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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 42.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA GABLE IS
III CONGRESS NOW:
MAY SELL CHEAP
RADIO ACT AS CONTUSING AS
THE PROHIBITION LAWS
IT APPEARS
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WASHINGTON, Feb., 26. (IP)—
Identical bills authoring the
Secretary of War to sell to the
highest responsible bidder the
.Alaska cable, were introduced in
the House and Senate at the re
quest of the War department.
Under the bills the department
is empowered to sell the fed
eral interest in the properties,
either whole or in part after due
advertisement.
Congressional action at this
session is regarded unlikely.
Chairman Reed of the Senate;
military committee said no ac- j
cion has been taken as the com- ;
mittee will probably await House j
action.
Under the terms of the Radio j
act of 1927 it is construed as pro- '
hibiting the purchase of the sys- |
tern by any person or firiS not j
engaged in the communication
business, by wire or radio.
Another provision said its op- j
eration would be construed t-oj
violate the Radio aci. unless a;
monopoly was created.
Purchase of the system would
be open only to United States
citizens or corporations whose
controlling interests were in the
United States.
WELLINGTON, N. Z.. Feb, 26,
/P)_More than ISO persons were
killed in the Fiji Islands in the
worst hurricane and floods in
recent years, members of crew of
a government ship reported to
day on arrival from Suva.
They said the hurricane blew
a train off a track at Lauoka
causing numerous casualties.
The light house at Nadi was
blown down. The hurricane was
felt along a narrow strip only
outside of which the country was
not affected.
IT’S AN ILL WIND—
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Feb. 25. (ff)
—More than 500 cords of wood
have been cut from the trees
blown down in a local park by a
tornado of last fall. The wood
cutting provided jobs for unem
ployed.
ROYAL WEDDING
LONDON, Feb. 25. iff) —Miss
Tanis Guinness, daughter of Mr.
and late Mrs. Benjamin Guinness
was married to Honorable Drago
Montague, second son of the Earl;
of Sandwich, in a private chapeli
in Lambeth Palace.
JUDGE HILL APPROVED
WASHINGTON, Feb, 26, iff)—
The nomination of E. Coke Hill
as judge of the Third judicial
division in Alaska was approved
by the Senate.
MAN ELECTROCUTED
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb., 26, (/P)
Dne man was electrocuted and
three others were burned when a
boom on a construction derrick |
came too close to a higli ten
sion line and the current flashed,
across and grounded through the!
derrick. All were convicts.
NEW DELEGATE TO
CONGRESS IKES !
STRONG MEDICINE'
JUDGE WICKERSHAM TELLS j
WHY PROGRESS SHOULD
NOT BE IMPAIRED
SEATTLE, Feb., 26^ (/P)—Judge I
Wickersham, Delegate-elect from j
Alaska to Washington, D. C.,
who is enroute East to spend the
summer, declared the recent $500,
000 cut in the Alaska Railroad \
fund, will “kill the goose that!
laid the golden egg.”
“The people of Alaska are al- !
ready required to pay the highest
rates anywhere under the Amer
ican flag and to increase them
would be putting an unfair hand
icap in the road of the Territory, t
“Since 1867 the Territory has;
exported $1,762,968,496 in lurj
fish and minerals and imported
$907,873,941 worth of products ■
making the trade more than two j
and one-half billion dolars. a huge
sum to be taken from a wilder
ness by a few thousand pioneers, i
“But this is a mere trickle to j
the great stream of wealth which I
will flow into the United States
if Alaska’s development is unim- 1
paired by such steps as the pro- :
posed increase of rate* on the
Alaska Rairoad.”
Judge Wickersham will have no
duties at Delegate until Decem
ber unless a special session of
Congress is called. He intends to
go to Washington in a few weeks
by way of California.
PROFESSOR MURDERED
ZAGREB, Italy. Feb. 25. UP) —
Professor Milan Sufflay, one of
the best known leaders of the
extremist crowd was murdered
while walking through the streets
of Zagreb two days ago. The news
of the murder was concealed by
censors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 25, (/P)
—In the calm tones of one re
peating an anecdote, Charles A.
Simpson, a 19 year-old boy, con
fessed to the “torch killing” of
Mrs. Albina Voorhies, keeper of
a little grocery store at 15151
48th avenue.
This was one of the most
fiendishly cruel murders in:
modern times.
The lad admitted pouring ker
osene over her clothing and
touching a match to it while she
was still conscious.
OFFERS FREE SITE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 25, (£>)—
Through the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce, a site in the
Bay district was offered as the
home of the new United States
Military or Naval Academy.
SPEAKER LONG WORTH LEAVES
CHAIR TO ARGUE FOR
PASSAGE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, (£>)—
The House passed a resolution
to abolish the “lame duck” ses
sions in Congress by a vote of
289 votes to 93. The resolution
goes to the Senate and must be
approved by three-fourths of
the States.
It provides by Constituional
amendment to drop the short
session after November elections,
permitting the new Congress to
be seated January 4 instead of
13 months later, and inauguration
of the President January 24.
The resolution was substituted
for the Norris bill has passed
the Senate six times. With the
amendment it was sponsored by
Longworth, providing to termi
nate the second annual session
within four months. The amend
ment carried 230 to 148.
Longworth left the speaker’s
chair one of the few times since
he has occupied his position to
argue for the amendment, warn
ing Congress could be in session
perpetually without the amend
ment which would make way for
political conventions and cam
paigns.
STUDY RUSSIAN WASTES
LENINGRAD, Feb. 25. <7P> — A
conference for the study of
methods of making frozen ground
productive was held here at the
Academy of Sciences, It was es
timated that there are 271,000
square miles of such waste ter
ritory within the soviet union.
WILL NOW TAKE REST
LONDON, Feb. 25. (/P) —After
visiting the Birmingham indus
tries fair Monday Premier Ram
say MacDonald has decided to
take several days rest in the
south of England. He is not ill
but the parliamentary strain has
tired him.
RETIREMENT CONFIRMED
PHILADELPHIA, Feb., 25, (/Pi
Major General Smedley D. But
ler repeated here that he would
retire from .the Marine Corps
next September to go on a lec
ture tour.
MEDIUM LENGTH, FINE!
LONDON, Feb., 25, OP)—Queen
Mary has revealed that she does
not like long skirts and finds
them difficult to wear. “I like
frocks of medium length that
come just above the ankle,” she
said.
BIG SCOTTISH SCANDAL
LONDON, Feb., 26, (A>>—Thir
teen Scottish business men were
remanded to Glasgow police court
on charges of fraudulently * ap
propriating about $2,500,000 sub
scribed by the public to the Scot
tish Amalgamated Silk Limited.
The case is described, as the larg
est Scottish financial scandal for
generations.
RETIRES FROM BUSINESS
NEW YORK, Feb., 26, (IP)—
Charles Flint, organizer of the
United States Rubber Company,
American Woolen Company and
a score of other big corporations j
and who is known as the “.father
of Trusts" announced retirement
from business at the age of 81.
DIMS DENIES HE
LOBBIED FDD
AGAINST TARIFF
NO NAMES WERE MENTIONED
BUT DAVIS HE WAS THE
UNKNOWN SENATOR
WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, (IP)—\
Waiving senatorial i m. munity |
Senator Davis denied before the
Senate lobby committee that he
ever lobbied for or against sugar j
tariff or that he had received j
money for lobbying.
He said that if he is the. one I
referred to in the published re
ports, that an unnamed Senator {
received from $100,000 to $150,000 j
from a sugar company while the j
tariff act was under considera- j
| tion, it was a “contemptible lie.” j
j He said he held between $80,- ,
000 to $100,000 in st a’vS in the j
Celotox Company which makes j
board out of by-products from j
| sugar cane.
He said he never discussed the
| tariff with B. G. Dahlberg. pres
| ident of the company and that j
| he did not know whether the j
| company wanted a high or a low
| tariff.
• Investigation was started after
' Senator Nye called the newspaper
j article to the attention or the
| Senate and Chairman Caraway
; of the lobby committee who be- \
j gan the probe.
Davis, in a public statement
j insisted on an investigation,
j although neither Nye or the story
1 mentioned him.
I Nye recently said he would not
| attempt to press an attempt to j
; unseat Davis because of his al
leged huge primary campaign ex- ;
| penses.
i WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
| Feb, 25, </P)—The great landslide
south of Mohaka caused by re
cent earthquakes has lifted the
floor of the sea in this vicinity
70 feet, geological survey shows.
FUR PRICES STRONGEST
TACOMA, Feb., 26, (/P)—Buyers
from all the principal fur centers
in the United States and Canada
are here for the winter fur sales.
It is estimated the aggregated
i value of the first day’s sales to
taled $95,000.
Fox and marten are especially
sought and the prices are strong
er - than for many months.
Fur dealers said prosperous
conditions are seen.
Most of the fur is from Alaska
and intermountain states.
Robert Corel was sentenced to
serve a year and a day in the fed
eral penitentiary at McNeil’s Island
for grand larceny in the Fairbanks
court, says the Fairbanks Min
er.
DISHWI1TI0N IS
SUGGESTED REGARD
BRITISH INCOMES
FRENCH GOVERNMENT REPAYS
BRITISH BONDHOLDERS IN
ONE FIFTH VALUE FRANCS
LONDON, Feb. 25. (/P)—A pro
posal that British investors deriv
ing their incomes from investments
made abroad be made to pay
higher tax rates than citizens
making their money from invest
ment in companies originating in
Great Britain, her dominions and
colonies was put before the House
of Commonse informally by Sir
Cooper Rawson, conservative.
Sir Cooper asked Philip) Snow
den, Chancellor of Exchequer, if
such a proceedure would not have
the effect of driving more British
capital into home industries and
therefore help stimulate trade.
Mr. Snowden replied, expressing
doubt as to whether the plan was
practical.
Mr. Snowden also was question
ed as to what action he had tak
en with respect to the French
government’s decision to repay
British bondholders loans in francs
worth only about one fifth of
the value of the franc when the
loans were made
Mr. Snowden said he had done
everything in that connection but
that the outlook was not very
bright.
LONDON, Feb., 25, (#)—Chas.
Chaplin, film comedian, received
a welcome when he landed in
Plymouth on his second visit to
his homeland in 20 years, which
was marked by an extraordinary
reception.
From the moment the SS
Mauretania anchored until he
was safely housed in a London
hotel, he was besieged by crowds
which cheered him repeatedly.
Chaplin said his only wish was
that he could walk through Lon
don streets unrecognized.
AFRICA AIR LINE
LONDON, Feb, 25, (>P>— The
first airplane on the London
Cape Town service is scheduled
to leave London February 28. The
line, which eventually will extend,
to the southern tip of Africa, will
only be flown for the present
as far as Mwanza below the
equator.
WOMAN POLITICIAN
LONDON, Feb. 25. (£>)—Mrs. L.
Manning, labor candidate, won
in the election at East Islington
with 10,591 against the 8,315 votes
cast for Brigadier General A. C.
Critchsley, empire crusader, and
7,182 for Miss T. Cazalet, con
servative.
MANY RECEIVE AID
NEW YORK. Feb., 26, _ OP)—
Relief agencies are aiding between
500,000 and 600,000 unemployed
men and women in New York, the
city welfare department disclosed.