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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 16.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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STOUT-HEARTED SOLDIERS PUT
UP FAST GAME, FIRST OF
LOCAL SERIES
The Anchorage cage teams and i
fans were wafted to Seward last
evening on the bosom of the bliz
zard which came down from the
polar regions. The heavy snow
draped locomotive came to a pant- j
ing halt at the depot at 7:15 n. m.. j
and, so the hostler said, was heard >
to exclaim: “Thank goodness, I.
got. this bunch through on time.”j
“And the whole town rang
With a rattle-de-bang!
Zizzy ze zum-zum.
Zizzy ze zum-zum,
Zimme ze zum-zum-zum!"
The ringing was that of the'
voices of the fans who witnessed
the Anchorage-Seward basketball j
games, and the happy, care-free i
visitors and their hosts after the
games, when young Seward turned!
out to join the visitors in a com-1
bined welcome and celebration.
The “Zizze-ze-zum-zum’’ was in j
the voice of a blizzard, which, ini
an effort to show the visitors that j
Seward did nothing by halves, at
tempted to dampen the ardor of
all.
ELEMENTS IMPORTANT
But even the elements were im
potent in suppressing the spirit of
good cheer and neighborliness
which permeated the Gateway
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MOSCOW. U. S. S. K.. Jan. 20.—
Notices were posted in all registra-j
tion bureaus announcing that all.
registrations of marriages, adop
tions and divorces in Soviet Russia
would be suspended until further j
notice.
No official reason was given for i
this decree. But it was believed!
a possible reason might be to pre-;
vent persons subject to expulsion j
from legalizing their position byj
marriage or becoming adopted by
some one legally entitled to a pass
port.
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 19.—
Early construction of the giant
span of Oakland Bay bridge was
advocated yesterday as an aid to
ward solving a portion of the lo
cal unemployment problem.
The cost of the project is esti
mated at $61,000,000. Immediate
jobs for 6.000 men will be made
available on the span alone, while
at least 5.000 other men will find
work on other material. The cost
of the span will not be taxed, it
was said.
HEADS BUTTERED IN
LOS ANGELES RIOT
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19,—Night
sticks swung Wednesday when aj
march of 100 men, on the office of
the county Welfare Department,
turned into a demonstration police
described as a riot.
Several men were carried away
in patrol wagons with battered
heads as the riot squad charged in
to disperse the crowTd.
HELD. FOR BIGAMY
LOS ANGELES. Jail. 19—Howard
C. Stowell of Seattle is being held
here on a charge of bigamy.
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FARMER PRESIDENT
CALGARY. Jan. 19. —Robert
Gardner was reelected president of j
the United Farmers of Alberta by
acclamation Wednesday.
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CONTINUES AS COACH
SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Jan. 20,—
Hartly W. “Hunk” Anderson, head
coach at Notre Dame since the
death of Knut Rockne, signed a
contract to continue as head coach |
in 1933.
INDUSTRY EXPANDS
NEW YORK. Jan. 19. —The steel
industry increased 15 per cent last
week, it was announced, because
of misscelaneous orders and ex- j
panded automotive sales.
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SETTLEMENT REACHED
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20—A set
tlement was reported to have been
reached between Libby Holman
Reynolds and members of her late j
husband’s family over the S15.000,- j
000 estate of Smith Reynolds.
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LICENSE SUSPENDED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.—'The
brokerage license of W. A. Hewitt;
& Co. was suspended Wednesday j
pending investigation of certain
transactions. Mr. Hewitt could
not be found yesterday.
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WIN BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
MIAMI, Jan. 18.—Robert W. Hal
tin, former president of the Amer
ican Bridge League, and Louis J.
Haddad of Chicago, were winners |
in the International Bridge Tour
nament.
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RAILROAD STRIKE
LONDON, Jan. 20—A strike of
railroad employees of the major
British lines appeared likely after
the National Union of Railwaymen
refused to accept wage reductions
approved by the railroad owners.
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CHAMPIONSHIP BILLIARDS
CHICAGO. Jan. 19.—The billiard
I champions of the country .are
I gathered here for play- Among
| the high ranking players who will
j engage in the tournament are F.
Grovells of Buffalo, Johnny Layton
j of Missouri, and C.' Jackson of De
! troit.
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PRINCE RUPERT CAGERS
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 19. —The
Prince Rupert basketball team de
feated Ketchikan high school 25
13 and Ketchikan City team 25-18.
The Ruperts are touring South
eastern Alaska and will wind up
at Juneau.
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RAUS MIT BILLBOARDS
j SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, —A.
! J. Von Reinerger of Berlin, en
| route home yesterday after a
! week’s visit in town, pointed out
| that the authorities of Prussia
; have decided to abolish all bill
1 board advertising on June 1.
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PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.—
i Proceeds from the sale of the tick
j ets to the Roosevelt inaugural on
| March 4 will not be subjected to
| tax because the proceeds will be
| given to charity.
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ROMANCE BROKEN
j HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19. —The
‘ breaking up of her romance with
James Dunn, screen actor, was re
ported to be the case for the de
cision of Maureen O’Sullivan, pret
ty actress, to go home to Ireland to
stay.
ASSAULTED VOCALIST
SEATTLE, Jan. 19. — Walter
Harkins, a plumber, didn’t like the
looks of Edwin Hass, nor his tenor
voice, so sloughed him over the
head with a piece of water pipe,
i Harkins was fined $25.
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TIKE FIRST GAME Of
LOCAL SERIES, 28
The long-heralded Anchorage
City women’s basketball team,
champions of Southwestern Alas
ka, continued their climb toward
the All-Alaska championship last
; evening when they defeated the
pride and joy of Seward, the High
| School girls’ squad 26-11. The An-!
I chorage girls are undoubtedly the
I neatest and cleverest crew ever to
! have appeared in this section of
1 the Territory and had little dif
ficulty in maintaining their lead
in the first of the three game ser
ies.
But, at the same time, while
compliments are being cast about,
i the improved work of the Seward
, team was a revelation and it is
; not at all unlikely that they will
| take one game of the three and
that game may be tonight’s. The
narrow margin field shots which
refused to topple inward, had some
of the fans crying like children.
The visitors got the jump on
them in the first quarter which l
ended 14-0; second 15-5; third 20
6. Elsia Larsson. star Seward play- j
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MEAT MMET FEB. IS
Announcement is made by Gus
Manthey that he will open the
; Seward Meat Market February 15
I in the Johansen building.
' Remodeling of his butcher shop
and installation of a cold storage
I plant begins Monday. New modern
equipment and fixtures will be
shipped from Seattle on Saturday,
a full line of Swift's meats and
other products will be carried.
Mr. Manthey’s son, Raymond, will
do the bookkeeping as well as
making prompt automobile deliv
ery of orders.
II PRISON ras
PARIS, Jan. 20,—Albert Oustric.
the banker whose affairs have
been under investigation since the
failure of his private bank in 1930,
was sentenced to one year in pri
son for irregularities in conducting
the bank’s affairs.
Richard Gualino. Italian indus
trialist w'ho was involved in the
charges, also was sentenced to a
year’s imprisonment. Several di
rectors of a holding company con
trolled by Oustric were fined.
nos RUSSIANS
BANISHED 10 SIBERIA
MOSCOW, Jan. 20,—Soviet Rus
sia has banished to the frozen
north, the entire population of
' three villages in Southern Russia
; for failure to comply with govern
ment crop and grain mandates.
Every man, woman and child,
numbering at least 45,000, in the
villages, will be sent to Northern
Siberia. Their lands will be given
to soldiers and government em
ployes.
SLICING DOWN
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 19.—
I Discontinuance of the home for
j the adult blind, located in Oakland,
was proposed here Wednesday as
an economic move in reducing
state expenditures $30,000 a year.
It is also expected the $15,409,000
appropriation for the University
of California will be sliced down.
The Stock Market
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Prices on
most stocks offered Thursday gain- i
ed two points. Wheat advanced j
2 1-2 cents a bushel. Rails and |
utilities were firm. A total ox j
620.000 shares were sold- Canadi
an exchange was quoted at 87 1-8
and the pound sterling at 3.54 7-8.
Produce quotations: Butter 20c,
per pound, cheese 11c per pound,
extra eggs 21c per doz., and medi
ums 20c.
I
GENEVA. Jan. 20,—Japan made |
a conditional offer to accept Rus
sian and American participation in
the League of Nations efforts to j
settle her conflict with China over
Manchuria, after resisting such
participation for many weeks.
The Japanese delegation served
notice, however, that if the United
States and the Soviet government
I are to be invited to join the work
of the League conciliation commit
j tee, the committee must first ac- :
1 cept all the amendments Tokio
has offered to the draft resolution
prepared by the committee.
The Japanese appeared to be cy
nically amused at what they term- j
. ed American agitation over Japan's j
: Manchurian activities in compari- ■
! son with the “American insolence” '
i exhibited at Manila.
HTML! TAKEN
SAN PEDRO, Jan. 20—Fred Re
bell, who arrived here two weeks
ago after sailing the 18-foot sloop
Elaine across the Pacific from
Australia alone, was held by Fed
eral authorities and faced possible
deportation.
i He was taken into custody
: charged with having over-stayed
; his time limit of 60 days provided
in a seamans passport issued in
Hawaii.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19,—“I j
I stole the sack of pecans, your Hon- j
or, because I wanted to be arrest- !
ed; I was cold and hungry,” Wal- |
ter Smith told the police court J
■ judge here yesterday,
i ‘‘Well, how much time do you
' think would be right?” enquired
I the gentleman and a scholar be
i hind the bench.
j “Would 30 days be alright?”
j Smith asked.
j “That’s alright, my boy. 30 days
j it shall be.”
GRETH EKRBO RETURNING
TO [1ST "PICKS"
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 20,
—Greta Garbo is planning to leave
Sweden quietly about the end of
this month for America, confiden
tial sources revealed.
No indication was forthcoming
f about the ship she would take, but
if she uses the same line as when
she came over it will be the SS.
Brottningholm, sailing February
4.
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SIGNS ON DOTTED LINE
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. —George;
; Davis, outfielder acquired from the
!' Phillies, signed his 1933 contract,
'1 it was announced by the New
j York Giants.
JOB HUNTERS MECCA
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 19,—It is
estimated that there are 509 ap
plications for every state job.
CRICKET SCORES
MELBOURNE, Australia. Jan. 19
—England 341, Australia 222. Eng
land is about 400 wickets ahead, i
having made six wickets in yester
day’s game for a total of 296.
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JAPANESE PRINCE DIED
TOKIO, Jan. 20,—Prince Michi
zane Kujo. uncle of Emperor Hiro
hito and member of the House of
Peers for a number of years, died
yesterday of cerebal blood clot.
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ACTRESS FREED
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 20.—Doro
thy Burgess, screen actress, was
freed of manslaughter charges.
Her automobile, on August 22, ran
; into and killed a man.
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SPECIAL SESSION APRIL 22
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 22.—:
President-elect Roosevelt informed
the press Thursday that the tenta
tive date for calling a special ses
sion of Congress will be April 22.
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RAILROADER DIED
STOCKHOLM, Calif., Jan. 20,—
William Farley, 26, West Virginia
' railroader, died in a hospital of in
j juries incurred when he slipped
j and fell under the wheels of a
Western Pacific freight train.
MUSTER OUT ADMIRAL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 20.—
Admiral William A. Pratt, chief of
: naval operations, will retire March
j 1. No indication of his successor
has been given.
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LADY BAILEY SAFE
PARIS, Jan. 20,—Lady Mary Bai
ley. famous British flyer, missing
since Sunday, has been found
alive on the Niger River in Africa,
; the French Air Ministry announc
| ed.
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BASEBALL LEAGUE CONFAB
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.—Pa
cific Coast League baseball team
owners are in for many discussions
at their annual meeting next
month, but the warmest one pro
1 bably 'will be over lowering of ad*
missions.
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BURIED CITIES
' MEXICO CITY. Jan. 19,—Dis
! covery of two hitherto unregister
ed archeological cities in the Mix
tecan region northwest of Oaxaca
I City, was reported by Miss Emma
| Reh, Washington, D. C., scientific
| writer.
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THREATEN PRIVATE BANKS
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 18,—
Because the powerful Bank of
New South Wales has publicly con
I demned the Ottawa Trade Confer
! ence as being disadvantageous to
Australia, the Commonwealth gov
ernment has threatened privately
opened banks with nationalization
| if they do not refrain from politi
i cal propoganda.
ARGUMENTS FLARED
j SACRAMENTO. Jan. 19,—Prohi
j bition arguments flared out in the
j State assembly for the second time
this session during a debate on a
resolution by William Hornblower
of San Francisco, to memoralize
Congress to adopt legislation per
mitting sale of light wanes- The
resolution was adopted by a vote
of 56 to 21.
WILLING TO COMPROMISE
I NEW YORK. Jan. 20.—‘‘Babe”
Ruth suggested a compromise in
his 1933 salary, a reduction of 10
: or 15 per cent. Last year he drewr
down $75,000. He denied he had
j conferred with Colonel Rupert re
1 garding his rejection of his con
; tract, which calls for paying him
i $50,000.
SHE JUDD. ULO'JIIS
PHOENIX. Ariz., J.n. 20,—A sen
sational legal move that would
have paved the way to saving Win
nie Ruth Judd from the gallows
by sending her to an insane asy
lum, and also freed J. J. “Happy"
Halloran of charges of being her
accessory, came to naught yester
day afternoon.
After an hour’s argument be
tween opposing attorneys in Judge
J. C. Niles’ chambers, Ex-Judge
Frank O. Smith, attorney for Hal
loran, withdrew a motion to strike
out Mrs. Judd’s testimony on the
ground that she was mentally and
physically incompetent.
The assertion wras made that Mrs.
Judd has been reduced to phys
ically an unsound, mind by the
present court ordeal.
She recoiled with horror when
the attorney suggested she pick up
the revolver from which were fired
the bullets ending the lives of Miss
Samuelson and Mrs. Le Roi.
“I won’t do it!” she screamed. “I
know what they are trying to do
to me: they are trying to prove I
am insane!”
The opinion prevails that com
mutation of the death sentence
will be refused and that she will
hang February 17.
WILLING 10 INCLUDE
UNITED SMS. RUSSIA.
IE LEAGUE REVERSES
| GENEVA, Jan. 20.—Japan offer
ed to include the United States
, and Russia in future efforts at
reconciliation of the Manchurian
| dispute, provided that the League
of Nations drop the policy of non
I recognition of the new Manchur
ian state of Manchukuo.
The chief Japanese delegate told
Paul Hymans, president of the
League’s committee of 19. that
Japan -would allow Russia and the
United States” as conciliators if
the non-recognition proposal of
, the committee’s resolution were
1 deleted.
FAMOUS ion NIGHT
CLUB QUEEN PUSSES
I
LONDON, Jan. 20, —Mrs. Kate
Meyrick, London’s famous “Night
Club Queen” and mother-in-law
of three peers, died last night of
influenza. Death occurred at the
! home of one of her son-in-laws,
| Lord Kinnoull, where Mrs. Mey
I rick had been ill for several days.
During her career as mistress
of London’s gayest night life re
, sorts, Mrs. Meyrick was several
times imprisoned for violation of
! liquor laws.
BLOWS OUT BRAINS
; HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19—Dick
Stahl. Denver draftsman, ended his
life by blowing out his brains with
an automatic. He was despondent
because he could not find work.
Stahl had been living with his
brother.
i POCKET' BATTLESHIP
GIN .1 TRIAL SPIN
i
KIEL. Germany, Jan. 20. —The
i Deuschland. Germany’s ‘hockes
[ battleship” of 10.000 tons, equipped
( with enough guns to place it on
; equal terms with other ships twice
| its size, began trial runs yesterday.
It is capable of a speed of 26
knots and a cruising radius of 10,
000 miles without refueling.
BASKETBALL
ANCHORAGE ARMY vs. SEWARD ALUMNI
ANCHORAGE CITY vs. SEWARD HIGH GIRLS
ADMISSION 50 CENTS
TONIGHT