blade had pene
trated the tiny body and its point
was imbedded in the mattress of
the crib.
The murder puzzled the New
York police department. Commis
sioner Edward Mulrooney, white- j
faced after a visit to the morgue.
where he examined the body, com-1
manded a quick solution.
i
RETRENCHING
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11. —Tm* j
University of California is plan
ning to reduce athletic expeditures
$55,000 this year. Stanford will re
auce her’s $30,000. St. Mary’s will
continue along present lines.
HIGH GRADE STOLEN
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Jan.
11, —The theft of 102 sacks of gold
nuggets and high grade ore valued
at $22,000, was reported to the !
sheriff’s office here and a posse was
organized to hunt in the desert for
the thieves.
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 11, —
i Without even a flurry of excite-;
ment, an army of 1,000 hunger,
marchers assembled in Sacramen- j
to yesterday, marched to the State
! capitol. and presented their de- j
mands for relief at a joint session
of both Houses of the legislature. .
While the State capitol resemb
led an armed garrison, with more
than 150 city, county and state of
ficers armed with pistols, rifles and
tear-gas bombs, the unemployed
went through their program in an !
orderly manner and no disturbance.
Among the demands of the hun
ger marchers was $50 a month for}
each unemployed head of a family, J
and $10 a month for unemployed
single men and women; and a mor
atorium on all home and farm
loans and mortgages.
MIS VOLUNTARILY I
CUT 01 LMtSE SW
NEW YORK. Jan. 11, —Kenesaw1
: Landis, commissioner of organized
I baseball, who drew one of the high
j est salaries in baseball, $65,000 from
I 1926 to last year, has voluntarily i
j reduced that amount to $40,000 for 1
j 1933.
Commissioner Landis previously
i had taken a $15,000 cut for 1932.
! and the present $10,000 reduction
I puts him $25,000 under the amount
: he has received since he was re- j
I elected for a term of seven years in
1926.
Bimt SCENE mow
PEIPING, China, Jan. 11. —A
battle between the Japanese and
Chinese armies for possesion of
Chiumenkow Pass, in the Great
Wall of China, one of the impor
tant gateways leading from China
into the Province of Jehol. con
tinued to rage last night.
The Japanese advance, in which
cavalry, infantry and artillery par
ticipated, started at 6 a. m. Tues
day morning. The first contact was
with Chinese cavalry.
BE STIITE WITNESS
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 11, —Coun
ty Attorney Renz L. Jennings ob
tained an order from Superior
Judge Marlin T. Phelp to have
Winie Ruth Judd brought to Phoe
nix from the state prison at Flor
ence to appear as a state witness
today at the preliminary hearing
of John J. Halloran. charged with
being an accessory to the crime of
murder.
IN BANKING BUSINESS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. —A
San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce committee working on a
plan to replace the 12 Wingfield
banks in Nevada with a Nevada
branch bank system, left for that
city to confer with officials of the
Wingfield banks and to comolete
the plans.
MUST DEFEND TITLE
I NEW YORK. Jan- 11, —The New
| York: State Boxing Commission de
j cided to ask Jackie Fields of Calif -
I ornia when he intends to defend
| his welterweight title. James A.
Farley, campaign manager for
President-Elect Roosevelt, attend
ed the meeting of the commission
of which he has retained his chair
manship.
ROOSEVELT LOSINOI
TIME III PREPH6
NEW YORK. Jan. 11, —Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt yesterday call
ed on the “best minds” of the Wii
,:cn administration as a sequel to
the conversations on foreign af
fairs with Secretary of State Hen
ry Stimson.
While Mr. Roosevelt officially
dismissed the visits as “purely so
cial calls,” some of his friends thot
differently. They interpreted the
meetings as indicative of an early
movement towards settling of a
number of the more pressing in
ternational problems, including war
debt, disarmament and the tariff.
“Theie is nothing to tell.” the
President-Elect repeatedly remark
ed. Some sources close to Roosevelt
were inclined to the opinion that
a prospective cabinet lineup was
discussed with Colonel House in ad
dition to foreign affairs problems.
GOLFED IMPROVING
SANTA MONICA. Calif., Jan. II,
—General improvement was noted
last night in the condition of Gene
Sarazen, American and British
open golf champion, who is un
der treatment at the hospital for
influenza.
The stocky golf professional’s
temperature registered 103 at noon
but last night had dropped to 100,
Dr. Robt. O’Neal reported.
FOR WIDER RELIEF
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 11, —Dele
- gates to the first convention of cc
: operative exchanges laid the
; groundwork for a nation-wide ex
i tension of an organization which
alleviates unemployment and dis
! tress by exchanging the necessi
ties of life for labor.
More than 100 delegates and an
equal number of alternates repre
sented 75.000 California families
who are eeking out an existence by
this method of bartering services
for. foodstuff, commodities and
other essentials.
FASCISTS AND POLICE
PISTOL [(.CD OTHER
BERLIN, Jan. 11. —A score of
! persons were wounded when Fas
cists and police fought a running
pistol fight at midnight in a pub
lic park in the northeast labor
quarter.
Three Fascists were arrested.
The trouble started when 400 Fas
cists forced entrance to a Commu
nist mass meeting. Police reserves
, clubbed the invaders with batons,
but the Fascists sought shelter be
hind trees in the park and fired on
the police. They were finally dis
persed.
SENATE FILIBUSTER FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 11. —
A dozen progressives from the
south and west organized a fili
buster in the Senate yesterday to
force action on unemployment re
lief.
Under the leadership of Louis
iana ‘"Kingfish” Senator Huey P.
Long, the filibustering faction serv
ed notice that all .legislation will
be blocked until a relief measure
is brought forth.
HELPED SOME
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11, —The
15.0C0 jobless who have been work
ing the mother lodes in California,
added eight per cent to the State’s
annual output, according to the
Bureau of Mines; eight per cent
over that of 1931.