VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 26.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
• GOVERNMENT TIKES
EXIM-OIH PON
MOVEMENTS TROOPS
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1, —
The United States ordered regular
troops to Shanghai in view of the
3ino-Japanese crisis there. The
31st infantry regiment was order
ed from Manila by General Doug
,as Mac Arthur, as chief-of-staff,
after a conference at the White
House between the President and
the Secretaries of State, War and
Navy.
The General and Admiral Wil
<, ham V. Pratt, chief of naval oper
ations, were also present- The or
der was in response to an appeal
from Edwin S. Cunningham. Amer
ican Consul General at Shanghai,
for reinforcements.
MacArthur and Secretary Hur
,ey went immediately to the War
department to act toward starting
troops on the way. Movement of
the regular army troops is a mea
sure resorted to by the American
government only in extra-ordinarv
circumstances. An additional forte
of 4C0 marines has been ordered
from Cavite. P. I., to Shanghai.
The United States government
has also decided to file a third
protest against the Japanese acti
vities in the Far East,
A STRANGE DEATH
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, —Helen
Stone died suddenly from injuries
received in her home when site
unexpectedly came u p behind a
friend demonstrating a golf shot,
md was struck in the temple.
REPMMTMS ENDING :
IS PUZZLING PROBLEM
TO IMTESNIEN
PARIS, Feb. 1. —The United;
States informally advised France j
that responisbility for settlement j
of the German war reparations
rests with Europe.
Simulatnaeously, Premier Laval.j
in a speech to the Chamber of j
Deputies, declared that France will:
permit reductions of the German '
reparations only proportionally to
reductions in w a r debts which
France owes Great Britain and
the United States.
Despite the apparent coolness of
the United States toward sugges
tions for a debt holiday, the United ,
Press learned that France and!
Great Britain are again close to an j1
agreement on the policy to be pur- ;
sued towad adjustment of prob-:
lems
Two principal divergencies o f
opinion are: The British desire for
a six months extension and the
French desire for a one year ex
tension. Also, the British desire to
suspend the German payments
and the French demand that un
condtional reparations continued
on the ground that France will re
loan money to Germany.
COAST STATES CLDTHED
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 1, (/P) —
Heavy snow drifted over Eastern
Washington and northern Idaho
and it is reported that more than
100 persons are temporarily trapp
ed by a blizzard whch started Sat
urday night.
Scores of highways are blocked
and cars were left standing in the
snow, four to eight feet high. Tem
peratures are around zero.
No serious injuries are reported,
nor great property damage. Bus,
airplane, train and general traf
fic has been delayed.
RENT STRIKE
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, —A riot
during which the police were ston
ed from windows by Jewish ten
ants and which was only quelled
by the arrival of two police emer
gency squads, provided the climax
of a two-months rent strike in a
60-room house in the bronx.
FRANCE JOINS PROTEST
PARIS, Feb. 1, —France joined
the United States and Great Brit
ain’s representations to Japan
that the international settlement
in Shanghai must be respected.
The French government announc
ed that the French forces at Shang
hai will be increased at once.
CODTUCE OF TOML
DEPENDS 00 CONDITION
MAS. JUDO'S HEM
PHOENIX, Feb. 1, —Immediate
continuance of Winnie Ruth Judd’s
trial for the murder of Agnes Le
roi hinged on improvement of the
slender, feverish woman’s phyiscal
condition within the next 12 hours.
From a largely imaginary ail
ment which sent puzzled physi
cians scurrying to her cell, Mrs.
Judd’s illness advanced to what
county physician, J. D. Mauldin,
described as acute coryza. Her
newly developed symptoms, said Dr.
Maulding, coupled with her al
ready tuberculor condition, were
serious enough to cause him to re
commend to Superior Judge How
ard C Speakman, presiding at her
trial, that she not be taken into
the courtroom unless she shows
improvement.
TRIAL RESUMED
PHOENIX. Ariz., Feb. 1, —The
trial of Mrs- Winnie Ruth Judd,
postponed owing to illness of two
jurors, resumes today. Counsel for
Mrs. Judd will, through events of
her married life, attempt to prove
she is insane.
MRS. JUDD ILL
PHOENIX. Ariz., Feb. 1, --Said
to be threatened with influenza
and running to a high tempera
ture, Mrs- Winnie Ruth Judd, alleg
ed trunk murderess, was under the
care of physicians.
WOMAN IS GUARDED
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. —Mrs. A. B.
Blumenthal. prominent woman of
of this city, has been closely guard
ed since being threatened with
kidnapping.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 1, —Three
armed robbers held up the home
)f Harry Glemby, a millionaire hair
net manufacturer, and escaped
with $350,000 in jewels.
The robbers posed as bootleggers
delivering gin. Once inside the
home, they felled the butler with
a revolver butt and forced the
governess to open the big safe
containing the jewels
After filling their pockets with
emeralds, diamonds and other val
uables, the men departed leaving
five members of the household, in
cluding the owners helplessly
bound. 1
LEGALIZATION OF BEER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1, —
Matthew Woll, vice-president of
the American Federation of Labor,
testifying before the Senate com
mittee conducting hearings on a
bill to legalize four per cent beer,
declared it would end the gang
sters reign and correct public of
ficials; also, create real respect for
law.
Senator Barbour of New Jersey
testified legalizing beer would
stimulate business, relieve capital
and provide employment. The hear
ings were adjourned, subject to call
from the chairman, when prohibi
tion leaders are to testify.
Mannie Senft is in the Seward
General Hospital haying undergone
an opendicitis operation Sunday.
FIERCE FIGHTING
BREAKS OUT NORTH
SECTION SHANGHAI
MARTIAL LAW BECOMES EFFEC
TIVE INTERNATIONAL SET
TLEMENTS, 10 P. M.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 1, —Fierce
fighting: broke out again in the
northern districts of the city soon
after midnight. It began with de
sultory rifle fire, which grew heav
ier and was followed by bursts of
machine gun fire. It sounded later
as though field guns had been brot
up, and one shell fired from some
where in the north, came over the
Astor House Hotel in the Interna
tional settlement and splashed in
to the Whangpoo river.
It was thought that two Japan
ese gunboats farther up the river,
off the Japanese consulate, return
ed the fire; this could not be veri
! fied at this time.
It w'as impossible to determine
whether the heavier guns were
Chinese or Japanese or whether
they were in Chapei, the Chinese
area north of the settlement, o r
i eastward of that area. The firing
1 immediately spread rapidly and
| v.-as taken up in Hongkew, another
; Chinese area, and advanced south
ward as far as Soochow Creek,
wThere Japanese machine gunners
went into action together with
riflemen.
A Japanese warship in the har
bor opened up with machine guns
on the Garden Bridge, connecting
the Hongkew district with the in
ternational settlement, and killed
three Chinese scurring across it.
Wiiiie all this was going on a
thick fog came down over the city
making it more difficult to discov
er what was happening. Four Amer
can destroyers, steaming under
forced draft from Manila, were ex
pected here this morning. They
had been expected Sunday. The
Paul Jones, Parrott. Edsel and Bul
mer are in the flotilla but one of
them, soon after reaching here,
will proceed t o Hankow where
there are a number of American
residents end considerable U S.
American marines have arrested
27 Japanese volunteer reservists in
the American area of the interna
tional settlement where great num
bers of Japanese continue to pur
sue Chinese refugees and snipers.
At least two foreigners were re
ported to have been injured when
they attempted to interfere with
their operations. Martial law will
become effective in the interna
tional settlement at 10 p. m. today,
authorities announced. At all other
times, during night and day, all
persons will be required to possess
passes bearing the owners photo
graph and to exhibit these passes
on demand. This extraordinary
action was taken in the belief that
the situation -within the settlement
was growing more serious and that
additional steps for the protection
of foreign residents were impera
ive.
Thirty thousand national guard
men, the finest troops in China,
streamed into Nanking from Honan
province. This crack division,
equipped with German automatic
rifles and clad in smart green uni
forms, will be stationed here in or
der to defend the city in case of a
Japanese attack, it was announced,
although there were reports it may
be destined for service in Shang
hai.
With a food shortage eminent
in this city food prices have soared
skyward.
Five Japanese war vessels have
arrived at Nanking to supplant the
two already there. These war ves
sels all have their guns pointing
at the Chinese forts.
The capital of China, Nanking,
has been moved from Nanking to
Tleyang from which point a declar
ation of war is expected soon.
Attempts by Great Britain and
the United States to arrange for a
real truce between the two nations
have proved of no avail and the
fighting continues.
JXP MINISTER
IIP DISSUADE CHINA
WAD LIKE ACTIVITIES
TOKIO, Feb. 1, —Foreign Minis
ter Kenkichi Yoshizawa asked the
American, British and French am-j
bassadors to solicit the support of
their governments for measures to
persuade the Chinese to abandon
war-like operation at Shanghai, j
The Foreign Minister called in,
the Ambassadors after receiving I
from the military intelligence ser
vice the alarming reports that
Marshall Chiang Kai Shek, former
president of China, was effecting
a heavy concentration of troops in
the Shanghai area.
AMBASSADOR FORBES
FILES FORMAL PROTEST
TOKYO, Feb. 1, (/P)—Ambassador
Forbes filed a formal protest
against the use of the Shanghai
international settlement as an op
erating base of the Japanese
against the Chinese.
The foreign office regared it as
more than a formal diplomatic re
presentation.
The British Ambassador n ;e a
si mlar protest
The French Ambassador cc rr
ed with the Foreign Minist
Forbes protest contendea nat
Japan is aggravating the situation.
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SHANGHAI, Feb. 1, ^—Ameri
can authorities are attempting to
gain release of an American youth
named Johnson who wras arrested
during the night by Japanese; he
is accused of sniping in Hongkew.
The boy is said to be 15 years of
age and lived within the danger
zone. Japanese troops wrecked the
place in which he was hiding; it
was said they found a 45 calibre
automatic pistol and a number of
empty shells. Soldiers said he was
sniping at them from a second
story window.
U. S. WILL DECLARE WAR
GENEVA, Feb. 1, —The United
States is sure to declare war on
Japan. This sentiment was ex
pressed at the counsil table of the
League of Nations.
MAY SEND ARMY
TOKIO, Feb. 1, —Japan may find
it necessary to dispatch an army
to Shanghai to reinforce the blue
jackets now^engaged in the occupa
tion of Chapei, it was admitted by
the foreign office.
BRITISH TAKING ACTION
HONKONG, Feb. 1, (£>)—'The Bri
tish cruiser Berwick with 800 mar
ines left here for Shanghai. The
aircraft carrier Hermes is ready to
embark with all planes and ready
to sail on short orders.
FIRED ON OIL PLANT
SHANGHAI, Feb. 1, (/P)—Japa
nese fired machine guns on the
American Texado Oil Company
plant as Japanese destroyers setam
ed down the Wango river raking
the shore.
MILITARY IN CHARGE
SHANGHAI, Feb- 1, (^—Japan
ese took the Japanese section of
the international settlement Sun
day crushing the municipal gov
ernment of foreign nations.
The Japanese military is now in
supreme command of that section
consisting of the Hongkew settle
ment.
MORE VESSELS
MANILA, Feb. 1, —Responding to
orders from Washington, Admiral
M. M. Taylor, commander of the
American Asiatic fleet, ordered his
flagship, the cruiser Houston, and
seven destroyers, t o proceed to
Shanghai.
ITALY JOINS PROTEST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1, (JP)
—The Navy department was noti
fied by the commander of the des
troyer Simpson, at Nanking, that
Japanese warships are firing on
the city. Italy formally notified the
United States that she is joining
in the move of the nations in the
Shanghai crisis.
LEGISLATION WILL
PERMIT AGREEMENTS
CUTOVER-PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1, —
Senator David Walsh of Massachu
setts announced he would propose
legislation to permit agreements
for curtailment of over-produc
tion in industry, coupled with the
requirement that the “public must
have fair and reasonable" prices
on products effected.
Walsh said; “It will meet an al
most universal demand of indus
try and is approved by the U- S.
Chamber of Commerce, American
Bar Association and by President
Hoover’s message to Congress."
The bill would suspend opera
tions of anti-trust acts to permit
the Federal Trade Commission to
give advance approval of cooper
ative contracts for production cur
tailment and for other acts to a
void ruinous competition, the Sen
ator said.
The bill would also increase the
Federal Trade Commission from
five to nine members because of
the increased labor involved.
FOUR BOYS LOST
WHEELER, Ore., Feb. 1, -Parties
are out hunting for four boys who
are believed to be lost in the moun
tain snows.
RUNNING ON WET TICKET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1, —
Senator Jim Davis will seek re
election on the wret ticket.
AT LIBERTY
HONOLULU. Feb. 1. —Mrs. Gran
ville Forteseue and three naval
; men accused of kidnapping and
' murdering Joseph Kahahawai, a |
! native, were at liberty under nom- j
i mal bonds.
E!TfS m DEGREES
SHORT DOLIDAT ON ILL j
BUSINESS Hllll PIG
URBANA, 111., Feb. 1. —A 4 8
hour holiday on business decreed
by Mayor Reginald Harmon to halt
a panic here, ended with confi
dence restored.
The mayor withdrew his unique
order after a few days suspension
period had elapsed. A wave of hys
teria, which forced the closing of
two banks in the nearby city of
Champaign, was calmed by the
marshalling of civic spirit and the
mayor permitted usual routine
business to resume.
RAILROAD IN AGREE
ACCEPT GUT IN WAGES
CHICAGO, Feb. 1, —The heads
of the railroads unions agreed to
accept the 10 per cent reduction in
wages for a period of one year,
following another session with the
presidents of railroads.
The terms were accepted after a
continued deadlock, neither side
being willing to back down from
its position. The railroad heads
made virtually no concessions to
the unions, excepting to withdraw
their petition feu: a 15 per cent cut
in wages before the interstate com
merce commission.
PRINCE WILL MARRY
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 1, —
—Prince Gustaf Adolf, son of the
Swedish Crown Prince, announced
he will marry within the year.
Princess Frederlcke Luise of Brau
eschweg, 15, called the “sun prin
cess” and Princess Sibylla of Saz
eoburg, both are mentioned as
possible brides
NEW ADJUSTMENT OF
DIPMTIC RELATIONS
FORECAST INSTEAD WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1, —
International relationships the
world over are feeling vibrations
from the Japanese guns at Shang
hai but present signs forecast for
the United States an eventual dip
lomatic readjustment rather than
actual war.
Plenty of rumors were abroad in
the Capital, on street cars, in bar
ber shops and down the corridors
o f government buildings, John
Jones asking Bill Smith, half-ser
iously, if he was ready to enlist.
Washington-at-large had just a
touch of that air of hushed expec
tancy which characterized the
critical days of 1917. These rumors
and speculations found no substan
tial basis among responsible offi
cials- ,
Congress alone can declare war
an although the leaders would say
nothing publicly, they agreed pri
vately there was no prospect of
such a step.
TOO BAD!
SHANGHAI, Feb. 1, —Five Amer
ican and five Canadian aviators,
who came to China in the expecta
tion of earning $1,000 a month
each, flying Chinese army planes,
were stranded here without funds.
They said they had been promised
jobs by Chinese organizations in
the United States. When they ar
rived here they were virtually as
flat as a punctured tire. The avia
tion bureau is not looking for any
pilots, they were informed
LUL URGED SUBMIT 1
PROPOSAL m H001IER
SOLUTION PROBLEMS
PARIS. Feb 1, —Premier Laval
was urged before the Chamber of
Deputies by former minister of
works. Pierre Forgeot. to submit
the following proposal to Presi
dent Herbert Hoover as a solution
of the international war debts and
reparation and armament prob
lems.
1— France will abandon all re
parations claims on Germany
2— The United States to annul
war debts owed by France.
3— France will cut her national
defense budgets 25 per cent.
4— United States to sign a secur
ity pact as demanded by France
if she disarms.
Forgeots proposal was applauded
by the entire left wing.
KILLED BY AUTO
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, —J. Bar
rett, boxing promoter, was struck
down and killed by a “hit and run”
driver.
ML POWER NOT UP
TO WARTIME STIHOARO
WASHINGTON, D. C . Feb. 1, —
Rear Admiral Upham, chief of the
bureau of navigation, told the
House naval affairs committee,
that economies under the Hoover
naval policy might conceivably
wreck the nation in an emergency.
Upham said the present naval
manpower was less than 85 ]>er
cent of the forte required to man
the ships during wartime*
Representative Fred Britton told
the committee, which is consider
ing a $616,000,000 warship con
structon program, that unless Con
gress approved the large naval
program, General MacArthur, the
Army chief-of-staff, said he would
be compelled to ask Congress for
a larger army.
TAX REFUND
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 1, —
A refund of $61,416 to Douglas
Fairbanks, movie actor of Holly
wood, fctr over-assesment of In
come taxes in 1927, 1928 and 1929,
was paid by the tax bureau.