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VOLUME XXJX. NUMBER 44. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FFBURARY 23,1933. PRICE TEN CENTS
CAPT. ANDREW NELSON LAST
SEEN CLINGING TO MAST;
WASHED AWAY
(Special to The Gateway)
When Captain Larsen with the
M. S. Dorothea steamed into Una
laska February 12, a pall of gloom
was cast over the village with the
* sad tidings she bore. On board
was Larry Stepetin, a young man
of some 20 years, grown old in the
space of a few hours from shock,
^ grief and exposure. When he came
he' was believed to be one of only
three survivors from the wreck of
the “Umnak Native,” out of a crew
and passenger list of 15 lives—the
* number has since been reduced to
11 lost.
The “Umnak Native” was a 40
foot motorship owned and operat
ed by the Umnak Native village
community, Capt. John Stankus,
commanding. She left here Jan
uary 19 and had on board as pas
sengers, the Right Rev. Bishop of
Alaska, Antonin, with his assistant
Deacon, Mike Tutiakoff, Capt. An
drew Nelson, well known for his
dauntless trip to Attu during win
ter storms, Captain Stankus’ wife,
Olga, and their two-year old baby.
The “Umnak Native” was destined
for Atka well laden with supplies.
TOOK TRAPPERS ABOARD
Conditions were evidently favor
< able at first as she took off some
islands, several trappers including
John Galacteanoff. and Larry Step
etin, of Unalaska. and several Um
nak natives, bringing the total on
board up to 15.
January 24 a terrific gale arose—
one of those gales we are so fam
iliar wit halong this part of Alas
ka’s rocky coast. She made for an
chorage but one anchor broke
away and the other did not hold
and to increase her peril the en
gine refused to work; thus she
drifted into Inunadak Bay on Um
nak Island.
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HYDE PARK. N. Y., Feb. 23, —
In the seclusion of the family es
tate President-Elect Roosevelt is
scanning Democratic lists for a
multitude of men and women he
will pick to take over key posi
tions in the government after his
inauguration March 4.
With the cabinet well in mind
he is consulting these offices as
to immediate assistants and some
fairly definite* guesses already
been made. William Phillips, of
Massachusetts, will probably be
come the choice under-secretary
of state; Prof. Moley, war debts
expert and first assistant; How
ard Bruce of Maryland will prob
ably be under-secretary of the
treasury and Arthur O’Brien, as
sistant.
WILL GIVE DEIS
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 23, —Inter
vention by Gov. A. G. Schmede
man brought a truce until May 1
in the milk strike which for a week
caused disorders in a dozen East
ern Wisconsin counties.
At a mass meeting the farmers
decided to “give the Democrats a
chance,” at the same time re
minding officials they were ready
for a finish fight unless they re
ceive a fair price for products;
one of these items is for $1.40 per
100 pounds for milk.
BURIED ALIVE IN SNOW
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 23,
—Authorities sought th? parentage
of a new born boy, whose body
was revealed in an alley when
snow melted. The coroner said the
baby had apparently been buried
several days ago when still alive.
EXPECTANCY PREVAILS
OVER MICHIGAN AS TO
NEXT HE GOVERNOR
DETROIT, Feb. 23, —An air of:
expectancy prevailed over Mich-j
igan on the last official day of the j
banking moratorium, as the State;
awaited the next move of Gov. Wm
A. Comstock.
The Governor neared absolute
authority of a dictator over bank
ing affairs, when the House of
the legislature passed the Senate’s
concurrent resolution giving him
this mandate.
The measure, passed Monday,'
will give the Governor power to!
extend the operation of individual:
banks as any emergency may arise j
pending the passing of remedial j
legislation.
MANGLED BODIES OF i
100 EXPLOSION VICTIMS
RECOVERED, SUB1
SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, —Mangled
bodies of nearly 100 victims of the
two exploding gasoline tanks last
Tuesday at the Zung Dah rubber!
vulcaniizing plant here were re-,
covered Wednesday.
Police expected the death toll
to exceed 100 when all bodies have
been recovered. Identification of j
most of the bodies were girls who j
were employed in the plant.
It was reported that 160 girls j
wrere missing. The cause of the;
explosion was not determined. The j
two tanks blew up with a terrific |
roar, spraying flaming gasoline j
over workers and setting fire to
the plant which was destroyed.
THREE ARE HELD
WELLINGTON, Feb. 23. —'Two j
Coloradoans and their Oklahoma
companion were held in jail here
by officers who expressed the be- j
lief they may have left Colorado
to escape questioning concerning j
the Boettcher kidnapping case in
Denver.
FlU PATRIOTISM
IS EVIDENT IN JM
TOKIO, Feb. 23, —Scenes of
fanatical patriotism were in evi
dence throughout Japan on the
eve of impending warfare in Je
hol province.
The whole nation, apparently,
from poorly paid fishermen to cap
tains of industry, stands united
in its support of Japan’s with
drawal from the League of Na
tions and the consolidation of
Manchuria by annexing Jehol.
NEW EVIDENCE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, —New
evidence in the alleged suicide of
the late Paul Bern, husband of
Jean Harlow, has been presented
by Bern’s brother to the grand
jury which w'lil consider the evi
dence this week.
MRS. “TEDDY” RETURNS
SEATTLE, Feb. 23, —Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt, Sr., returned to
Seattle yesterday from the Phil
ippines where she has been visit
ing her son. She left Seattle early
in the evening for Oyster Bay,
N. Y.
S. P. WANT A LOAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23, —
The Southern Pacific Company
filed an application with the Re
construction Finance Corporation
for a loan of $1,200,000.
TWO MEMBERS IN
THE NEW CABINET ARE
NAMED BY ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK, Feb. 23, —Presi
dent-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
announced Senator Cordell Hull
as the new Secretary of State and
William H. Woodin as his Secre
tary of the Treasury.
Mr. Roosevelt announced the
appointments in a formal state
ment at his home here- He made
it clear that both men were virtu
ally drafted for the position.
He explained that Senator Hull
was expected to leave the Senate
and that Mr. Woodin was loath to
relinquish, at this time, the active
control of the many industrial en
terprises with which he has long
and prominently identified.
UNEMPLOYED REFUSE
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PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 23, —
More than 250 unemployed single
men folded their arms and refus
ed to chop wood at the Portland
common wood yards.
Their strike will continue until
demands for better food and part
payment of wages are met by the
community chest, the men an
nounced after being harangued
by five leaders.
HULL IS GRATIFIED
OVER APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23, —
Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee
when informed by the press of the
announcement of his appointment
as Secretary of State in the Roos
evelt cabinet, said he considered it
a great honor.
“I am gratified to receive the
honor,” Hull said, “and will en
deavor to meet the responsibility
with the utmost efficiency.”
Senator Hull has been confined
to his apartment with a severe
cold.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 23, —Two ad
ditional counts are to be lodged
against G. Zangara, the Italian
who attempted to kill President
Elect Roosevelt. The counts would
be “intent to murder Mayor Cer
mak and Mrs. Gill.” These would i
add another 40 years to his 80
years sentence or a total of 120.
Zangara told the jailer his stom
ache ache had disappeared and
that he felt fine.
Two friends of Zangara told po
lice he was a “nice fella” and that
a half-hour before Zangara began
shooting, he had been playing
cards with them; that he appear
ed to be normal and never once
had spoken of his intent.
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MEDAL OF HONOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23, —
A resolution which would grant a
special Medal of Honor and the
formal thanks of Congress to Mrs.
W. F. Cross of Miami, Fla., was in
troduced in the House by Repre
sentative Green, Democrat of Flor
ida. It was Mrs. Cross who struck
Giuseppe Zangara’s arm and di
verted his aim at President-Elect
Roosevelt.
POINTS TO SUICIDE
TACOMA, Feb. 23, —Police re
laxed their investigation as to
the death of Mary Fitzgerald
whose body was found Tuesday,
after her parents agreed the clues
apparently pointed to suicide. She
was a leader in the yuong social
set
WAR HIGH LIGHTS
MUKDEN, Feb. 23, —Japanese
admit Chinese have recaptured
Nanling station. More than 150,000
Japanese troops await battle or
ders along Great Wall in Jehol.
GENEVA, Feb. 23, —Japan offi
cially rejects League of Nations
demand for return of Manchuria
to China, meaning Japan will with
draw from League.
PEIPING, Feb. 23, —Marshall
Chang Hsueh Liang says war with
Japan is inevitable.
NANKING, Feb. 23, —China to
ask League to authorize boycott of
Japanese products and labor.
TOKIO, Feb. 23, —Japanese in
frenzy of patriotism. Demand in
creased military action in Man
churia. Officials announce all
troop activities a well-kept secret.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23, —
State department officials watch
Far East situation. Withhold com
ment on Japan’s action at Geneva.
TOKIO, Feb. 23, —The War of
fice announce present plans call
for confining warfare north of the
Great Wall in the Jehol province.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, —Chinese
troops are reported to have done
more than better in Wednesday’s
resistance against the Japanese
along the 400-mile front in Jehol.
GENEVA, Feb. 23, —The Japan
ese delegation to the League of
Nations departs Saturday for
home.
FLORID* JUSTIDE IS
SULIM HIM
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MIAMI, Fla-, Feb. 23, —Mayor,
Anton J. Cermak of Chicago made;
I the following statement through
[Alderman James J. Bowler w’hen
| advised that sentence had been
[ imposed on Zangara:
“They certainly mete out jus
tice migh'ty fast in this state. If
the law was enforced as swiftly inj
other states so as to speed up j
trials it would have a great ten
dency to check crime.”
BUZZARD SWEPT OVER
THE BRITISH ISLES
LONDON, Feb. 23, —A blizzard j
sweeping the British Isles maroon- j
ed trains, buses and motorcars,!
isolated villages, buried cattle and !
sheep in snow drifts, and sent the;
Canadian Pacific liner Montrose
aground on a treacherous sand
bank called the Askew Pit at the
mouth of the Mersey River.
Two hundred passengers were
removed safely.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Feb. 23, —The mar
ket showed an inclination to rally
for a time then eased late at the
close; changes were mostly unim
ported, although a few dropped
one to four points.
Securities experienced an abate
ment of selling pressure; trade
stocks were extremely sluggish
with a pre-holiday short covering
giving prices a boost.
The market was closed yester
day.
Liggett & Meyers, B. and Union
Pacific advanced two and lost a
half. Safeways Stores made two
early gains, 3-4 to 1 1-2; Santa Fe
and Chemical Steel lost late dur
ing the session, while Telephone
closed net, off 1. Can, corn, smelt
ing, and Woolworth lost major
fractions to a point.
Repeal stocks eased in profit
taking. Cola dipped two then re
covered and Douglas, Norfolk and
Western lost three; Aircraft stocks
firmed, United and Douglas gain
ing majors.
Quotations
Juneau 11 3-4, Atchison 38 7-8,
Bendix 8, Del- & Hud. 44 1-2, Chrys
ler 10 3-8, Motors 1 17-8, Loews
14 1-2, Panam. 3-4, Radio 3 1-2,
So. Pac. 14 1-4, Steel 26 1-8.
NOTE MAY BE CLUE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 23, —
The note accompanying an ex
plosive—a bomb—addressed to
President-Elect Roosevelt was sent
to New York postal inspectors to
aid them in ascertaining who
mailed the package. A written cor
respondence card was placed in
an unaddressed envelope.
PLANE MOTOR CONKEU
OUT WHEN WEATHER
MAN UP 16,000 FEET
CHICAGO, Feb. 23, —Roy Colton,!
weather observer, nosed his open
cockpit plane to 18,000 feet above
the city and then as the wind
whined at 80 miles an hour and
the temperature recorded four be
low zero, the motor sputtered and
died.
In the open cockpit the pilot’s
hands nearly froze but he kept
the plane under control. As he
reached the lower levels the wind
slackened and the speed of his un
powered ship increased.
As the plane came down in a
suburb, the ship ploughed head-on
into a network of wires. Both wings
were stripped from the plane but
the wires so broke the fall that it
dropped easily to the pavement.
Colton was unhurt.
END OF JAPANESE DR
IN JEHOl WILL MABK
DECLINE OE PUSH
j TOKIO, Feb. 23, The enc^pf the.
| impending Japanese drive to def
! initely annex Jehol province to
! Manchukuo will see a decline in
| power of Japan’s extreme nat
j ionalism, qualified observers be
: lieve.
For 20 months the Nationalists
military group associated with War
Minister Sadai Araki has main
tained its prestige by continuous
expansion.
Japan was plunged into a series
of events which the more conser
ative elements could not disavow
without serious damage to national
prestige.
SOLD OUTRIGHT
NEW YORK, Feb. 23, —John
Krider, right-handed pitcher of
the Brooklyn Dodgers, was sold
outright to the Nashville club of
the Southern League
SO OPTIMISTIC,
MIAMI Fla., Feb. 23, —Physicians
continued their optimistic reports
on the condition of Mayor Cermak
of Chicago, but private reports
circulated widely that his condi
tion was less favorable than was
generally suspected.
Mayor Cermak has been restless
throughout recent nights, when it
was reported he had slept well.
PLUNGED TO DEATH
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23, — Mrs. j
Daisy Canfield Moreno, oil fortune
heiress and estranged wife of An- j
tonio Moreno, film actor, was kill- j
ed when the automobile in which
she riding plunged down a 300- j
foot embankment in the Holly
wood foothills.
FIGHT FOR TITLE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, —
Young Corbett, 3rd, the left-hand
fighting man against whom five;
successive welterweight champions;
would not risk the title for $65,
000 cash, gets his chance tonight.
He takes on Jackie Fields at the
Seals stadium. They fight 10-rcunds
for the championship of the world.
CORBETT WON
Young Corbett won the fight.
Judges gave him seven of the 10
rounds: Fields two rounds and the
other was declared even.
LITTLE GIRL WAS SWEPT FROM
ARMS OF HER PROTECTOR
INTO THE SEA
^Special to The Gateway)
Eleven people perished when the
Umnay Native, a boat owned by
the Umnak community, was
wrecked in a terrific storm in the
Inanudak Bay of the Umnak Is
land (Aleutians) on Jan. 24, 1933.
Those who perished were Cap
tain Andrew Nelson, Captain John
Stankus, Mrs. Olga Stankus, Vera
Stankus, John GalaktionofE, Mike
Tuttikoff, of Unalaska; Andrew
Krukoff, George Krudoff, Mike
Bezezekoff, Mathew Sovoroff. and
Steven Krukoff. of Umnak.
The survivors, who reported the
wreck, were Afonigan Ermeloff and
George Dushkin of Umnak. and
Larry Stepetin of Unalaska.
The Umnak Native left Unalas
ka on January 19, with passengers
for Umnak and Atka and freight
for Atka. It arrived at Umnak
Pass on January 21, where trap
pers were taken aboard and left
for Chernofsky, and arrived there
on the following day at 5 p. m.
ENGINE FAILED
The following day, January 23,
arrived at Inanuduk Bay where
they anchored for half an hour
to take aboard Steven Krukoff and
John Galaktionoff.
At this time a terrific storm
came upon them and they wrere
forced to drop anchor at the
point of Inanudak Bay. At 7:30 p.
m. the boat started to drag the
anchors. The engine was started to
avoid going on the rocks, but it
stopped within a short time and
the crew was unable to start it
again. In a few minutes the boat
was on the rocks and was being
gradually smashed by the heavy
breakers.
According to the survivors, the
boat was on the rocks for 11 hours
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HITLER COMMITTS
BERLIN, Feb. 23, — Chancellor
Adolf Hitler, whom political op
ponents depict as a sabre rattling
believer of big armies and navies,
committed himself unequivocally
to the policy of universal and
complete disarmament, saying:
“We are willing to go to any
lengths to further the ideal of
disarmament,”
The Chancellor said “We insist,
however, that the same standards
shall apply to all and do away al
together with armies, if you please,
and Germany will gladly scrap
her’s also.
JEHOL DRIVE 1Y
BE POSTPONED WEEK
MUKDEN, Feb. 23, —Reports in
dicate that Japan may postpone
the Jehol drive untii the end of
the month pending developments
by the League of Nations.
A heavy snowfall covers South
Manchuria and Jehol.
Peaceful settlement is the hope
of some Japanese leaders.
From Peiping came the report
that Japanese have bombed addi
tional towns in Eastern Jehol.
GIRL’S BODY FOUND
SEATTLE, Feb., 23, —A body be
lieved to be that of Miss Mary
Fitzgerald, 27, president of the Ta
coma junior league and prominent
in Washington social circles, was
found late yesterday on Wood
mont Beach.
PUBLIC DANCE SATURDAY 1.0.0. F. HALL