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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 268.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SENATE EXPECTED
10 HE ACTION
1 DEBT HIT
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CONGRESS CLEARING TABLES!
GETTING READY FOR
HOLIDAY RECESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.
wP)__Congress continued working
toward ratification of President
Hoover’s reconstruction measures
and Senate leaders of both the
Democrat and Republican parties
assured the President that they
would take prompt action on the
$500,000,000 reconstruction corpor
ation after the Christmas holiday.
The rapid approach of the Christ
mas holidays and the forthcoming
holiday recess of Congress beckon
ed President Hoover to make stren
uous efforts to secure action on his
moratorium proposal. Senate lead
ers are also out to clear the decks,
before Congress takes a recess, to
get action on the ratification of
the moratorium in the Senate
chamber. The House has already
■acted on the measure.
A plea was made by veterans that
the votes in the Senate on the
moratorium be withheld until after
the enactment of a bill calling lor
the cash payment of compensation
measures but the Senate is appar
ently ready and prepared to act on
the war debt question.
The appeal of the veterans, how
ever, as expressed in telegrams and
letters from Veterans of Foreign
Wars organizations and posts, is
fallins generally on deaf ears in the
House which is waiting for the Sen
ate to finish its action on the mora
torium and get ready to quit ses
sions until after the New Year.
More debating was lined cut for
today. Tomorrow is the last pre
holiday session and quick mora
torium action is aimed principally
to aid in making things easy for
carrying out Hoover’s domestic re
lief program. The program is com
ing along splendidly but needs the
unceasing care of the nation’s
leaders.
RESPONSIBLE RELEASE
KANSAS CITY INI
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21. (ff)—That
the mysterious release of Mrs. Don
Nelly, wealthy founder of a garment
company, and her chauffeur, was
brought about through influence of
the Kansas City underworld, is now
brought to light as it appears that
Kansas City racketeers objected to
outsiders muscleing in on their ter
ritory.
Mi's. Nelly and her chauffeur were
held for 36 hours by three kidnap
pers who demanded $75,000 under
threat of death to Blair, the chaf
feur, and blindness to Mrs. Nelly.
The money was not paid yet, they
were both set free unharmed.
BIG FIGURES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.
iff)—The United States will spend
$4,112,909,950 exclusive of payments
from postal revenues in 1933, ac
cording to a table of Federal costs
made public by the White House.
EXPECT FULL RECOVERY
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21.
i/P)_Pola Negri, Polish film actress,
tvho underwent an operation in the
hospital here for the removal of a
serious intestinal obstruction, ap-:
peared to have conquered her four-j
day fight for life Saturday, accord-1
Ing to her three physicians. Her i
physicians issued bulletins which j
stated that the film star had taken
nourishment that day and that un
less complications set in they ex
pected complete recovery.
ASSAILING INTEGflITT I
OF PRESIDENT IS UN |
IJNF1GIVEABLL SIN:
WASHINGTON, Dec., 21, (ZP)—
For committing the unforgivable
political sin of assailing the in
tegrity of the President. Repre
sentative McFadden of Pennsyl-,
vania seems due for an inevitable ‘
penalty of an organized opposi
tion to his re-election.
His accusations failed to miti
gate the opposition to him by Sen
ator Reed who took the lead in the
drive to scalp McFadden.
Reed appealed to the members
of the Pennsylvania Society of
W'ashington to prevent a recur
rence of such charges.
McFadden, in his attack upon
Hoover, asserted he was ready to
back up his charge that Hoover
“sold out to Germany.”
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
SANTA MONICA, Dec. 21. (ZP)—
Pola Negri continued to show im
provement Sunday, according to re
ports of her physicians at a hos
pital here.
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IN MICHIGAN TBASEBI
DALTON, Mich., Dec. 21. (ZP)—A
I seven-year-old boy, playing with a
| premature Christmas present, broke
through the ice on a small lake
near here late Sunday and six
others were drowned in a futile at
i tempt to rescue him.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Oman,
| each 33 years of age; Oliver and Or
ville Oman, 12 and seven years of
age respectively; Harry Ergang, 29
and 'Buddie Morgan, 17, and Ted
die Morgan 14, who was with Orville,
who first went to his death when
he slid through the ice.
Only a three-year-old child is left
in the Oman family.
SNORT SELLING BLAMED
FOR BUSINESS SLUMP
W'ASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.
(/p)—Declaring that he is convinced
that short selling on the New York
Stock Exchange and other ex
changes is largely to blame for
business depression, Senator Cap
per of Kansas introduced in the
Senate a resolution providing for
Congressional" investigation of the
subject.
The Senate deadlock on the ques
tion of the election of a president
pro tempore continued as two more
ballots failed to change the stand
ing of various candidates.
VOUIH SUSPECTED i
OF KILLING MOTHER
10 YOUNG SISTER!
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STRANGE SLAYING REVEALS NO j
MOTIVE THUS FAR, AC
CORDING TO POLICE
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DPwUMHELLER, Alberta, Dec., 21, |
(>P)_Hobert, age 16, is suspected
as the slayer of his mother, Mrs. L.
G. Tolman, and his sister, There
sa, six years old. in the Rumsey
district north of here.
The elder Tolman called the
police who found the three
bodies, including that of Robert,
but were unable to discover any
motive for what is believed to be
a double slaying and suicide.
The mother’s and sister’s bodies
were found in the cellar and Rob
ert’s body outside of the home.
The police said Tolman recount
ed that he and his son Albert went
to Rumsey and left the mother and
daughter at home; Robert and a
third son were at school. When he
returned home he asked Robert
where his mother and sister were.
Robert replied, at a neighbor’s
home. Robert then wrent there to
I find them but is alleged to have
shot himself with a shotgun.
An inqu&St was to have been held
I Saturday.
CHURCH MONEY FOH
DESTITUTE IS STOLEN
CHICAGO, Dec., 21, (/P}—Three
; of five robbers walked into the
rectory of the Holy Trinity Cath
| olic church, crowded with parish
ers attending a Christmas service,
and held up two priests and the
secretary.
They stole from the strong box
! $1,000 which the pastors were get
| ting ready to distribute to desti
tute families.
Two companions waited in an
'automobile, out in front, and all
• escaped.
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UfOLLETTE PUuTlS
WASHINGTON, Dec., 21, (/P)—
The LaFollette plan contains the
specific goals of “increasing the
proportion of incomes going to the
majority of lower income ranges
who will spend more of it for pro
ducts! raising the lowest wage
rates making purchasing power
more staple than the business ac
tivities from which it is derived.
Also, by the use of reserves or in
surance against unemployment and
stability of price levels so far as
practicable but not a price system
j pegged at certain points only.”
CONFLICTING REPORTS
TOKYO, Dec. 21. (^—Conflicting
reports received said that Japanese
General Honjo had given his ulti
matum to the Chinese saying that
they must withdraw from the Chin
Chow area. It was also said that
the Japanese continued to proceed
upon Chin Chow where the Chinese
have been concentrating their Man
churian troop movements and from
whence the Japanese general wants
them to withdraw immediately.
LEAVE FOR COAST
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21. (IP)—The
University of Tulane’s football'
squad left here Saturday evening ;
enroute to the coast where they will j
play the Trojans of the University j
of Southern California on New'
Year’s day. They will make two j
stopovers on their way to the scene j
of conflict for the National Cham
pionship, for practice scrimmages.
One stopover wall be made at El
Paso, Texas, and the other will be ’
made at Tucson, Arizona.
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WAGE REDUCTION IS
FORECAST RAILWAYS!
NEW YORK, Dec., 21, (IP)—More
than 100 railroad executives told j
operators and employees would!
“negotiate to a conclusion” their
wTage and unemployment problems
but would also invoke the railway
labor act to serve notice which will
“effect a 15 per cent reduction of
wages among all classes of em
ployees.”
The railway executives gave no
indication what they would con
sider a satisfactory agreement but!
it is believed that a compromise
will be effected on a basis of a 10
per cent reduction.
Notice must be filed in 30 days
during which time the negotiations
can begin.
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BIKES AGAIN POPULAR
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (^—Switch
ing from Europe, the bicycle will
shortly be the vogue again in Am
erica, it is announced here, but
this time not so much as a method
to go places but as an exercise fad.
MUSSOLINI'S BROTHER
PASSES AWAY AT MILAN
MILAN, Italy, Dec. 21. (/P)—Ar
nold Mussolini, 46 years of age, a
brother of Benito Mussolini, Pre
mier of Italy, died in a hospital
here. Arnold was stricken in his
automobile with a heafct attack.
He was editor of Popolo Ditiala, a
Milan daily newspaper, which he
and his brother, Premier Benito
j Mussolini, founded,
j Arnold was a direct anthesis of
| his brother Benito. They were shy
' in each other’s presence but were
united together by bonds of a strong
brotherly affection.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.
(IP)—President Hoover’s moratorium
plan went from the House to the
Senate Saturday. It passed in the
House but was blocked in the Sen
ate by Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, who is one of the most
strong opponents of the measure.
An effort is to be made to ratify
the measure before the Christmas
recess.
The House passed the measure
j with a reservation with regard to
cancellation of the war debts.
ITALY’S JOBLESS INCREASE
ROME, Dec. 21. (/P)—Italy’s un
employment increased 78,000 during
the month of November, bringing
the total on November 30 to 878,000.
JAPAN PREPARING FOIl DRIVE
IN AREA TO SOUTH OF
MUKDEN
TOKYO, Dec. 21. (JP)—Japan has
started a new drive to the south ct
Mukden saying that the movement
is directed against bandits who ar^
alleged to be in that area
Many believe that the alleged
bandit chase is merely a screen and
that the purpose of the drive is to
capture Chin Chow before Christ
mas. The Chinese have been con -
centrating in the Chin Chow area
for some time and Japan has been
threatening Chinese leaders that
they will deliver ultimatums de
manding their withdrawal to be -
hind the Great Wall of China.
China has sent a note of protest
to the League of Nations and the
Foreign Office of China has Issued
a statement which is interpreted
as a direct appeal to the United
States to intervene in behalf of the
Nine Power Treaty and the Kellogg -
Briand Peace Pact.
Japan placed the bandit forces
which she is making a drive against
as numbering 30,000. No figures
have been made available as to
the number in the Japanese forces
who are participating in the drive
to the south of Mukden as a rigid
censorship is maintained on the
Japanese press with relation to
number of troops, military move -
ments or other war maneuvers.
DROP SEARCH
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (JP)—Inves
tigation into the killing of Jack
“Legs” Diamond, racketeer, -was vir
tually dropped by Sunday. As Dia
mond died broke his widow has
been making a plea for funds with
which to bury him but she has not
received very good response and
there will be no golden casket for
| the once big racketeer but he will
be buried in a plain wooden one.
HAGKETEER'S SLAVERS
LEFT MANY CLUES FOR
POLICE 1 WORK ON
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (JP) — The
police have lots of clues with which
to track down the slayers of Jack
[“Legs" Diamond, racketeer, who
j was shot three times in the head.
The police know the license num
ber of the auto which was connect
ed with the shooting affair. They
also found a gun, wrapped up in a
silk handkerchief, near the scene
of the shooting and the gun was
of the same calibre as the one used
to kill Diamond. Three shells had
been fired from the gun which co
incided with the number of bullets
fired to kill the racketeer. The po
lice also found Marion “Kiki” Rob
erts in Boston and questioned her.
However, it appears that they are
not going to make too much of an
effort to track down the slayers
and the formalities which have
taken place have been but for show.
“Just another racketeer put away
and not at the public expense,” is
the opinion held.