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♦ VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 256. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HIE DEVELOPMENTS
BEVE1L BID BUTTLE
LOOMS If! OFFING
45.000 CHINESE TROOPS AT CHIN
CHOW AWAIT JAPANESE
OFFENSIVE
TOKYO, Dec. 7. (/P)—Mukden re
ports that 300 Chinese were killed
when Japanese airplanes bombed
Xung Tapiu, to the southwest of
Mukden. The bombs were directed
at Chinese bandits.
A confirmed dispatch to the Ren
go News Agency from authoritative
quarters admitted that Mukden
Headquarters of the Japanese was
planning a new campaign in the
direction of Chin Chow.
Further trouble is indicated from
* the War Office reports that the
Chinese are rushing defense works
at numerous points and that if an
other drive takes place, military
officials said that it probably would
oe a major operation lasting for
several weeks.
The reason for the prediction as
made by war officials is because
45,COO Chinese have concentrated
m the Chin Chow region and Nan
king, China, does not intend to
comply with the Japanese demand
"hat she evacuate Chin Chow.
An official spokesman of the
Nanking government has said that
:.he Chinese troops will be ordered
to resist in the event of a Japanese
f attack.
The report was current that Dr.
Alfred Sze, Chinese spokesman at
:.he League of Nations, has tender
ed his resignation to the govern
ment because he could not con
scientiously agree on the stand
made by his government. When
China refused to accept his resig
nation Sze said that he would con
tinue in his present capacity only
■until a successor was named. The
name of Welling Koo, new Chinese
Foreign Minister, is also linked with
i resignation.
FRENCH POLITICIAN DIES
PARIS, Dec. 7. (/P)—Deputy Louis
Loucheur, one of the most brilliant
men of French political life, died
at his Paris home at the age of 59.
He was taken ill a few days ago
with a serious heatr attack.
SPEED FLIER IS KILLED
WHEN PEINE CRUSHES
DETROIT, Dec. 7. (/p> — Lowell
Bayles, speed flier, was killed when
his small high-powered ship struck
the ground and burst into flames
while making another attempt to
set a new speed record for land
planes.
Bayles’ first attempt to set a rec
ord was unsuccessful in that re
cording cameras failed to properly
record his flight wherein he is un
officially said to have made a speed
of 284.72 miles an hour.
* NOT IN POLITICS
PARIS, Dec. 7. (I?)—Ambassador
Charles Dawes is not in politics
any more. Such was his answer to
newspapermen who informed him
that Republicans in the mid-west
were urging him as candidate for
the Vice Presidency in 1932. “I
am not in politics and I am not
* t'oing,” he said.
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DOWN TO DEFEAT
! SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 7, (/P>—
| The Mustangs of the Southern
Methodists went down to their
: first defeat of the season before
the powerful St. Marys College
which came back in the second
half to win 7 to 2.
P. 0. DEPARTMENT
RIVERS AND HARBOR BUDGET
CUTS EXCLUDES NOME
PROJECT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7. (JF)
'—The annual report of Postmas
i ter General Brown showed that
; the Postoffice Department lost
I $146,086,189 last year. The loss is
| almost $48,000,000 more than the
i gross deficit of the previous year.
Postmaster Brown recommended
: that the two-cent letter rate be
i raised half a cent when the letter
; goes out of the immediate locality.
! This, he pointed out, would bring
j $50,000,000 more.
| Brown recommended that he be
authorized to contract for air mail
service in Alaska.
Mai or General Lytle Brown sent
to the Budget Bureau his estimates
I of the money needed for Rivers and
Harbor work for the next fiscal
year. This additional request was
for $60,000,000 after Congress had
called for a cut of $15,000,000 in the
original request. The cuts included
that of $22,500 for the Nome har
bor and maintenance.
I The total for the Pacific Coast
'improvement asked was $1,898,650
and a maintenance sum of 82,616,
300.
Jill BERTH FOB EFFORT
I
i LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. (JP)—Be
; cause of an attempt to obtain char
| ity from Aimee Semple MacPher
! son, Chas. Bender, 47 years of age,
j was lodged in jail here. When he
| knocked on the door and asked for
; Aimee, David Hutton, Aimee’s bari
| tone husband, said that she was
busy.
Bender then asked Hutton if he
Bender asked Hutton if he could
send a note and receiving a reply ]
in the affirmative, he wrote his'
message saying for Aimee to give
the bearer $5 to give to him. Hut
ton and Aimee had Bender arrested
for an extortion charge.
PERSONS MISSING
GRAND FALLS, Minn., Dec. 7. {if3) j
— Fourteen persons, including a |
mother and five of her children,■
have been missing on Lake Mich-1
igan since last week, Coast Guard
officers revealed. Three patrol j
boats have been searching for the j
lost party but have not yet been 1
successful.
ENGLISH LADY PASSES
LONDON, Dec. 7. (iP)—Lady Bat- j
tersea, of the House of Rothschild,i
died at the age of 98 after a crowd- !
ed life during which she was inti- !
mate with political and social ce-!
lebriteis of three generations. She ■
was the daughter of Lady Anthony i
de Rothschild.
FELTES IB UPEYRE
LEAVE TIOTi WITH
FUEL FOB AIRPLANE
CHURCHMEN WILL TAKE OFF
AS SOON AS WEATHER
PERMITS
McGRATI-1, Dec. 7. (/P)—Brothers
George Feltes and Martial LaPeyre,
flying missionaries who were forced
down in an attempt to go from here
to Holy Cross and who were brought
here by dog team, left Takotna
Sunday to return to their plane
with fuel.
They have decided that they will
take off again as soon as the wea
ther conditions will permit. The
Brothers were brought here Friday
by dog team drivers, Charles Har
land and Charles Gobel. The Bro
thers said they had landed their
plane in a wide area near Crater
Peak because their motor began
losing momentum.
After having checked over the
I motor, the fliers said they found
| the snow too deep to take off im
mediately. They said that they
suffered intensely from the cold as
they did not have any blankets and
they also ran short of food. The
churchmen were unable to find the
supplies dropped by Pilot Harry
Blunt who located the churchmen
and their plane from the air.
The bundles were dropped too
far from the plane and the snow
was waist deep. As they had no
snowshoes it was hard for them to
search for the bundles.
The churchmen burned the fuel
that was left in the plane to keep
from freezing and they also used it
for cooking what food they had.
Contrary to first reports, the
missionary plane is undamaged.
Gobel accompanied the Brothers
back to the plane which is 30 miles
west of Takotna. It is expected
that it will take two or three days
to make the trip.
The Brothers did not make
known whether they intended to
fly to Takotna or proceed on to
Holy Cross.
TAX INCREASE
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 7. (IP) — A
production tax increase of 250 and
300 per cent on products of high
alcoholic content was announced
by the Treasury Department on or
der of the President. Tire taxes on
native drinks such as aguardiente,
mescal and tequila, was elevated
from 18 and and 20 centavos per
quart to 45 and 60 and the tax on
whiskey was fixed at 2 pesos per
quart.
FOOTBHLL SCORES
Carnegie Tech 0, Duquesne 0.
Tennessee 13, New York 0.
Wash. State 14, Tulane 28.
Navy 6, Penn. 0.
West. Maryland 6, U. Mary. 41.
Kentucky 7, Florida 2.
Alabama 39, Chattanooga 0.
Kansas Aggies 20, Wichita U. 6.
Kansas 6, Washburn 0.
Missouri 6, St. Louis U. 21.
Nebraska 20, Colorado Aggies 7.
Centre 9, So. Carolina 7.
Utah 0, Oregon State 12.
So. Methodists 2, St. Marys 7.
Washington 7, So. California 44.
IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. (/P)—Ma- j
yor James Walker, of New Yorkj
City, arrived in Los Angeles from *
Santa Barbara Sunday. He did not
indicate how long he would remain
in Los Angeles before going East.
GUNMEN INVADE SOCIAL RING
AND TAKE $150,000 WORTH
OF JEWELRY
; CHICAGO, Dec. 7. (/P; — Three
men were prisoners and two others
| were being hunted as suspects fol
lowing a sensational robbery by a
| gang of gunmen who invaded the
.home of William Mitchell in Lake
| Rorest, fashionable suburb of Chi
: cago, and robbed guests of more
! than $150,000 worth of jewelry.
Five or six bandits took command
i of the house, throwing into terror
nine of the city’s best known social
i leaders. A chauffeur slipped away
and telephoned police who sur-!
prised the robbers in the midst of
the holdup.
The bandits escaped after a pis
tol battle with *the officers but
the loot was recovered and later
three men taken into custody were,
identified by the guests.
Mr. Mitchell is an officer of the j
investment house of Mitchell, Hut-!
chins & Company. His guests wrere j
Mrs. E. Cudahy Jr., Mrs. Leslie'
Wheeler, Leslie Wheeler, Mrs. Louise '
Bowen Phelphs, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 1
liam McCormick Blair and Ralph
Hines.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 7.
| (/P)—Following the acquittal of C. |
! Van Ness Leavitt, President Hoo- j
; ver’s brother-in-law, who was ar- i
rested by dry agents and Santa
Monica police recently on a charge!
of possessing 19 pints of liquor,1
i Clint Bailey, grocery store owner
! will face trial on a liquor charge j
I which grows out of Leavitt’s ac- j
quittal.
Leavitt was exonerated from the j
charge because he pleaded that he |
was a victim of circumstances as
Bailey is alleged to have handed
him the sackful of liquor bottles
just as the dry agents entered the
store, asking Leavitt to.do him a
favor as he did so.
COPS BEAT CONVICTS
OSSINING, N. Y., Dec. 7. (JP)—
The convicts of Sing Sing, as rep
resented by their football team,
were defeated by the policemen 13'
to 0 in a game played within the j
walls of the prison. The police-;
men scored twice on forward!
passes.
I
MUST RAISE GUARANTEE j
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec., 7, (A5)— |
Providing a guarantee of $150,000;
is raised, Cleveland is favored as;
the 1932 Republican national con
vention city. Cleveland and Chi
cago have been mentioned as the
leading candidates for the conven
tion.
» CONGRESS IS
BOON 1ID SETTING
POLITICAL UNREST
CONGRESS’ NEW MEMBERS ARE
MOSTLY FIRST TERM
DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 7. (/P)
i—A new Congress was born amid
a setting of political unrest, and
! legislators assembled under the
burden of facing a session of legis
lative tribulation which has been
unparalleled in recent years.
A Republican Senate and a Dem
■ ccratic House answered the call of
the constitution that they be as
sembled in session. Major issues
: expected as a result of the present
. session is the increase of taxes, a
revision of banking laws to create
more and new credit agencies and
to settle a thousand and one other
questions relating to the nation’s
1 policy and problems.
Only the formalities of organiza
j tion, including the election of Rep
i resentative John N. Garner, Demo
; crat from the 15th Texas District,
j as speaker were in order at the
I opening day.
The real business which Congress
! has before it really begins after
i President Hoover sends in his an
nual message tomorrow.
Sixteen new Senators and nearly
100 new Representatives presented.
; themselves to take oath of office
and nearly all of them are first
term Democrats who were swept in
to office by the 1930 election. The
Democrats just missed making a
majority in the Senate.
The procedure in the Senate to
day was the gavel rap at noon by
Vice President Curtis, prayer, tak
ing oath of office by new Sen
ators, the appointment of a com
mittee to notify President Hoover
that the Senate session will be in
recess until tomorrow, and the
election of a speaker as soon as
possible.
The Roll Call in the House was
taken with William Tyler Page,
veteran clerk of the House, tem
porarily in the chair.
Representative Garner’s election
over Snell is a foregone conclusion.
Discussions on the Hoover mora
torium will come up soon.
JOBLESS DEMONSTRATE
ON THE CAPITOL PLAZA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7. (£»)
—From a night’s sleep in warm bil
lets, 1,500 men and women rose
today, planning to make demands
for an unemployment insurance at
the opening day of Congress in a
mass demonstration on the plaza
fronting the Capitol.
The demonstration was timed by
unemployed with attempts to pre
sent their demands on the floors
of both the Senate and the House.
The unemployed have gathered
here from all ends of the country
and greeted the legislators as they
assembled. They proposed then to
march to the White House and from
there to Labor headquarters.
SEVEN DIE ON GALLOWS
WARSAW, Dec. 7. (JP) — Seven
men, convicted of acting as Soviet
spies, were hanged from the same
gallows at Baranovichi within a
period of four hours.