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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 45.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FIFTEEN YEi-OLB
LIFE FOB MENTOR
LAD’S HEROIC STRUGGLE WILL
FOREVER LIVE IN MEMORY
ALASKA ANNALS
George Krudoff.
This name will be pronounced
with reverence and awe long after i
its possessor’s ashes have resolved
into the great cosmos whence they j
came.
It betokens heroism, self-sacri- j
fice and honor, all of which will,
live to thrill and fortify the cour- j
age of those who come after.
Even now the people of Umnak
and wherever the story has been
told, speak the name in whisper.
Eyes of loved ones, dimned by the
tears of personal loss, brighten
and bosoms swell in pride as the
story of that tragic day on the]
shores of Inanduk Bay when the
little motorship Umnak Native.;
impotent in the grip of the titanic
power of nature, plunged with
spasmodic shivers to her doom
upon the cruel rocks gnawing at
her vitals, is told and retold.
We see the Umnak Native, grip
ped in the merciless grasp of tow
ering breakers, tossed like an egg
shell in a troubulous sea. Men gaze
blear-eyed but unafraid while a
woman and her four-year-old
daughter cling to each other and
cast wistful glances at the shep
herd of their little flock, the
saintly Antonin, Archbishop of the
Alaska Orthodox Church, like the
occupants of the little felucca on
the Sea of Gallilee gazed upon the
Savior in those bygone days, hope
ful, faithful and in anticipation
of just such a miracle as stilled
the troubled waters and brought
calm and assurance.
THE DEATH BLOW
Then came the ominous crash
which told only too plainly that
the lit: He Umnak Native had re
ceived a death blow
Men and women, crowded in the
galley, tossed about like chaff in
a gale awaiting what fate held for
them. But there was cne whose
brain functioned clearly. He was
George KrudolT.
Realizing the peril to which all
were exposed, he fought his way
thru boarding seas to the precari
ous deck, there to cling and search
himself for the answer to the
problem which confronted him. In
a trice he saw his companions of
the galley imprisoned like rats in
a trap. He crawled back and tried
the door. It was sprung and
jammed by the wwenching of the
trembling hull. With a club he
smashed a way in, offering a last
chance to the prisoners to make a
battle for life.
HELPLESS HUMANS
But the st-orm. had not spent its
fury. It then loosened a thousand
demons to further scourge and
lash the helpless human freight.
Another crashing breaker and all
was confusion while men struggled
in the chill waters, some to disap
pear forever, others to be cast like
so much kelp upon the frozen
beach.
Among these were Geo. Krudoff
and Archbishop Antonin. Benumb
ed. exhausted by the terrible bat
tering and lashing of the surf and
half dead, the 15-year old boy thot
not of himself. Staggering forward
to where his mentor lay prone and
helpless, subjected to the scourge
of each incoming breaker, he, with
super-human strength dragged
the 83 year-old holy man to
safety above the water, gathered
a bundle of water--soaked furs,
wrung them and wrapped them
about the Archbishop. From the
flotsam and jetsam of the once
cargo of the Umnak Native, young
Frudoff salvaged a box of oranges,
the only edible substance which
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MAY ADVANCE DATE
MASILA. P. I., Feb. 21,—Develop
ments in the Far East may cause
the date of the usual spring man
euvers of the United States Asiatic
fleet off the Chinese coast to be
advanced. Naval authorities here
said.
CORDOVA. Feb. 24— Fire, fan
ned by a fairly high wind, destroy
ed the Johanson building this
morning at 6 o’clock, collapsing
about 10 minutes after the fire
broke out. A fire-wall between it
and the Lathrop Building prevent
ed the blaze from spreading.
The Johanson building included
apartments, a dry goods store, a
pool hall and barber shop. U. S.
Signal Corps equipment, in an ad
jacent building, was removed for
safety, as a result, cable communi
cation is being utilized today by
the Signal Corps.
CHS HURLED HI
CHANCELLOR HITLER HI
BERLIN. Feb. 23. —Charges that
the door to the President has been
closed to the public since Hitler be
came Chancellor, were made be
fore the electorate by Fritz
Shaefer, Bavarian people’s party
leader in a campaign speech.
He charged the Hitlerites seek
ing to curb free speech and the
press.
He also charged that Hitler is
seeking to curb the free will of the
former Field Marshal, although
the President’s powers exceed that
of the Chancellor.
These charges followed close on
the heels of a sensational report
of a plot to kidnap President von
Hindenburgh after the March 5
election which was published in
I Swiss newspapers and which plot
i was denied by the Hitler govern
j ment.
BELIEF Bill OESTB
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 23. —
If any direct farm relief legisla
tion reaches the Whitehou.se this
session it is expected it will he an
emergency measure to aid the hard
| hit cotton farmer.
! The bill has passed the Senate
1 and was aprpoved by the House
agricultural committee; it is pro
1 mised consideration on the House
! floor by Democrats,
i Republican opposition is seen
1 in the curtailment of production
by offering growers an opportunity
to participate in a government
cotton pool.
The Senate had an independent
office bill pending while the Navy
apropriation measure is before the
House today.
PLEBISCITE ELECTION
| VICTORIA, B. C„ Feb. 23, —
Prohibitionists of British Columbia,
, believing the Province would vote
| dry, asked the government to call
a plebiscite election in July.
TIME IS NOT RIPE
BERLIN, Feb. 24, —Declaring
that the masses of German people
are not yet ready for a monarch
ial restoration, Chancellor Adoll
Hitler has informed the wife oi
former Kaiser Wilhelm that the
time is not ripe for him to ascend
the Hohenzollern throne.
NINE MEN AND ONE
WOMAN ARE NAMED
ROOSEVELT CABINET
WASHINGTO Feb. 24— Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt has complet
ed his Cabinet of nine men and
one woman who wrill bring to the
new administration the views of
nearly every section and every
shade of party opinion.
Barring last minute changes,
the Cabinet which will help Mr.
Roosevelt shape his promised “new
deal” will be:
Secretary of State, Senator Cor
dell Hull of Tennessee; Secretary
of Treasury, William H. Woodin,
New York industralist; Secretary
of War, Governor Dern; Attorney
General, Senator Thomas J. Walsh
of Montana; Secretary of Navy,
Senator Claude A. Swanson of Vir
ginia; Secretary of Agriculture,
Henry A. Wallace of Iowa, pub
lisher; Postmaster General, James
A. Farley of Newr York, chairman
of the Democratic National com
mittee; Secretary of Commerce.
Daniel C. Roper, South Carolina,
lawyer and veteran Democratic
strategist; Secretary of Interior,
Harold Ickes of Illinois, lawyer and
one-time “Bull Moose” Republican;
Secretary of Labor, Miss Frances
Perkins of New York, Industrial
Commissioner and authority on
labor problems.
HIIDECIDFS CUN
NOT HOT INDEPENDENTLY
; JAPAN ARMS EMBARGO
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LONDON. Feb. 23. —Revival of
i fighting in the Far East was re
; fleeted in London yesterday when
: the British cabinet decided Brit
ain could not act independently
for an effective arms embargo in
that area.
The cabinet said France, Italy
and Britain could apply an arms
embargo by the simple process of
refusing licenses to export arms,
i but that the procedure in other
i arms-producing nations, including
the United States, wras not so sim
1 pie.
SIGN CONTRACTS
CINCINNATI. Feb. 23, — The
signed contracts of Outfielder
j Chick Hafey and Infielder Otto
Bluege have been received by the
1 Cincinnati Reds. Hafey, Reds slug
! ging star, was ill during much of
j Lsat season, but he informed the
I club he has regained his health
j by living in the outdoors near
i Berkeley, Calif., during the winter.
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ME ULTI1IW
PREPARES BV JAPAN
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NANKING, Feb. 24,—China re
ceived a Japanese ultimatum de
manding withdrawal of Chinese
forces from Jehol and immediately
replied that any aggressive action
would be resisted.
Three ultimatums were prepared
by the Japanese, dispatches dis
closed. One was from Tokio tc
Nanking, this has been delivered
Another is expected from Chang
chun, capital of Manchukuo, Gen
Tang Yu Lin, Governor of Jehol.
LONG TOLL ROAD
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, —Chas
F. Abbott has propounded a new
idea for a revenue paying high
way, from San Francisco to New
York, a project which would cos1
$20,000,000. He would make it £
toll road, or one cent a mile, anc
the system would miss all larg<
towns and cities; there would b<
no speed limit.
LEADERS Of DEMO
PUT! IN COMPLETE
fCM, FUNCTIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 24,—Party re
sponsibility for the conduct of the
government by the new Democrat
ic administration is already engag
ing the attention of President
Elect Roosevelt and other Demo
cratic leaders.
These men are in complete ac
cord as to the necessity of nation
alizing 90 percent of the presiden
tial elections since the Civil V/ar.
It became known that Mr.
Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, Sena
tors Glass and Cordell Hull, New
ton D. Baker, Vice-President-Elect
Garner and other prominent party
chieftains, are considering a pro
gram to mobilize their party on a
national basis. Mr. Roosevelt and
Smith have already met for this
purpose.
OflY SEXY, GANGSTER
DECLARES PRODUCER
NEW YORK, Feb. 23, —Samuel
Goldwyn, film producer, said the
day of sexy motion pictures are
over.
“They are through, finished; sex
and gangsters are passe. I believe
quite seriously that the time has
arrived for us to go back to cos
tume pictures and cut clean' away
from shoddiness and cheapness. I
believe wre will find old costume
| pictures like a breath of fresh
! air after an avanlanche of sex
and gangster pictures that have
1 been inflicted on the industry.”
KENTUCKY JUDGE TG GE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24. —
Judge Robert W. Gingham, Louis
ville, Ky„ will become American
ambassador to Great Britain, it
was reported yesterday.
His selection comes at a time
when Anglo-American negotiations
are under close scrutiny by the
! rest of the world because of the
I leadership English speaking na
j tions are expected to take in res
; toring normal economic condi
! tions.
HEWS FLUSHES
WRESTLERS MATCHED
1 CHICAGO. Feb. 23, —Jim Londos,
! one of the wrestling champions,
has accepted Doc Krones terms for
a match against Joe Stecher of
Nebraska at the Chicago Stadium
March 3.
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ON ROAD RECOVERY
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 24, —Mayor
(.Anton J. Cermak of Chicago has
passed the crisis and showed a
definite turn for the better. Dr. J.
W. Snyder, one of his physicians,
announced.
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COMMISSIONED
BOSTON, Feb. 24,—The Navy’s
newest cruiser, the 10,000-ton USS.
Portland, was formally commis
sioned today at Navy Yard by Rear
i Admiral Louis M. Multon, Com
mandant.
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SPEEDY ACTION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24,—Speak
• er Garner promised speedy House
, consideration on the Judiciary
committee minority report recom
i mending impeachment of Federal
> Judge Harold Louderback of San
Francisco.
PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24,—Unof- j
ficial negotiations between the in-1
coming Democratic administration i
and Canada looking toward recip
rocal trade agreements to lower I
tariff barriers, are progressing:
rapidly.
SECOND ULTIMATUM
8Y JAPAN TO CHINA
ON HEELS ATTACK.
PEIPING, Feb. 24— An ultima-'
turn demanding the evacuation of)
Chinese troops in Jehol was again [
served by Japan on China and re- !
jected. At the same time Tang
Yu Lin, Chinese Governor of the j
Province, announced a Japanese j
force of 30,000 launched a fierce
onslaught on the city of Chaoyang;
after a three-day bombardment
from the air.
Governor Tang said Jananese
used infantry artillery, tanks and
aircraft in the attack which was
preceded by an air bombing pre
paration not only at Chaoyang j
but also at surrounding villages.
In the face of the onslaught, the
Governor’s announcement said the
| Chinese have withdrawn their out
i lying detachments in the Nanling
! Peiping area in order to form a
j strtonger line at Chaoyang and
along the hills overlooking the val
ley thru which the Japanese must
pass as the offensive develops.
RIOT SILT LIKE CITY
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 24 —
Rioting broke out at the City and
County building here when the
Sheriff's office attempted to con
duct an auction of six Salt Lake
homes to satisfy mortgage fore
closures.
| A crowd of 500 men and women
stormed the building, attacking
i police and deputies with clubs and
; stones. Gaining entrance to the
lower floor of the building, the
rioters smashed chairs and tables
and broke windows.
LAST MINUTE NEWS
FLASHES OF THE DAY
Read details in Saturday’s issue.
i The League adopted the commit
I tee report condemning Japan, but
Japan has not yet withdrawn.
i Japan official began her military
I campaign in Jehol. Chinese dazed
i at suddenness and fear drive may
I embrace Peiping and Tientsin.
Mayor Cermak had a bad night
| at Miami and for a time his neart
j indicated failure.
i Cuban revolutionary movement
assumes definite form with ex
plosion of eight bombs in Havana.
Senator Walsh is flying to Hav
ana to bring home a bride.
| Political killings continue in var
| ious German cities.
Senate and House busy with
several matters, mainly farm aid.
| appropriation bills and the case
of Judge Louderback
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stuart, prom
inent residents of Valdez, who
passed thru Seward last week en
route to Anchorage, returned yes
terday. They are guests at the
Seward hotel.
WENDLER GIRLS VISIT
The Misses Myrtle and Clarice
Wendler, popular daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Wendler of Anchorage,
were among the arrivals Thursday
and are house guests of Mrs, H.
Thody. Miss Myrtle is a member
of the Alaska Railroad office staff,
while Miss C’arice is an operator
on the Anchorage telephone ex
change.
AMERICANS, SLAVES
AT THE MERCY OF
MONEY TRUSTS. NORRIS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. -With
a long pointer in hand and with
a huge chart labeled the “'spider
web of Wall Street” as his subject,
gray-haired Senator Norris assum
ed his role of school master in the
Senate and lectured his colleagues
on the interlocking directorates.
As the veteran chairman of the
Judiciary committee assailed eight
large New York banks for what he
termed their vice-like grip on the
trade and industry thru a web of
directorships. Senator Logan, Dem
ocrat from Kentucky and a new
comer to the Senate, proposed that
the government take over the pro
fits of industry above a fair return
to capital and labor.
‘‘We are just slaves at the mercy
of this money trust”, said Norris,
as he pointed to the eight spread
ing legs of the great spider on the
wall.
He said they represented J. P.
Morgan Co., Guaranty Trust Co.,
Bankers Trust Co , First National,
Irving Trust Co., Central-Hanover,
National City, and Chase National
Banks.
He said the map. eight feet
square, did not come anywhere
near being large enough to show
all the corporations under the in
fluence of the financial center.
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MANY VISITORS
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Feb. 23. —
Ninety-six thousand visitors have
boared Old Ironsides, the Consti
tution, here in the last five days.
The record day’s attendance was
21,000.
FERVENT PLEDGES FOR
MOSCOW. Feb. 24.—Fervent
pledges to defend the 'Socialist
Fatherland” against foreign ene
mies, marked the nation-wide cel
ebration yesterday of the 15th an
niversary of the organization of
the Red Army.
Thousands of mass meetings in
factories and army barracks em
phasized danger of war and the
necessity of vigilance.
Josef Stalin sent a special mes
sage urging the armed forces to
master modern military technique
in readiness to repulse Soviet ene
mies.
JIM LONDGS IN
FROM JNP WRESTLER
—
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 24.—After
one session of Jui Jitsu wrestling
i and 15 minutes, 23 seconds of the
| catch-as-catch-can type, Jimmy
I Londos. Greek heavyweight wrest -
j ler. was declared winner over OkL
1 Shikina, Japanese Jui Jitsu expon
i ent in their mixed bout here.
Shikina was injured by a scries
| of body slams and was unable to
return for the third 20-minute
| session.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
i NEW YORK. Feb. 23. —The Nat
| tional ping pong championship
I matches wall be played off here be
ginning March 1 and ending on.
! the 3rd.
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ENTER PROTEST TODAY
NANKING. Feb. 24, —A request
that international pressure be
brought on Japan in order to avoid
a bloody war in Jehol province
will be made to the League of Na
tions today by the Chinese Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, Lo Wen
Kan.
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