MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 302.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21, —The
Japane.se government Sunday plac
ed before the World a defense of
its Manchurian policy in which it
challenged virtually every major
conclusion of the League of Nat
ion’s Lytton Investigating Report.
Japan denied that it had violated
the Nine-power treaty pact in
China’s three Eastern Provinces.
She refused to withdraw soldiers as
recommended by the Lytton Com
mittee.
It constitutes Japan's defense
against charges that she started
the Manchurian trouble without
any adequate cause and afterwards
inspired the creation of a govern
ment in Manchuria, which threw
off Chinese control. Important
points in the Japanese reply were:
“That China is in a condition of
“confusion” bordering upon an- i
arehy from which Japan, because
of her proximity, suffers more than
any oiher nation.
“That Japan’s position in Man
churia is an altogether exceptional
and special one, unparalleled in
other parts of the world.
“That contrary to the Lytton re
ports, Japan did not create the
government of Manchukuo but
that the State grew out of a spon
taneous independence movement
having its origin previous to Sep
tember 18, 1931, the date of the
Japanese-Chinese clash at Mukden
which began Japan’s military cam
paign in Manchuria and that Man
churia cannot be considered an in
tegral part of China because,
among other reasons. Marshal
Chang Tso Lin, former Manchurian
dictator, proclaimed its independ
ence from China.”
MOIIEM STRUCTURE
RESTS ON BOTH 6013
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 21. —For
mer Senator Charles S. Thomas of
Colorado, one of the world’s oat
tar,ding experts on money, coun
selled President-elect F. D. Roose
velt that the only way to prevent
currency inflation was to return to
the double standard.
That would give the country a
monetary structure resting upon
both gold and silver at the natural
statutory ratio.
“It is the only sound money sys- '
tern that ever existed or ever can
exist,” Thomas declared in a letter.!
“It is the only system whose rees
tablishment will return purchasing
power so essential to the world’s
welfare.”
WISFMAN, Alaska, Nov. 21, — j
Fire, caused by the explosion of a
gasoline lamp, destroyed Sam Du
bin's trading post at Eethel and
Steven Bergman was burned to
death.
i\Ir. Dubm was burned about the
hands Quite badly and was taken
to a hospital by plane
The disastrous fire occurred on
Thursday night.
ELUDES POLICE
CHICAGO, Nov. 21,—Charles Ar- j
nold, the youth who disappeared
after the body of his step-grand- ;
mother was found in a cistern near
their home, eluded the police in a
chase across Western Illinois. He
registered in a hotel at Mt- Carroll
Saturday but when police broke
into his room, was gone. Police
had intended to charge Arnold
with murder.
SLID UNDER CAR
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21, —a Costella,
five year old boy, slid under an
auto while coasting down a hill on
his little sled, his mangled body be
ing found in a vacant lot where the
driver apparently had thrown it.
FINAL TRIBUTE
SEATTLE. Nov. 21,—Final tribute
to Senator Wesley L. Jones, 69, whe
died at a private sanitarium earlj
Saturday from a heart attack, wa;
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the First Methodist C h u r c h
Ceremonies followed by cremation
NEW YORK, Nov. 21,—Unfavor
able weather cut down college foot
ball attendance over 30 percent on
the season’s last major Saturday’s
big games, when the conferences
championships were decided in
three major districts. Torrential
rains in the East, freezing cold in
the Mid-West and parts of the
South, and a burning sun in Cali
fornia, decreased the expected at
tendance of 1,000,000 or more fans
to approximately 700,300.
Michigan clinched the Big Ten
Conference title. Nebraska won the
Big Six title, the Utes of the Uni
versity of Utah won the Rocky
Mountain Division for the fifth
consecutive time, Auburn virtually
clinched the Southern Conference
title and Texas Christian practical
ly won the Southwestern Confer
ence championship.
Southern California, on the coast
was idle, but it considered a likely
champion, with only the University
of Washington between them and
a clear title of the Coast Confer
ence.
SCORELESS TIE PUKES
II. Of C. ^STANFORD
BERKELEY, Nov. 21.—The eager
and fighting football teams of the
University of California and Stan
ford, played a scoreless tie here
Saturday in the 39th renewal of
the great West Coast football class
ic in the Memorial Stadium before
a crowd of 80.000 excited fans.
The game ended with California
a scant six yards from the Stanford
goal and with three downs to go.
The only other scoring threats
came in the first quarter when
Stanford at two points in their
offensive, were stopped within the
five-yard line..
ASHEVILLE. N. C„ Nov. 21.—Mrs.
Raymond Robins arrived Saturday
from Florida and identified her
husband, Colonel Robins, who dis
appeared many weeks ago while
en route to Washington, D. C.. to
visit his close friend, President
Hoover
Colonel Robins failed to recog
nize his wife. He is apparently
suffering from total absence of
memory. In other instances his
mind seems to be alright, but he
firmly believes he is Roger Reyn
olds.
Colonel Robins was found two
days ago 63 miles west of Asheville.
POLICE ESCORT
MARSEILLES, France. Nov. 21.—
Elaborate notice protection will be
given when Leon Trotzky arrives
here today to cross France enroute
to Denmark.
BALMY CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 21.—The
phenorninal high temperatures
which have broken three years re
cords continue to hover around 87
above Saturday and Sunday.
TRAIN DERAILED
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21, —One
passenger was killed and four in
jured when a train was derailed
near Piedras Negras on the U. S.
Border Sunday, it was reported.
WON FIRST TILT
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 21, —The
United States defeated Argentina
9 to 6 in the first match for the
Americann cup, symbolizing polo
supremacy of the Americas.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—Despite :
! Congressional opposition, President
Hoover plans to ask Governor
Roosevelt to join in urging revival
of the World War Debt Funding
Commission to reconsider the bil
: lion dollar European obligations
j owing American tax-payers, it was
| indicated in administration circles
today.
Failing to obtain his successor's
approval, the President anyway
may incorporate such a recommen
dation in his annual message to
Congress in \ December. Congress
completely ignored the proposal
when the President suggested re
: creation of the debt commission a
year ago. Since then, the Con
gressional sentiment has stiffened
considerably against any further
leniency toward European Nations
on war debt revision or cancella
tion.
Party leaders in,the capital, in
cluding both Republican and Dem
ocratic, have declared that Con
! gress will insist upon payment in
accordance with the existing
agreements. Administration spokes
men explained that the President
would keep his record straight by j
asking again for a revival of the
debt funding commission. “It
would shift the burden of dealing
with the war debt on Congress and
the new Democratic Administra
tion.”
TEAM CONFIDENT
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 21,—Confi
dent they will take the University
of Washington, in stride, even tho
rain and mud interferes, thanks
giving Day,, was expressed "by mem
bers of the University of Southern
: California football team as they
j prepared to embark for Seattle.
HYDE PARY, N. Y. Nov. 21.— i
President-elect «F. D. Roosevelt is '
industriously studying war debt
problems, assisted by Professor Mo
j ley of Columbia University, which
i will be informally discussed Tues
day at Washington with President
i Ploovei.
j Ho official callers are being re
j ceived by Governor Roosevelt, but
; many friends have traveled far the
i last few days to pay their respects.
A 10-room suite has been reserv
ed in the Mayflower hotel for
i President-elect Roosevelt and his
party. For a brief while he will be
' neighbor of Vice-president Charles
: Curtis, wrho long has resided in the
hotel, but it is doubtful if they will
meet for private elevators connect
each suite.
Secret service men. guarding
Governor Roosevelt, will occupy
rooms next to the President-elect.
PHOENIX. Ariz., Nov. 21, —The
; fate of Winnie Ruth Judd, convict
| ed trunk slayer of Agnes Ann Le- 1
roi and Hedvig Samuelson, her best .
friends, will be in the balance to- ,
day when her attorneys present ,
arguments for a new trial before
the Supreme Court of the State of
Arizona
Seventeen prejudicial errors in
the conduct of the sensational |
! murder case are claimed by Mrs.'1
! Judd’s attorneys.
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CONVICT SUICIDES
MT. ORAB, O., Nov. 21, —James
Webster, .an escaped convict,
sought for the murder of a Rush
ville, Ind., sheriff, committerd sui
j cide here Sunday after a furious
i gun battle with a police posse.
Webster’s body was found in the
house where he barricaded himself
against the posse attack. Two of
the posse were slightly wounded.
IN BETTER HEALTH
ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 21,—Sam
uel Jnsull, awaiting extradition
hearings, was reported in much
improved health at the hospital
where he has been under observa
tion.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21, —
Japan’s reply to the Lytton report
to be submitted (b the League of
Nations, was made public by the
Japanese embassy here at the same
time it was published in the major
capitals of the world.
Japan flatly rejects portions of
the report which suggest de-mili
tarizalion of Manchukuo and es
tablishment of international con
trol describing such steps as “like
ly to make confusion worse con
founded.”
It doubted such military control
would work even in Europe over a
territory as large as Manchukuo.
The renly asserted that the Nine
power treaty which destricted the
powers from interfering with Chi
na’s territorial and administrative
sovereingnty was “irrelevant to
Manchuria” as the independent
novement in Manchuria was “spon
taneous.”
The reply also denied that Arti
cle 10, of the League conevant,
pledging to respect territorial in
tegrity of the League members
from external aggression, applied
Decause “the Manchurian situation
arose from its internal distress.”
HYDF PARK. N. Y„ Nov. 21,—
President-elect Roosevelt was be
lieved Sunday to look with favor
an the move of President Hoover
:o slash $540,000,000 up to $700,000.
)00 from the Federal budget.
It was considered likely as the
Governor prepared for his confer
ence on war debts and other prob
ems at the White House Tuesday,
hat he will make every effort to
'remote cooperation in the Presi
dent’s campaign.
Maryland 6, Wash. & Lee 0
Armv 7, W. Va. 0
Fordham 8, Ore. State 6
Mich. State 6, Detroit 0
Pittsburgh 6. Carnegie Tech 0
Lafayette 25, Leheigh 6
Ohio State 3, Illinois 0
N. Hampshire 43. Conn. State 0
Centre 21, Georgetown 0
Wisconsin 18, Chicago 7
Purdue 25, Indiana 7
Georgia Tech 6. Florida 0
Northwestern 44, Iowa 6
U. C. L. A. 32, Montana U 0
Stanford 0, California 0
Notre Dame 12, Navy 0
Michigan 3, Minnesota 0
Yale 19, Harvard 0
Niagara 6, St. Bonaventura 0
Boston College 21, Boston Univ. 6
Among the big football games to
Santa Clara 12. Olym. Club 0
Stock A. Leg. 7, S- D. Marines 0
Colorado 0, Syracuse 0.
Iowa 34, Drake 13.
N. Y. Giants 6, Greenbay 0
Chi. Bears 20, Brook. Dodgers 0
>e played Thursday, Thanksgiving
Day. will be Oregon vs. St, Mary’s,
rrojans vs. Washington U., Wash.
State vs. U. c. L. A.
THANKS GUNMEN
CHICAGO, Nov. 21, —B. Slavin,
vho was shot at during a robbery,
rffered his thanks to the bandits.
\ bullet just grazed a big toe and
:ut off a corn which has bothered
iim for 23 years; for the first time
ie has relief.
BUSINESS TRIP
NAPLES, Italy, Nov. 21, —Former
Mayor James J. Walker of New
York arrived aboard the liner Con
ea Grande for a lengthy visit to
Europe. “My visit is purely a busi
ness one,” he said. He was in high
spirits, laughing and joking.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Con
clence was restored to the mark
I with ran enormoous increase in c
i loadings. Oil also gained o:
J to two points. The day’s sales, ho\
; ever, were small or a total of 385
| 000 shares being turned over.
Indus trials 64.15. Rails 27.87, Uti
! ities 28.30, American Steel 36 1
| American telephone 193 3-8, Wes
j ingliouse 281-2, General Moto
j 14 1-8, Southern Pacific 19 1-2.
LONDON, Nov. 21, —Mrs. Arr
Johnson Molliscn holder of tr
new London to Cape Town flyir
I record, told the British public in
; radio broadcast from Cape Tow
| that she felt “almost ready for
| flight back again”
King George cabled to the Ea
of Clarendon, governor general t
Cape Town, as follows: “Pleas
convey to Mrs. Mollison my heart
est congratulations on her splendi
achievement”.
GOOD LONG SLEEP
CAPETOWN, S. A., Nov. 21, -
Mrs. Amy Johnson Mollison awot
after 14 and one-half hours e
| sound sleep and immediately ai
j ranged for an appointment with
hair-dresser before reading hur
| dreds of congratulatory message
from all over the world.
Examination of the plane i
j wTiich she flew from Englan
: showed it was in good condition.
AMERICA’S TRIBUTE
KITTY HAWK, N. C„ Nov. 21,
| America’s tribute to the Wrigl
Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, wb
| 29 years ago made the first sue
cessful ‘heavier than air’ fligh
was dedicated Saturday in tb
presence of national and aviatio
leaders The tribute was a 90-foe
j granite pylon beacon authorized t
the Federal government.
G0NFE5SFS TO m
CHICAGO, Nov. 21,—Upon knot
ting his red necktie a little close
Iggy Varecha sprawled out his fee
in the Detective Bureau here an
confessed, with a smile, to assorte
k i 11 i n g s, shootings, kidnapping,
holdups and criminal attacks.
The 17-year-old suspect talke
fos four hours about his crime
and admitted that he was “Th
Lone Wolf” bandit who had terror
ized this district over a course c
several months. Couples whom h
accosted, had told how he robbe
hte men and attacked the womei
WING CRUMBLED
LOS ANGELES, Nov; 21, —Majc
J. C. O'Brien was killed here Sat
urday when a wing on his plan
crumbled and fell 2,000 feet.
FELL FROM CHAIR
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 21.—Henr
Goes, seven years old. fell from h:
high chair Saturday, fractured h:
skull and may die.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21,—Mr
Ethel Jones Johnson, wife of th
local banker, has filed suit for d:
vorcs.
MAY REASSEMBLE
LAUSANE, Nov. 21.—If the Unil
ed States demands war debt insta:
ment payments on December 1
it is likely the Lausane conferenc
will be reassembled, it was ar
nounced here. It is believed An
erica will demand the instalmem
j be paid when due.
PASSED EXAM
NEW YORK, Nov. 21,—Col. Cha
A. Lindbergh visited Mitchell Fieli
L. I., Saturday for a physical e>
animation necessary to renewin
his transport pilot’s license. K
passed the examination.
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NANTES, France. Nov. 21—Prem
ier Herriot of France narrowly es
caped assassination Sunday when
two bombs destroyed a section of
! railroaci track which his train was
due to pass over enroute here from
Paris. The Premier’s train, running
jan hour behind schedule, reached
■ the spot cf the bombing an hour
after the explosion.
The bombing was attributed to
Breton Autonomists, long bitter
against France because of the an
nexation of their Province 400 years
ago. The Premier dedicated a plaza
in the castle of the Breton Duchess
here, commemorating the fourth
centenial of Breton’s Union with
France.
Herriott was unruffled bv the
explosion. The Premier was under
heavy police guard during his stay
here. He was cheered by thous
ands of persons who lined the
streets.
Last August at Rennes, a bas-re
lief, commemorating the Union,
was damaged by a bomb, believed
to have been placed by political ex
tremists. When Herriot was told of
the bombing, he remarked: “It
possibly was the work of the same
group responsible for the Rennes
bombing last year. I consider it a
demonstration rather than an at
tempt on my life.” Seven known
members of the Autonomist group
were questioned ,including a young
woman known as the “Red Virgin”.
She and her companions arrived
here Saturday and filled out cus
tomary police identity papers in
the Breton language.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 21.—
Brick by brick a veritable wall is
being built by the lawmakers, the
majority of whom are adamant in
opposition to meddling or chang
! ing the war debt settlement pay
: uicnts which were settled years aso
! to terminate in 60 years.
Leaders of both parties, as a
whole, are unanimous in agreeing
; no change .should be considered re
gardless of the outcome of Tues
day’s conference between President
Hoover and his successor. Gov. F. D.
i, Roosevelt.
One Congressman said it was
i absurd to believe that the debtor
s nations cannot carry out the terms
e of the original plans.
r BERLIN. Nov. 21.—Adolph Hitler,
Fascist chieftain, has definitely
e emerged as the next Chancellor of
Germany, his goal of many years.
Saturday President von Hindeen
'oerg and Hitler conferred for an
hour, during which the President
y said he had no objection to Hitler,
s but specified that if appointed to
s the office. Hitler must adopt a spe
j cific economic scheme, similar to
the present von Papen plan.
Hitler replied he would like to
I consider the offer for a few days,
j President Hindenberg offered no
8 ' objection to the consideration.
BIG PICTURE DEAL
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, —A film
booking deal, involving several
million dollars, was signed by
Warner Brothers Pictures and Col
umbia Pictures Corp., Sunday,
whereby all new pictures produced
by Columbia will be shown in
Warner Theatres.
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PICKETERS DISPERSED
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 21.—Six
ty highway patrolmen and a squad
of police dispersed 200 picketers on
the highway who were molesting
city-bound traffic. The offeers
were armed with tear-gas bombs
and shot guns.