VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 2.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ROBBERS MPTIZE 30
PRIRGNS OF CLUB WITH
FIVE CHOOSES OF SOOT
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. —Seven
robbers subjected 30 men patrons
of a club to a firing squad ordeal
raking them with shotgun fire af
ter stripping them of money and
jewelry.
The victims were lined up
against a wall while they were
searched: then the leader of the
gang stepped back with four oth
ers. all armed with shotguns; he
gave the command ‘'let them have
it” and five charges of shot were
discharged into the line of men.
Three fell wounded. The wanton
cruelty of the robbers aroused the
unwounded men to a frenzy and
they attacked the holdup men
with their fists.
Two were clubbed down by the
gunmen using the stocks of their
shotguns. As the melee became
fiercer, the holdup men retreated.
They finally ran out of the club
to a waiting automobile.
MAJOR ISSUES OF
STATE GOVERNMENT
SET FORTH BT BOEPH
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 4, —
Defining the major issue of gov
ernment as "drastic economies or
heavy additional taxes,” Governor
James Rolph. Jr., read his second
biennial message to the State sen
ate and assembly in joint session.
The Governor's speech was
broadcast over a statewide net
work.
It embodies a general summary
of state affairs, a defense of the
administration’s financial policies
of the last two years, and an eco
nomy program calling for drastic
retrenchment
That program, in general, calls
for a special election in February
to reduce or eliminate the fixed
\ charges for support of public
schools, reduction of tuberculosis
subsidies, curtailment of old age
pensions, use of gasoline tax funds
to pay highway bond interest and
redemption, and the use of idle
money in the perpetual school
fund.
OFFICIAL'S DEPfflTOlE
IT BRING PEACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3. —
Juan Soler, who has represented
the Paraguan government here
before the commission of neutrals
in that body’s efforts to solve the
Gran Chaco conflict, has left en
route to Asuncion.
* His departure will probably end
the long efforts of neutral repub
lics to solve the 40 year-old Chaco
dispute between Paraquay and Bo
livia, observers believe.
A SERIOUS PROBLEM
MOSCOW, Jan. 3, —Political
leaders wrill hold an important
meeting here today to consider
means of combatting the increas
ing seriousness of the food situa
tion and other pressing problems
arising out of the food shortage.
There is no actual famine but
the crop returns have been low
and meat supplies are scarce.
UNEMPLOYED STRIKE GOLD
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Jan. 3,
(A3)—One of twro unemployed men
who found gold in Otago has sold
a six-months option on his claim
for $50,000 plus 15 per cent of the
gold extracted, says a report from
Dunedin.
CHARGES BLOCKED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. —The
grand jury investigation of the
charges of the Benjamin Frank
lin Bond & Indemnity Corporation,
that State insurance commission
ers and other employees had at
tempted to “blackmail” the organ
ization, was blocked temporarily
when the chief witness said he
was not ready to testify.
TSK! TSK! TSK!
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4, —Harry!
Hammond Beall, film press agent,
sued the Southern California Tel
ephone Company for $520,000 dam
ages for listing his name under
the cosmetic business in its Aug
ust 1932 directory
TUG HUNDRED DIED
NEW TEND GELEBRNT10N
THROUGHOUT GOONTHT
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. —Vio
lence, accompanying the New
Year's holiday celebration, took
200 lives in the United States, a
press compilation showed.
Half of the violent deaths over
the weekend were attributed to
the automobile, gun play breaking
out in scattered instances.
Some were victims of robbers
while others died in brawls and
shooting for revenge.
The contrast of the happy New
Year’s celebration and their own
plight was too bitter for many
who took their own lives.
VESSELS DELAYED
NEW YORK, Jan. 4, —Almost a
dozen ships reported themselves
delayed by winter storms sweeping
steamer lanes in the Atlantic. The
two largest vessels enroute, the
Bremen and the Leviathan, re
ported high winds and heavy seas.
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1 MELBOURNE, Aust., Jan. 4, —
! Australia’s young bowlers are sit
! ting on top of the cricket world
today in a struggle that from its
' commencement last Friday devel
j oped into a battle of bowlers.
The Antipodes proved superior
to England’s best and were the
chief factor in the Common
wealth’s victory over the MCC in
the second match by 111 runs; the
MCC won the first match. Three
remain to be played.
POETS ROE REPORTERS
OF’
LS'
OXFORD, Eng., Jan. 3, —Poets
are “reporters of human souls,” J.
Masefield, the ex-sailor who be
came England's poet-laureate, said.
“The poet’s brain has ever been
| so trained that he is able to grasp
i the full significance of popular
feeling; on favorite subjects that
| are expressed by a majority of hu
I inanity, and to translate and re
| express these feelings beautifully,’
he said.
SCIENTIST HONORED
NEW YORK. Jan. 3, —Professor
John J. Abel of John Hopkins
Medical School of Baltimore, has j
received the first award of the,
Philip A. Conne medal for his
work in biology, it was announced
: by George C. Lewis, president of
! the Chemists Club.
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BRAZIL BURNS MONEY
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 3, (/P)
: —The state government will burn
j its big bundle of grief—the more
than $21,000,000 in rebel currency
; issued during the late civil war.
J The ashes will be buried in Araca
cemetery.
DIAMONDS DECREASE
|
BRUSSELS, Jan. 3, OP)—Produc
tion of diamonds in the Belgian I
Congo last year totalled 249,000 j
: carats, says the annual report of j
the International Society of For- J
estry and Mining. In 192$ the to
: tal was 338,000 carats.
WILL FLIRT WITH* DEATH
LONDON, Jan. 4. —Capt. J. A.
Mollison and his wife, Amy John
son, announced they intend to
make a flight across the North At
lantic some time this year after
Captain Mollison completes a pro
jected solo flight next month to
South America.
CONGRESS APPLAUDS
THE “BUY AMERICAN"
CAMPAIGN OP HEARST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4. —
Applause rang through the House
as the “Buy American” campaign
of the Hearst newspapers drew
enthusiastic support.
Representative Schafer. Repub
lican of Wisconsin, calling atten
tion to the nation-wide movement
to encourage American industry
and provide jobs for American
citizens, introduced a resolution
to prohibit importation of any
goods from France until the
French meet their .war debt pay
ment.
Schafer expressed the hope that
President-Elect Roosevelt would
not follow the footsteps of the Wil
son administration in considering
“foreign nations and foreign peo
ple before we consider the Ameri
can people.”
ILL DEBT IM IS HOW
TIBOOII mot
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4, —
An indication that further Franco
American debt talks will be post
poned until after the Roosevelt
administration enters office, was
given by Ambassador Claudel of
France after a talk with Under
secretary of State Castle. '
The French ambassador said he
did not expect the subject to arise
| again for some time
CONTHOLLED SECURITIES
INSTITUTE OPENED
ROME, Jan. 3, —A government
controlled securities institute will
be opened by Italy offering at
I subscription a 100.000.000 lira is
sue payable in nine years at five
per cent.
The proceeds of the institute
will be devoted to a collateral loan
which the institute has granted a
number of industrial concerns.
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SO SHE WAS DIVORCED
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Jan. 4, —
Mrs. Elinor Shakarian was grant
ed a divorce here when she com
plained that, while asleep, her
husband clipped off her hair.
TO FllliCE MINING
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 3, —
Plans are now under way to ark of
Congress legislation ordering and
authorizing the use of Reconstruc
ton Finance Corporation funds in
developing western gold mines, of
ficials of the Washington Natural
Resources Association announced.
The demand is the result of a
joint meeting with the Northwest
| Mining Association at Chelan,
Wash.
The resolution adopted was as
follows:
“We urge the use of Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation funds in
developing and equipping gold
mining properties, under such con
ditions that the return of the capi
tal may be guaranteed; and that we
bring this necessity to the atten
tion of our representatives in Con
gress and the state Legislature.”
FLYING TOURISTS
Graphically indicating the ex
! tent to which the airplane is be
j ing used by all types of travelers
; between the 32 countries and colo
j nies served by the Pan-American
Airways system, according to cur
; rent records of traffic volume,
; passengers travel more than 1,200,
; 000 miles every month on the
Pan-American planes. The aver
age trip for each passenger is
about 450 miles.
MIL DISSOLVED BY
ODDER Of DE VALERA:
ELECT! JANUARY 24
DUBLIN, Ire., Jan. 4,—President
De Valera has announced the dis
1 solution of the Dail and called for
an election January 24.
The action of the government
i came as a surprise at a time when
seven Labor members on whose
votes its majority has depended
for several months threatened to
bolt over the policy of civil ser
vice pay reductions. #
A plan for bonus cuts for civil
service employes went into effect
Monday despite Labor opposition.
Opponents of the government
seemed to regard the order for
dissolution and a new election as
a stragetic move by de Valera.
It was pointed out that former
l President Cosgrove has a new pol
1 itical party in which he hopes to
; combine the most powerful anti
| government elements but that the
! organization is still unformed.
JACK Ml, ILL
FOR MONTHS, POSSES
PARIS, Jan. 4, —The turbulent
| career of Jack Pickford, screen
star and brother of Mary Pick
ford, ended with his death in the
American hospital.
No one, close to him, was with
him when he passed away. He was
36 years of age and had been ill
for a considerable period.
He had expressed his boredom
i with life and was willing to die.
RIGID IMPORT QUOTA
ESTABLISHED BT FRANCE
PARIS, Jan. 3, —The most rigid
import quota system in French
history will be established this
month, placing further restrictions
on imports from the United States
Argentine, Chile, Brazil and other
| exporting nations.
Ministry of Commerce experts
are working day and night to en
able publication of the new quo
tas before January 5.
SOVIET SHORT WORK DAY
MOSCOW, Jan. 3, — Hailing
the fifth anniversary of the de
cree establishing the seven-hour
working day, the Soviet press says
that 86.4 per cent of heavy indus
try is on that .schedule, 91 per
cent of light industry and 34 per
cent of transport, giving a gen
eral average of 71.3 per cent.
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IDAHO MINE IDLE
35 YEARS BEGINNING
WH OPERATIONS
PIERCE, Idaho, Jan. 3, —Work
was started Monday on the old
Ozark quartz property on Rhodes
creek after it has been idle for al
most 30 years. The Ozark and
Ajax claims were discovered and
worked by John Gaffney about 35
years ago and at that time net
ted a substantial profit for the
owner. About 1902 the mine was
sold to the Wild Rose Mining
Company and they did a good deal
of development work until the
Wlid Rose mine was discovered
and the machinery removed from
the Ozark mine to the Wild Rose
diggings. Since that time the
Ozark group has been idle until
a few weeks ago when it was sold
by E. B. Steele to some Washing
ton men
The plans of the new company
are to install a rod mill and a
flotation process by which they
believe they can save 95 per cent
of the values.
The Juneau Empire published a
32-page Christmas edition; Strol
ler’s Weekly about 24 pages; and
Fairbanks 12 pages.
APPOINTED AMBASSADOR |
PARIS, Jan- 4, —Henry de Jou- j
venel, who has served as French
delegate to the League of Nations,;
has been appointed ambassador to
Italy. Premier Mussolini has al
ready signified that he will be ac
ceptable.
MALYGIN IS SAFE,
• SAYS MOSCOW REPORT
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 4, —A vag
uely-worded telegram received
| there from Helsingford said the
! famous Russian ice-breaker Maly
j gin, with 100 men aboard, had
| struck an iceberg and that the
I icebreaker Lenin had been sent to
i her assistance.
The first report said the entire
j crew had been drowned but this
! was denied by Moscow.
I Many trawlers are operating in
i the vicinity but no later informa
j tion has been obtainable.
The Malygin took part in the
\ Nobile and Amundsen searches.
FORMAL PROTEST
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 4, —!
The United States sent a formal
i protest to Japan against further
; seizure of Chinese territory, as a
! matter of record.
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i GREAT INVASION OF
GOLFERSJTO ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. 3, —The great
: est invasion of foreign golfers
Great Britain has ever experienc
ed will be staged this summer.
The United States and Argen
I tine in particular are out to cap
| ture all major titles and prizes
; during the British season.
The outstanding match is for
i the Ryder cup between the United
States and Britain; both countries
! have won it twice.
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SHAH OF PERSIA US
"CAN” TO HEAD Mi
TAHRAN, Persia, Jan. 3, —The
Shah of Persia has dismissed Ab
! dul Hussein Khan Teymourtache,
powerful dignitary who has been
referred to as “Persia’s Mussolini”
because of political differences a
I rising out of the Anglo-Persian
oil concession dispute.
The dismissal took place last
week but has only now been made
public. It has created a political
| sensation.
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FUND FOR A DOG
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 3, —The
will of the late Louis Wiggin, 68,
cannery worker, was made public.
It provided a trust fund of $1,000
for his faithful dog, Spike.
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
TOKIO, Jan. 4, —The Japanese
government has ordered the field
commander to “localize” the
Shanhaikwan affair.
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GREAT SUM! Ur
MERCURY WHS USER
AT POWER PLANT
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, —A ship
ment of mercury, believed to be
the largest ever received in New
York, was delivered to the Gen
eral Electric Company this week
for use in a new 20,000 kilowatt
mercury turbine installed recently
at the Kearney station of the
Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey.
This shipment consisted of 270,
000 pounds and was delivered in
3,553 iron flasks. The mercury
represented half a recent mercury
order placed by the company
which is valued at $356,000. The
order represents about 89 per cent
of the average annual consump
tion of mercury in the United
States.
HOLDUP MEN SIP
PINTS FROM PATRONS
AS ILL CASH, JEWELS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, —
While a fourth man waited in
their getaway car three robbers
held up the proprietor and 15 pat
rons in the G. C. Royal Coffee
store and card club, took $1,250
in cash and jewelry, and escaped
after cutting telephone wires and
stripping the trousers from the
victims.
The sensational robbery came on
the heels of an unusually sensa
tional capture of Paul Potter, alias
Palmer, and Paul Hatch, asserted
holdup men who fled here by
automobile and airplane after a
$2,900 San Jose theater robbery.
They were trapped in a down
town hotel but only $1,900 of the
$2,900 was recovered, police said.
POOR COLLECTORS IN
MOSCOW, Jan. 4, —Nine men
were sentence'! to death in the
Soviet drive against attempts to
retard government grain collect
ions.
Three are high members of the
Communist party; three ring lead
ers of alleged sabotage in the Uk
raine, and the others, members of
the Cheka.
The collectors who were unus
ually backward were sentenced to
death. Eight other comrades re
ceived prison sentences of from
eight to 10 years.
MOTHER OUTLAWS
WREAK VENGEANCE
SEMINOLE, Okla., Jan. 3. —The
Kimes brothers, notorious out
laws, interrupted their return to
1 the State penitentiary from the
funeral of a sister to wreak ven
geance on a man supposed to have
wounded another sister.
They left him dead, the body
pierced with bullets, after a fur
ious exchange of shots at a house
here. The victim was George No
land, 32 year-old fugitive from the
State penitentiary.
TRANSPORTS PREMIE
STEM UP THE ini
PARA. Brazil, Jan. 3, —Colom
bia’s two transports loaded with
troops, prepared to depart up the
Amazon river to recapture Port
Leticia from Peru.
The Peruvian consul here was
j reported to have requested his
country’s legation at Rio de Jan
i eiro, to make an effort to have the
vessels prohibited from passing
; through Brazilian territory.
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HEADS NOMINATORS
CHICAGO. Jan. 3, —Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney of New York
heads the list of nominators for
the $25,000 added Arlington fu
[ turity for two-year olds to be run
here during the 1933 summer race
! meeting. Whitney has nominated
I 20 horses for the stake.
NO MORE PAYMENTS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 4, —
European debtor nations will make
no further payments on their war
obligations until there is a revi
sion downward, it was learned af
ter Andrew W. Mellon, ambassador
to 'Great Britain and former Sec
retary of the Treasury, reported to
Fresident Hoover prior to his de
! parture today for England.
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CITY DEMOLISHED
SHANHAIKWAN, Jan. 4, —This
walled city, south of the Chinese
great wall, was demolished and at
least 1,000 slain as Japanese air,
land and sea attacks swept over
the area in the face of 500,000 Chi
nese soldier defenders. The Chi
nese, under General Soa, are re
treating slowly and are reported
as getting reinforcements.