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VOLUME XXI X.NUMBER 42.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VIGOROUS ATTACK
PEIPING, Feb. 20. —The com
mander of the Chinese garrison at
Kailu, on the Eastern border of
Jehol, answered a Japanese ulti
matum by attacking Japanese po
sitions between Kailu and Tung
lia, and official Chinese communi
gue said.
The “big swords” of Feng Chan
Hai also participated in the attack.
The Japanese were forced to re
treat to Shis Chia Pao, between
Kailu and the main Japanese
concentration at Tungliao. the
Chinese claimed.
Governor Tang Yu-Lin of Jehol
announced that the garrison com
mander at Kailu reported the gar
rison a heap of ruins after repeat
ed aerial bombings. He also off
cially reported receipt of a Jap
anese demand that Chinese evacu
ate the sector on threat of imme
diate Japanase attack in “full
force.”
“I am tired of Japanese aggres
sions," Governor Tang said. “The
Japanese are drunk with aggres
sion. We are determined to hold
our position and ignore Japanese
demands.”
Thousands of Chinese troops
are being moved into stragetic
points.
FORMER UiSNlN ~
MET AN ACCIDENTAL
DEATH IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20. —Overcome
by gas in his hotel room, John
Peter Kilenies was found dead
Sunday.
His effects showed he was an
Australian but had taken out nat
uralization papers in Alaska where
he was employed on the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway, at
Cordova.
He had carefully hung his
clothes around the room, the trous
ers on the gas jet which was found
partly open. The coroner, who
pronounced the death accidental,
is endeavoring to locate relatives
or friends of the dead man.
Wiileniees recently arrived in
Seattle on a fishing schooner from
Alaska.
ROANOKE. Va., Feb. 20, —'Two
men and a woman, alleged parties
to a conspiracy to extort $17,000
from Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh by
threatening to kidnap his second
son, will be arraigned today before
U. S. Commissioner Charles D.
Fox.
They are Norman Harvey, his
wife Ethel, and Joe Bryant, charg
ed with sending extortion letters
through the mails.
JAMES J. CflRBFTl”
DIED SATURDAY AFTER
ILLNESSJF19 DAYS
BAYSIDE, N. Y., Feb. 20. —
‘'Gentleman'’ James J. Corbett,
most colorful heavyweight cham
pion boxer ever known, died at
his home here Saturday.
His death at 2:10 p. m. came
peacefully after a long illness due
to a glandular disorder which in
duced heart disease.
His w-ife and two life-long ’
friends, John and Dennis Kelle
her, were at his bedside when the
not unexpected end came.
Corbett had been ill 19 days. He
was 67. Corbett won the cham
pionship from John L. Sullivan in
the 21st round of their New Or
leans bout in 1892. He lost it a few
years later to Bob Fitzsimmons.
HOUSE VOTED REPEAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20, —
The House voted 289-121 to submit
to the States repeal of the 18th
amendment, the vote being more
than the necessary two-thirds
majority. The Senate already has
acted favorably on the act.
«A SENTENCED
TO 80 TEARS IN PRISON
ATTEMPTED KILLINGS
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 20. —G. Zan
gara, who last week attempted to
asassinate President-Elect Roose
velt, was sentenced to 80 years in
prison when he pleaded guilty to
four counts, or 20 years on each.
After the sentence, Zangara
asked the judge how much he had
given him, and at the same time
held up eight fingers. When in
formed that was correct he said:
“Don’t be stingy, Judge, give me
100 years.” He laughed as he was!
hastily removed from the court.
Prior to pronouncing sentence :
he was asked if he had ever been |
in jail before and replied he had
not.
He added that because of an
ache in his stomach he did not care
to live and he thought if he killed
Mr. Roosevelt, maybe the officers
would kill him. He also said that
everybody in America had mis
treated him.
Judge Collins said there was no
question but what the man was
insane.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 20. —
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde
proposed that 50.000,000 acres of
land be kept out of production for
one year by having Congress em
power the Federal farm board to
lease this land.
Such action, he said, would re
sult in preventing of new sur
pluses and in consumption of ac
cumulated surpluses. Such land
would include only terrain plant
ed to cotton, wheat, corn and
other cereals, now totalling 355,
000.000 acres.
The cost to the government was
estimated at $150,000,000, payment
to be supplied by a manufacturer’s
excise tax on prossessors of the
affected commodities. Such a tax
Hyde said, would not exceed one
or two per cent “instead of as 12
per cent as contemplated under
the domestic allotment plan.
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WINS FLORIDA GOLF TITLE
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 20.—
Mrs. Opal Hill of Kansas City, de
feated Mureen Orcutt, Englewood,
N. J., defending titleholder, to win
the Florida women’s golf cham
pionship.
PLANES OFF FOR EVEREST
MARSEILLES, France, Feb. 20.—
Three airplanes, led by Lord
Clydesdale, left here on their way
to India, whence they hope to fly
over Mount Everest this spring.
EMBARGO ON GRAINS
BERLIN, Feb. 20—The German
cabinet decided to declare a vir
tual embargo on the import of
wheat or rye as part of a cam
paign to support domestic grain
prices. The decision also includes
extending the existing government
monopoly on corn to other na
tions.
SCHWAB’S BIRTHDAY
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, —Charles
M. Schwab, chairman of the Board
of the U. S. Steel Corporation,
celebrated his 71st birthday quiet
ly at his home.
BERKELEY. Calf., Feb. 20, —
University of California defeated
the University of Southern Califor
nia basketball squad Saturday nite
29-24. The half ended 13-9 in favor
of U. S. C.
ESCAPED THE CHAIR
THREE TIMES RUT NOW
mmm doom
ROCKFORD, 111.. Feb. 20. —
Eighteen year-old Russell McWil
liams, for the third time, was sen
tenced to die in the electric chair
for the holdup and slaying of a
streetcar motorman. Judge Edw
ard D. Schurtleff set February 22
as the date when the youth must
die.
Twice before young McWillaims
had been sentenced to die for the
fatal shooting of Wm. S. Sayles.
Pale, biting his lips, the youth
stood with his father and moth- j
er as the doom was pronounced, j
ROOSEVELT AND i
SIR LINDSAY MEETING j
TODAY SECOND TIME
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, — Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt and Sir Ron
ald Lindsay, British Ambassador,
will meet again t-oday for a sec
ond war debt conference.
“I told Secretary Stimson over
the long distance telephone that
if it was entirely approved by the
State Department that in order
to save time and an additional
trip to Njijy York. I would be glad
to see Sir Ronald when he arrives
in New York today.” Roosevelt an
nounced.
Sir Ronald first went over the
debt situation with Roosevelt at
Warm Springs, Georgia, and from
there went to London to confer
with hjs government.
BEFORE RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 20. —
A resolution authorizing a foreign;
relations committee investigation!
of economic and political eondi-1
tions in Russia, was introduced in
the Senate by Senator King. Dem
ocrat from Utah.
Senator King said he beiieved
such an investigation should be!
made before any consideration is I
given to possible recognition of the :
Soviet government.
WILL TIKE (LIST
IN) STEP. PIHTEdl!
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 20—Gov
ernor Comstock announced that
he will take almost any steo he
might deem necessary to protect
ing passage of legislation which
banks and their depositors pend
will make Michogan’s new bank
ing system operative. The plan
would provide for continued oper
ation of banks despite inability to
turn non-liquid assets quickly into
; cash.
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FELLSEVEN STORIES
HUESTON, Tex., Feb. 20. —H. M.
Edwards, an aviator from Reno,
Nev., is being held by police for
questioning in connection with the
death of Miss Iva Young, 32, who
leaped or was throwm from a sev
en-story hotel room.
Edwards told the police that he
w’as entertaining the girl when
she suddenly ran to the window
and leaped out. She died two hours
later.
PATRIARCH PASSES
SPRINGTOWN, Tex., Feb. 20, —
B. L. Shirley, 113, Springtown’s
patriarch who drank whiskey un
til he was 104 years old, rode
horseback at 110 and chewed
tobacco until Friday, died here.
He is survived by his third wife,
who was at his bedside when he
succumbed.
MINK PROBLEMS
IN FOREIGN POLICE
EDGES ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Feb. 20, — j
State Department clerks started j
sifting through diplomatic papers!
of the last four years for a “new j
deal” in foreign policy which will j
plunge President-Elect Roosevelt |
and his Secretary of State into a (
maze of problems.
There will also be a thorough
shakeup in the State Department
and diplomatic service.
War debt adjustment, Far East
ern situation, disarmament, salu
tion of some part of America’s
15 billion dollar foreign invest
ment, maintainance of peace and
stability of Latin America and ex
pansion of American trade, are
among Mr. Roosevelt’s primary
problems in the foreign field.
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LOADINGS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20,—
The American Railway Association
reported that car loadings for the
wreek of February 11 totaled 501,
320 cars, an increase of 18,128 carsj
from the preceding week.
BRIG. GEN. JDS. DUES
10 LOIR FIRST GIBLE
TO DLISSI, IS CDLLED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20,—
Brigadier General James Allen, 84
years of age, retired, died here in
the Walter Reed hospital after a
stroke of paralysis.
Brigadier General Allen laid the j
first cable to Alaska from Seattle
and saw service in Indian cam
paigns, Cuba and in the Philip
pines. He held a Distinauished
Service Cross for heroism at San
tiago Harbor. Cuba.
He was born at Laporte, Ind.,
and was graduated from West
Point in 1872. He was retired in
1913.
NEGRO LYNCHED
RING GOLD. La., Feb. 20, —A
negro suspected of killing J. B.
Bachelor, a banker, after he had
attempted to attack Mrs. Bachelor,
was lynched here Sunday by sever
al hundred men who forced the
sheriff to surrender his prisoner.
Sixty bullets were fired into the
negro’s body as it swung high in
a tree, near where Bachelor was
murdered.
PRESS SILENT
BERLIN, Feb. 20, —The entire
Catholic party press of Prussia,
numbering 600 newspapers, was
banished for three days by the
Prussian government because of
publication of a sharp election
manifesto.
ALIENISTS EXAMINE
OSSINING, N. Y„ Feb. 20.—Mrs.
Mary Field Simpson 21, and her
husband, who are scheduled to die
in the electric chair March 2 for
the murder of their baby son, will
undergo another examination by
alienists, Sing Sing officials re
vealed. Governor Lehman has not
as yet passed on their requests for
| executive clemency. '
NEARLY TWO BILLION
PUB TO BORROWERS
! WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20, —
! The Reconstruction Finance Corp
| oration has paid out $1,788,666,000
to borrowers, it was announced
by the department today.
In repayments $347,237,000 have
been made.
The total amount of loans auth
orized is estimated at more than
$2,000,000,000.
GERMANY GIVEN EXTENSION
BERLIN, Feb. 20.—Germany ob
tained an extension on payment of
her foreign credits with the sign-1
ing of a continuation of the so- J
called “standstill” agreement with
the committee of international
bankers involved in the short term I
loans.
i
LEAGUE BY JAPAN
POSTPONED FEW DAYS
TOKIO, Feb. 20, —Japanese
withdrawal from the League of
Nations will be postponed at least
temporarily, it was indicated when
a cabinet meeting scheduled to
discuss withdrawal was canceled.
Later it was announced the
cabinet would meet in an extra- j
ordinary session at 10 a. m. to- j
day, presumably to discuss the im-!
pending military action toward
“policing” Jehol province.
Foreign Minister Uchida order- j
ed Yosuke Matsuoka, chief League
delegate, to return to Japan via ;
Siberia, instead of visiting the
United States enroute home.
INVOKES ARTICLE 15
GENEVA, Feb. 20, —Colombia!
invoked Article 15 of the League
covenant in the dispute with Peru.
The League council will meet to
day to consider action to be tak
en to stop war between Colombia
and Peru over possession of Let
icia. No new fighting in the Leti
cia area was reported.
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NOTE I! PREDICTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20. — j
The prohibition repeal stampede
was evident throughout the coun
try Saturday with assurances
from Washington that the House
today will concur in the action of
the Senate and resubmit the 18th
Amendment to the States.
A vote of 300 House members for
the Garner-Blaine repeal resolu-!
tion was predicted by jubilant
Wets following the Democratic!
caucus.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20 —A
hit and run driver was hunted in j
Oakland for the death of Mrs.|
Alice Gay, 75, whose body was j
found near her home.
TOO PROUD TO BEG
MEMPHIS, Tenn,. Feb. 20. —Be
cause he was too proud to beg,
Charley Rodgers, 19 year-old
school boy of Fallow, Nev., was
in a hospital today recovering from
weakness that caused him to faint.
MILK WAR STILL WAGES
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 20.—
Violence was reported in the Wis- j
consin milk strike. Frank Holdt1
declared he was fired upon while j
trucking milk to market in viola- |
tion of the strike decree. Pickets j
seized several other milk trucks, j
threatened the drivers and dumped j
the product.
CONVICT Si
WIFE WITH ON OXE
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb- 20, —
An escaped convict, Paul Stanley.
28, attacked his wife with an axe
when he saw her escorted home by j
a strange man.
Roily Baker, the father-in-law,
told police that Stanley had called
on his wife, Muriel, after the man
left, and struck her four times on
the head with an axe, then fled.
Mrs. Stanley is in a critical condi
tion.
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—OR SUFFER CONSEQUENCES
TOKIO, Feb. 20, —China must
give up Jehol province to Japan
or suffer the consequences, Min
ister of War Sadao Araki declared
in a press interview.
SENATE COMMITTEE
CONTINUING TOE QUIZ
OF STOCK MARKET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20,—
A Senate stock market investiga
tion into Wall Street affairs and
high finance will continue beyond
March 4, the press learned.
The inquiry will include the
National City Bank of New York.
It was not known whether the
affairs of other financial institu
tions will be looked into.
The inquiry was started in Feb
ruary, 1932, as a search for so
called Bear raiding culprits who
were defeating President Hoover’s
reconstruction program. In its
concluding phases the investiga
tion is subordinating market oper
ations and the committee it hot
on the trail of investment bank
ers w'ho floated the stacks “that
Jack bought.”
“It is rotten all around,” Senator
Glass, Democrat from Virginia, re
marked. “There should be and
probably will be remedial legisla
tion.”
BATTLE FOR LIFE FROM
ASSASSIN'S BULLETS
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 20, —The ar
raignment of Guiseppi Zangara on.
four counts of assault with intent
to kill was postponed until today.
Counsel for the little Italian
who tried to kill President-Elect
Jtoosevelt Wednesday night, said
they wanted to give phychiatrists
time to complete an examination
of Zangara.
Mayor Anton J. Cermak. who
has spent his life fighting for
wealth and then for political pow
er. appeared to be winning his
battle against the effects of the
assassin’s bullet.
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 20. —Giuseppi
Zangara is a social misfit, doctors
who examined him announced.
Facing a possible sentence of
30 years imprisonment for his at
tack on President-Elect Roosevelt,
the Italian-born bricklayer was
described as an “unnatural per
sonality” by the doctors.
The report did not state defi
nitely whether Zangara is sane,
but the report is expected to play
an important part when the as
sassin goes on trial today.
FORT MORGAN. Colo., Feb. 20,
—Policeman Jake Strom was driv
ing home Saturday when he saw
a wild duck in the street.
He stopped to pick it up, but
it flew on down the street. He fol
lowed in the car, he said, and then
the duck. changing its mind,
alighted on the running board
He opened the door and the
duck hopped in. Jake has the duck
to prove his story.
MOTHERS, CHILDREN
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20, —
Four children and two mothers
were recovering from the shock
of being trapped in quicksand off
the Burlingame Bay shore.
They were rescued by three Bur
lingame city employees who heard
their cries and formed a human,
chain to save them.
Capt. Pete Sather, of the Nuka
Bay Transportation Co., is due to
arrive in port today from the min
ing camp.