Shuuarfi Bally (Satnuay
member associated press
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 7.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
K(il HELL IKFEIL
PROHIBITION SOUNBLO
'LIE DUCK' SESSION
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 10. —
Opposition of House Democratic
leaders to a compromise repeal
plan aproved by the Senate judi
ciary committee virtually sounded
the death knell of prohibition re
, peal at this short session of Con
gress.
After the Senate group had voted
10 to four to report a repeal reso
lution banning return of the saloon
and providing ratification by state
legislatures instead of state con
ventions. Speaker Johnson an
nounced a vigorous dissent because
‘it- does not conform to the Demo
cratic platform.”
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FORE!
• ■ I1HRIIP 1 *
II BE DENIED ENTRY
TO UNITED SUITES
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 9. —
Immediate Senate action on two
bills to ban foreign actors and
singers from the United States as
protection for American artists
was promised by Senator Hatfield,
West Virginia Republican, and
chairman of the Senate immigra
tion committee.
Both measures have passed the
House.
They would prohibit entry of all
artists of stage, screen and con
cert “except those of distinquished
merit and ability.”
It is expected the measure will
be reported on today. Both bills are
similar to a measure passed by the
last session of Congress, and now
a law prohibiting the entry oi
musicians. All three are the result
of similar action pursued by Great
Britain. France and other countries
for several years.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10. —
Chances for passage on new tax
legislation at this session of Con
gress practically vanished yester
day.
Representative Rainey of Illinois
House Democratic leader, declared
flatly the proposal advanced at the
Roosevelt conference to increase
income taxes “cannot pass the
House". Rainey participated in the
meeting with the President-Elect
in New York.
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
declared it was obvious there will
, be no tax legislation at this ses
sion.
ENTIRE ESTITE CM
* npOLIDEE [EFT Ml
NORTHAMPTON. Mass., Jan., 10,
—Calvin Coolidge’s entire estate
was left to his widow by the terms
of a will drawn up while he was
President, Ralph W. Hemenway,
• his former law partner, and now
attorney for Mrs. Coolidge, an
nounced.
Mrs. Coolidge was named execu
trix. The instrument will be filed
for probate January 17. Hemen
way said it was found among the
former President's papers wrhere
“his family would expect to find
it.”
DISPATCHED CAVALRY
CHINCHOW, Manchuria. Jan. 10.
—The Rengo Japanese News Agen
cy correspondent reported that the
v Japanese commander here had
sent a cavalry regiment to occupy
Chinmenekow, an important pass
in the Great Wall 12 miles north oi
Shanmenekow, thru which Chinese
Commander Chang Hsiah Liang
/ has been sending troops and sup
0 plies to Jehol.
SLOW DOWN PLAN
MOSCOW. Jan. 10, —The head
long speed toward industrialism of
Soviet Russia, striven for in the
j first five year plan will be slowed
■ down considerably in the second
| similar project about to be launch
ed. Joseph Stalin. Soviet leader, de
clared in a speech to the Plenary
council of the central committee
■ of the Communist party.
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PLUS IK SKIRMISH
PEIPING. China. Jan. 10. —Jap
anese bombed Chinese irregulars
just north of the Great Wall in a
skirmish on the Jehol frontier.
Inside the wall, in China proper,
no fighting occured.
Attention was centered on the
impending arrival at Tientsin of
General Umetsu. chief of the gen
eral affairs department of the Jap
anese general staff, who was be
lieved to be bringing important
instructions to Lieut. Gen. Kotaro
Naamura, Japanese commander
i here.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10—Craig
Wood, of Deal. N. J„ professional,
won his third golf tournament of
the California winter series when
he shot 281 for 71 holes in the Los
Angeles open; this was three under
par.
With the winner destined to get
35 percent of the gross gate re
ceipts, it appeared that Wood
would win more than the $2,000 as
his share.
Leo D i e g e 1, of Agua Caliente,
Mex.. tried vainly to match Wood’s
steady long driving game and de
liberate accurate putts but failed
Of his mark and finished with a
285, which gave him a tie for sec
ond place, with William Hunter, of
Los Angeles.
AUTHOR IMPROVES
LONDON, Jan., 10,—Edna Ferber,
i American writer, who is ill with
’ influenza in a hotel here, was re
ported as better but it was said
she must remain in bed several
days.
ROMANCE ENDED BE
DEATH WHEN BRIDE OF
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 10. —
Death in an airplane crash has
ended the romance of Margaret
! Phillips, who traveled half-way
: around the world from Philadel
phia to marry Lieut. Christopher
I Mathewson, Jr., son of the famous
baseball player. As dispatches re
ported yesterday, she was killed
when the plane Mathewson was
piloting, made a forced landing in
a river. Mathewson was seriously
j injured.
She left Philadelphia Thanks
i giving Day for this city where, on
| Christmas eve, she was married to
■ the young United States army
! flier.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10, —Gene
1 Sarazen. American and British
, open golf champion, withdrev;
| from the final 18-hole round of the
■ $5,000 Los Angeles open yesterday
; ( to undergo treatment for influenza.
A pre-tournament favorite, Sar
> i azen turned in disappointing scores
: in the preliminary rounds- Few in
. the gallery realized he was ill. The
; champion expected to recover in
time to enter the Agua Caliente
open.
COMMUNITY DINNER AND WON
DERFUL ENTERTAINMENT
ENJOYED BY ALL
(By special correspondent)
Hope is the oldest settlement of
Americans in Southwestern Alas
ka, dating from the first gold strike
in 1894. It has had its “ups and
downs” since that time. Now. af
ter a successful season, and a
brighter outlook for the future, ev
eryone is feeling jubilant. The
contagion reached the ladies, who.
in a secret meeting, resolved that
this holiday season would be one
of the most enjoyable in the his
tory of the village, and therefor got
busy. Plans were made for a com
I munity dinner, and all the talent
j of the town (musical, culinary.
I terpsichorean, dramatic, or what
i have you), was rounded up to make
j the occasion a huge success.
The unusually mild weather pre
j vailing in Hope made the night of
j December 25 a perfect one, and as
i the merrymakers gathered at the
j town hall they were greeted with a
I beautiful scene of a brilliantly
j lighted outdoor Christmas tree, the
| artistic work of Mrs. Peter Krivo
patch.
49 at the table
The town hall was appropriately
decorated with Yuletide greens.
The long table, placed diagonally
across the hall, was Laden with
good eats. In the center of the
table a gay little Christmas tree
was cheerily aglow with sparkling
ornaments, and stately red can
dles set off the snowy whiteness oi
the table linens. Everyone was in
| vited to the Christmas dinner, anc
: covers were placed for 49 people
| At 4 p. m., on Christmas day, the
people of Hope, and the visitor;
from Sunrise, sat down to a dinnei
such as had not been enjoyed ir
j the old hall for many years. Or
; former occasions the honors for the
best cakes and cooking were di
vided between Mrs. George Roll
| Mrs. H. H. Clark and Mrs. Johr
Hershey; but now these honor;
must be extended to include th(
I recent additions to our population
Mrs. Shields, Mrs. R. B. Heaston
Mrs. Homer Boe and Mrs. Charle;
Davis, who have fully and convinc
ingly proven their dexterity in th<
culinary art.
Musical treat
The dinner over, the musicians,
under the able leadership of Mr.
Delmar Sobel, as first violinist, as
sisted by Frank Clark, violinist,
Hub Clark, banjoist, Ken Seymour
and Earl Clark, with mandolin and
harp, gave the music-loving audi
ence a real treat with plenty of
lively dance music.
Mr. Heaston. as floor manager,
proved himself to be the life of the
occasion, directing many of the old
time dances.
Hope, dressed in its best bib and
tucker, presented a gala occasion,
with not a dull moment during the
festivities. Christmas carols were
sung by Mrs. Homer Boe and Ken
Seymour, and our genial guest, Mr.
M. Connolly from Sunrise, favored
the audience with an old-time bal
lad. Mr. Tom Allison sang by re
quest an old favorite song, “Moth
er Machree.”
A royal New Year welcome
At the midnight lunch it was an
nounced that a double holiday
would be declared, and all were in
vited to return to the hall on Mon
day for another dinner in the af
ternoon. Needless to tell, all were
on hand, ready for a repetition oi
the Christmas day program, with
more dancing, cards and various
entertainment until far into the
i night.
The events of Christmas now a
pleasant memory, the people of the
village of Hope assembled at the
| social hall on the last day of 1932
! to watch the old year roll up anc
i hit the trail, taking with it the de
1 pression, and to greet the New Yeai
j marching in with prosperity or
! both shoulders.
Everybody was happy and read]
to do his or her share toward*
making the greeting to the nev
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FIELD OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS OPENED UP
FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10, —The en
tire field of foreign affairs was
open for the inspection of Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt yesterday by
Secretary of State Henry Stimson,
in a conference that began in the
snow-blanketed Hyde Park val
ley and ended in this city.
Although both men were reticent
concerning the discussion, arrang
ed for Mr. Roosevelt through Pres
ident Hoover, friends declared they
went over state department opera
tion and everything pertaining to
international relations.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 10. —
The Senate judiciary committee
approved a resolution for repeal of
the 18th amendment with protect
ion for dry states and prohibition of
saloons.
Anti prohibitionists moved at
once to obtain speedy Senate con
sideration of the repealer.
Assistant Republican leader Me
Nary said it might be possible to
reach the prohibition issue the lat
ter part of this wreek. The commit
tee stated ratification must be af
fected in seven years.
'PINKS' WILL PUT ON
CUT DEMSTiTION
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PINKS’’ WILL DEMONSTRATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9.—
Flans for a large Socialist demon
stration here after President-elect
Roosevelt assumes office in March
' were announced by Marx Lewis,
. national director of organization
for the Socialist party. He said
L several thousand Socialists would
; come here for an orderly presenta
i tion of a program to benefit the
unemployed.
MURDERED WIFE,
COMMUTES SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10.—A
San Francisco suicide disclosed a
murder in a Redwood City home
yesterday
T. M. Harrison, 53, promoter and
golf professional, shot and killed
himself at the Stewart Hotel.
A few hours later the Examiner
received a letter from Harrison
that he had murdered his wife in
their home at 405 Arch Street,
Redwood City, Calif.
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6HITISH OFFER IS -
REFUSED It JIFMESE
TOKIO, Jan. 10, —The Japanese
legation at Peiping was instructed
by Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida
to refuse the British offer to med
iate the Shanhaikwan dispute.
Uchida issued his instructions
• on the grounds there was no dan
ger of fighting between Japanese
and Chinese spreading.
He said preparations were being
s made for direct negotiations be
! ween China and Japan.
: SWIFT RESIGNS IS
110 PACKING HOUSE
>! CHICAGO. Jan. 9, —Louis F.
[ Swift resigned as a director of
' i Swift &• Company, the packing
house founded by his father and
1 ruled by members of the family
! since, nearly a half century ago.
/ For 30 years he had been presi
3 dent- for the company and for 47
< years affiliated writh it in one cap
acity or another.
WILLING NEGOTIATE
TOKIO, Jan., 10,—Japanese
sources reported that Marshal
Chang Hsiah Liang, military leader
charged with defending China’s
northern border, had indicated
willingness to negotiate an armisi
tice between the Chinese and Jap
anese troops in the vicinity of
Shanhaikwan.
FLEEING BANDS OF
CHINESE SPRAYED 8!
PLANE MACHINE GUNS
PIEPING, China, Jan. 10, —The
Japanese launched an aerial bom
bardment on irregular Chinese
forces outside the Great Wall of
China along the borders of Jehol
province.
The attack followed skirmishes
involving these guerilla Chinese
forces in the vicinity west of Shan
haikwan, captured last week by
Japan.
Japanese planes flew low over
the fleeing Chinese bands dropping
bombs and spraying their scatter
j ed lines writh machine gun fire.
HDDSEVELT, 5TIMS0H,
NEW YORK. Jan. 10,—President- j
Elect Roosevelt explored the entire |
range of American foreign policy in j
a history-making conference with
Secretary of State Stimson.
Their meeting started yesterday,
when Mr. Stimson called upon Mr.;
Roosevelt at his Hyde Pary home)
70 miles up the Hudson. He re-1
mained for lunch and late in the j
afternoon they motored to New
York together.
In the six hours they talked over
European debts, world disarma
ment, international trade revival,
recognition of Soviet Russia and
the trouble between Japan and
China.
OCTOGENARIANS DO BATTLE
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., Jan. 9—
The battle of the octogenarians was j
staged here despite the concerted
protests of physicians. More than j
2,000 people cheered Corporal Wil
liam Judd, 92, and George Brown,;
80, as they tossed 6-ounce pillow
gloves at each other to a four
round draw. Charles Eldridge, 101,
was referee.
GREHT GIHLITHLETE
ARRIVES NEW M
NEW YORK. Jan. 10— Mildred
“Babe” Didrickson, world’s great
woman athlete, whose recent
squabble with the Amateur Athletic
Union resulted in her turning pro
fessional, arrived from White Sul
phur Springs, accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. Esther Elam, of Hous
ton, Texas.
It was learned that she was here
in connection with her proposed
radio, film and syndicate writing
work.
RECALLS MINISTER
LONDON, Jan. 9, —The Persian
legation confirmed the report that
the Shah had recalled the minister
to London, Miraza Ali Gsoli Oran
Chan (ha cha!). Officials said the
reason was not known, when asked
whether this was in connection
with the Anglo-Persian oil dispute.
i WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 10.—
j Welfare workers from principal
! cities described to Congress the
j “woeful inadequacy” of present re
j lief provisions ajnd 'appealed for
close co-operation by the federal
government to remedy economic
conditions.
They appeared before the Senate
manufacturers’ committee consid
ering the La Follette-Costigan
$500,000,000 relief measure.
SEN. BORAH ACCUSED
| OF "BAD FAITH" BY
HIRAM JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10,—In a
heated exchange over France’s war
debt default in the Senate. Senator
‘Hiram Jahnson of California
: charged Senator Borah, chairman
of the foreign relations committee,
with “bad faith” and withholding
i confidential information regarding
| the Hoover-Laval White House
| conference from opponents of the
Hoover debt moratorium.
Johnson declared that while he
j and nine other senators were
I fighting the moratorium, Borah
' had known of an undertaking be
| tween the President and Premier
Laval, which the Idahoan charged
i led the French people to believe
France’s war debt to America
would be revised if German repar
! ations were reduced.
LEGISLATURE MUST
CHANGE STATE LIN
FOB BEAU! BATTLE
NEW YORK. Jan. 9, —Chicago’s
chance of playing host to the Mar.
Schmeling-Max Baer heavyweight
bout depend upon legislation to
provide for 15-round matches, says
Promoter Jack Dempsey.
Dempsey conferred last week at
some length with George F. Getz,
Chicago sportsman and head of the
athletic committee for the World’s
Fair.
Getz is anxious to stage the bout
in Chicago, Dempsey said, and as
sured him that the Illinois legisla
ture would amend the law limiting
non-championship bouts to 10
rounds.
Dempsey said he would go to
Chicago late this month to look
over the ground and would pay a
visit to Cleveland on his way back
to New York to investigate condi
tions there.
Schmeling declines to fight less
than 15 rounds.
ROLPH ADMINISTRATION
SACRAMENTO, Calif.. Jan. 10. —
The State senate was ready to
launch a series of investigations
into the Rolph administration of
state affairs.
Meeting in executive session tjae
special Senate committee, hea"ded
by Senator J. M. Inman, of Sacra
mento, decided to inaugurate its
I probe of state affairs this morn
j ing at 10 o’clock when the first of
j what is expected to be an imposing
I list of witnesses is called.
Members of the committee refus
ed to reveal who was the first wit
ness or any future plans of the
committee, with the exception that
the investigation would continue
through the constitutional recess to
permit the filing of its report at
the opening of the second half
session.
| CUE ESTATE IS
estimated m mm
NORTHAMPTON, Jan. 10, —Cal
vin Coolidge willed everything to
his wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge,
it was revealed yesterday.
Friends estimated he left an es
tate valued at approximately $250,
j 000.
The will, drawn in Washington
^while he was President, probably
will be filed for probate January 17.
NO BRAINS NEEDED
BOMBAY. India, Jan. 9, —Brain
power is not needed by a country
desiring self-government. Bernard
Shaw, British author, told Indians
that “England has got on very well
for years without brains.”