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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 226
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RUSSIA'S III
MEASURES IT AFFECT
AAANGUURIA SITUATION
TOKYO. Qct. 30. (fP)—Japan re
ceived with satisfaction the news
of repudiation made by Moscow re
ports that Russian military meas
ures were designed to affect the
Manchurian situation. News dis
patches said that Foreign Commis
sar Karkhan denied to the Japan
ese Ambassador in Russia the send
ing as military aid, the Amur Army,
to Manchuria or the mobilizing on
the Manchuria-Siberia border.
The Rengo News Agency reported
that 50 Chinese and three Japan
ese were killed when bandits looted
small villages between Supingkai
and Taonan. The Japanese pub
lic opinion was made stronger in
favor of the government’s action
in Manchuria and its defiance of
the League of Nations’ abolition
calling for the withdrawal of Jap
anese troops by November 16.
Japanese soldiers are holding sev
eral Manchurian cities and making
plans for cold weather duty.
NOT THIS YEAR
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 30. (JP)
—Professor Albert Einstein has con
firmed the rumor that he is not
coming to the United States and
California to study this year as was
y his previous announcement. Ein
stein, in confirming the rumor, did
r-ot give any reason but said that
he would come next year.
EDISON ESTITE SHORED
EpUOLy BYTWO SONS
|
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 30. (TP)—The
Thomas A. Edison * will filed for
probate here revealed that he left
his capital stock in two equal shares
to his two sons.
No provision was made in the
will for his wife but he did say that
he had adequately provided for
her.
Former associates and workmen
who had worked with the inventor
lor a number of years received
large bequests from the inventor, i
two of his aides receiving $10,000 j
and another $8,000. j
GIRL OH HI TO COM
IS n Bf POLICEMEN:
Hungry and penniless, stranded* j
in Seattle on her way from Cali- j
fomia to Cordova to join her j
mother, Helen Tilton, 19, smiled |
ruefully, as she stood in police j
headquarters where she had gone j
as a last resort.
‘I hadn’t a bite to eat for more i
than a day,” she told the captain |
in charge, “and I didn’t know!
where to turn. So here I am— j
the first time in my life that I!
have ever been in a police sta- i
tion.”
The boys in the station, a cap- j
tain, a sergeant or two and sever- j
al patrolmen, passed the hat and ;
raised enough money to send her|
back to California and so the trip |
to Cordova is indefinitely post
poned, according to the Alaska
Weekly
IN MARKET FOR WHEAT
CHICAGO, Oct. 30. (/P)—What can
| be said to be a direct result of
I Premier Laval’s visit to the United
States is the stimulous given to the
sales of American wheat. Through
the arranging of terms for export
credit, France has shown a desire
to buy huge quantities of wheat
i to replace her own shortage caused
j by crop failures. It is said that
| France is in the market for 50,000,
1000 bushels.
PRESIDENT HOOVER'S
FIGHTING TEMPER IS
AROUSED BT CRITICS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 30. (fP)
! —With his fighting temper aroused
! President Herbert Hoover intends
I to appoint the public as a referee
for an open bout with the Navy
League of the United States which
! has been critical of his plans to
i shrink the Naval budget.
The President issued a formal
defy declaring that the claims made
I by William Gardiner, president of
j the Naval League were “not the
; truth but a distortion of facts.”
Hoover said that he was accused
by Mr. Gardiner of “abysmal ig
norance” and is to be making an
effort to starve out the Navy. This
latter charge was made as Presi
dent Hoover made the administra
tion’s affirmative reply to the
League of Nations’ proposal for a
one-year Naval building truce
which is now enroute to Geneva.
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12-YEAR-OLD LAD SENTENCED
ASOTIN, Wash., Oct. 30. (/P)—
Hubert Nichols, 12-year-old boy
who was convicted on a charge of
first degree murder here by a jury
was yesterday‘sentenced to life im
prisonment, The boy was robbing
a grocery store here when John j
! Wormell, 72-year-old sheriff, came I
i in and started to investigate. The i
! boy shot and killed him.
FIRECRACKER NOT A BOMB
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30. (/Pi—Los
Angeles police are looking for some
one who threw a huge lighted fire
cracker into the meeting room of
, the narcotic squad. The firecrack- ;
! er went off and caused excitement |
; among the narcotic squad members !
who thought they were beinb made \
| victims of a bombing attack.
iFiTMIl PliTEBSWERE
TEMFTD) $1SOO BRIBES
I
j MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 30. (/P)
|—The crude attempt of gambling
| racketeers to bribe three Minnesota
! players so that they would “go easy”
j on Wisconsin when they play that
I team this Saturday in a football
j game, was revealed here.
It is said that three of the Min
nesota players were offered sums
of $1500 each in order that the
gambling racketeer could win a $50,
000 bet.
A mild epidemic of whooping
cough was reported as prevalent in
Fairbanks by the News-Miner.
Exterior work on the new Epis
copal Church rectory at Fairbanks
was to be completed last week, ac
cording to the Fairbanks News
Miner.
1PLIE KB FI
5EII1 SITU FIELD
j PUSMHED N CHAMBER
When W.j H. Barnhill, pilot, who
with L. McGee, fur buyer, recently
passed through Seward in their
Stinson monoplane Pilot Barnhill
made the statement that they
would make Seward the headquar
| ters for the plane if hangar facil
| ities could be furnished at the
! Seward aviation field. Pilot Barn
| hill and L. McGee recently pur
I chased the plane to be used in fur
j buying operations. The Seward
| Chamber of Commerce immediately
i took up the matter to see what they
i could do with regards to the build
jing of a hangar on the field.
I The Chamber of Commerce’s av
iation committee was given instruc
tions at Thursday’s regular meet
ing by President Leon Urbach to
review data on hangar specifica
tions and the possibility of having
one constructed on the Seward
| field as soon as possible. Members
; of the Chamber’s aviation commit
! tee are Cal M. Brosius, chairman;
I Charles Lechner and John Blase.
Attempts were being made yes
terday afternoon to get in touch
with Pilot Barnhill to secure con
firmation of the statement that he !
| and L. McGee would base their!
plane in Seward provided hangar
facilities were made available.
It is estimated by some that a!
hangar would cost in the neighbor- j
I hood of $3,000.
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1 GANGSTERS FLEE BEFORE
Mil OF OFFICERS
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CHICAGO, Oct. 30. OP)—Chicago!
investigators yesterday swept thru j
the swanky Lexington Hotel which'
was reputed to be the Michigan j
Avenue headquarters for associates ■
of A1 Capone and from which “in
timidations against the United!
States laws” were directed during ;
the trial of Capone.
However, when investigators ar- \
rived they found that occupants |
had flown. They did find five ra- i
dio sets, one which was tuned to j
the low wave transmitter of the!
police department.
Hijoris Wold and Joe Kozloski
were joined in the bonds of holy
matrimony in a recent Fairbanks
mariage ceremony, reports the
News-Miner.
1C STOCK MKT.
SEATTLE, Oct. 30. (^P)—Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau . 13%
American Can .80%
Borden ..45%
Canada Dry .19
General Motors .25%
International Nickle Can . 9%
International Tel. & Tel.14%
Kennecott Copper . 13%
Radio .13%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .38
Richfield Oil . %
Standard Oil of Calif.31%
Standard Oil of N. J.31%
Standard Oil of N. Y.14
Union Oil of Calif.15
U. S. Steel .64%
Cities Service . 7%
Durant Motors. 1%
NEARLY TIED UP TRAFFIC
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (/P)—The
heavy downpour of rain here caused
short circuits in the traffic lights
and for some minutes sections of
this city appeared to be on the
verge of a huge traffic tieup. How- ;
ever, emergency traffic police were!
called out and they handled thej
throngs of autos and pedestrians
until the traffic signals were in
commission again.
FI FOREST IffilS 0?
COMMISSIONER FLOW
Under the plan worked out by
Charles H- Flory, regional foresfer
and commissioner in Alaska for
the Department of Agriculture,;
the Tongass National Forest has
been divided into three districts,
and the Chugach Forest into two
districts.
“The southern district with
Ketchikan as the headquarters
under the direction of W. J. Mc
Donald, will be the major dis
trict”, said Mr. Flory.
“The other two districts are the
central district, with J. M. Wyck
off in charge at Petersburg, and
the Admiralty district with Chas.
Burdeck in charge at Juneau
“The southern district includes
the marine ways and boat build
ing plant with Lyle Blodgett port
engineer, and is the home port
for the tender Tahn, Capt. B.
Aikens.”
The new district arrangement j
made by Mr. Flory is now in ef
fect.
Harold Smith is in charge of
the Prince William Sound district'
and William Sherman in chargej
of the Kenai area. Under the re
arrangement, all of the district
men will report direct to the reg
ional office at Juneau.
B F. Heintzleman and M. L.
Merritt, with headquarters at Ju- ;
neau, are Mr. Flory’s assistants, j
H. L. Redlingshafer is in charge;
of the fiscal work for the Depart- •
ment of Agriculture for Alaska;
with Lee C. Pratt as chief assist
ant.
Charles H. Forward has been
transferred from Cordova to j
Southeasten Alaska and will as
sist Mr. Heintzleman in timber
work
ALEXANDRIA, La., Oct. 30. (/P)— j
If there are any absent minded j
professors at Louisiana college, they j
don’t forget when it’s time for a'
football game.
That’s because five professors j
have sons on the football team.
Dean H. M. Weathersby has two
sons on the team: Hal, fullback, j
and Scott, center; Prof. J. E. Cald- i
well and Prof. J. E. Temple root
for the halfbacks, .James Caldwell
and Benson Temple.
Quarterback Ed Brakefield is the j
son of Prof J. E. Brakefield, and
John Strother, halfback, is the son
of Prof. W. Strother.
Joseph Chambers, an oldtimer of
Nenana was found dead in his ca
bin recently, reports the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
RESCUE IN BUG
10 CUBE MINERS OUT
GFMINE ENTOMBMENT
MOCANAQUA, Penn., Oct. 30.
—Rescue workers brought out alive
two of the six miners w’ho were
entombed last Saturday by an ex
plosion In the local mine of the
West End Coal Company. The other
four were dead when brought to
the surface.
John Tomashunis, 40 years of age,
and father of seven children, and
Joseph Matzoni, 20 years of age,
were the two who were rescued.
The dead are John Molitoris, 35
years of age, the father of three
children; Jacob Tinus, 45 years of
age, and the father of four child
ren; Henry Ceglarski, 23 years of
age, unmarried, and Paul Novak,
42 years of age.
Two of those dead were kill^U 1
stantly by the force of the explo
sion and the two others were vic
tims of the damp. The two men
who werp rescued had remained
entombed for 133 hours.
EXTRA WORKERS
SEATTLE, Oct, 30. (JP)—The Post
office Department announced that
it is putting on a number of extra
workers to fill temporary positions
which will be brought about by the
Christmas mailing rush.
CHICAGO TEACHERS IRE
FINAL1Y GIVEN SOME PAY
CHICAGO, Oct. 30. (/P)—Unpaid
since April 15, Chicago school teach
ers and civil service workers were
to receive their first check today
after a period extending over more
than six months.
The teachers and civil workers
were often in want of fuel and food,
and also other necessities but they
struggled along. Some help to
them was the securing of credit
extensions but this was often not
easy to get.
They are to get their pay check
from the $4,600,000 fund which Chi
cago officials just recently liquidat
ed. There is an uncertainty as to
when more funds will be available.
RUSSIAN CHURCH POLICIES
TO BE CHANCED SOON
Some changes in the administra
tion policies of the Russian Ortho
dox Church in Alaska are expected
as a result of the visit by Bishop
Paul, a high dignitary of the faith,
whose headquarters are in Detroit,
Mich., reports the Juneau Empire.
“Changes are quite certain to be
announced in the near future,” de
clared the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff,
pastor of the Russian Orthodox
church in Juneau. “All details have
not yet been determined and until
they are, no public statement can
be made concerning them.”
Bishop Paul came North about
three weeks ago. Recently he and
Father Kashevaroff went to Sitka
where conferences were held with
Bishop Antonin, Russian Orthodox
prelate for Southern Alaska.
Bishop Paul has returned to Ju
neau. He is the guest of Father
Kashevaroff. The two are thor
oughly discussing the contemplated
administration changes.